More anecdotally, I recently swam in the Pacific (in February) for more than 10 minutes sans wetsuit. At first I could only do 15 now I can do about 40. One especially helpful exercise involves doing push-ups while holding your breath - it’s designed to train your mind and body for deep dives. Six weeks later, I can hold it for about two minutes and 35 seconds. Before beginning Hof’s practices, I could hold my breath for just 35 seconds. The results go beyond a love for cold showers. As Wim says, “the cold is the greatest teacher.” I go to Burke Williams to use their ice bath because I want to see how far I can take this. The intensity of the course grows in the last four weeks, with the addition of long runs in the cold wearing only shorts (hard for me, living in L.A.) and 10-20 minutes in ice baths or cold showers (also difficult, given the drought). I only take hot showers at night to relax. That last part used to be quite hard to do, but now it’s refreshing. Then I hop into an ice cold shower for five minutes. Then I do a series of yoga stretches for about 10 minutes, followed by about 10-20 minutes of meditation. Without going into too much detail ( head over to Wim’s site if you want a proper introduction to his techniques), here’s the skinny: every morning, I sit for a series of breathing exercises for about 20 minutes. correspondent Reuben Brody decided to give it a whirl, and six weeks into the 10-week course, his results are impressive. Vice did an episode on him, sending reporters to climb Mount Sniezka in Poland in the dead of winter in nothing but shorts. Efficiency savant (and InsideHook partner) Tim Ferriss is a fan. Major Dutch news organizations have hailed his practices. He even claims he can exercise control over his immune system to defeat illness. Or run a desert marathon without taking a sip of water. Or sit submerged in an ice bath for more than two hours while maintaining his body temp at a normal level. Like climb Everest in just his bathing suit. Wim Hof is a Dutch athlete who has designed a breathing exercise - The Wim Hof Method - that allows him to do some remarkable things. When we interviewed champion big wave surfer Laird Hamilton last fall, we asked him to predict the next trend in men’s health.Īnd he was like, “Yeah, breathing.” Deep breathing, as taught by Wim Hof, aka The Iceman.
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