Thanks for the shout out. The ebook is free from my mailing list or something like $10 from Amazon. I"ll probably be sending a few more emails over the next 6 months though since I've got another book about to hit shelves in January.
Yeah, Chasing Excellence has some really valuable insights. Endure is written more from a running perspective, especially ultra-running but also includes climbing, cycling and freediving. What does't kill us is another great one. https://www.amazon.com/What-Doesnt-Kill-Environmental-Conditioning/dp/1623366909/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1544620120&sr=1-3&keywords=scott+carney and Joe Rogan has some great podcast interviews on this topic too. Yet, personally I find it harder to identity with some of the gun-ho ex-navy seals and professional fighters. Since I do Crossfit next to my day job, I have a family, kids and friends. So, going to the box 4 times a week and a Sunday run is plenty for me.
Ohh and the Dissect Podcast by Mark Twight and Michael Blevins often go into this topic with some interesting guests.
Don't listen to what Wim says. Listen to what he does, and try it yourself. You can learn the essentials from any of the hundreds of youtube videos out there.
I've tried it and there's no question that it affects the body. Can it cure inflammatory diseases? I don't know. That's what I'm on tnf-alpha inhibitors for anyway. But there's a ton of people reporting that they have gotten better with his breathing excersises and cold exposure. Can it be placebo? Sure, placebo is as strong as 25%. Is it only placebo for everyone? No. People apply his lifestyle to an otherwise hopeless and miserable life and get better. Will this work for everyone to treat everything? Of course not. Does it completely lack merit? No.
If you're at all interested in these things I suggest the book What Doesn’t Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength by Scott Carney. Although Wim's training takes a big part of the book he's more articulate than Wim and there are many other methods and people interviewed that also uses extreme methods to gain an edge.
During my first weeks with the CST I researched on the cold effects on the body and found a lot of info on this dutch guy. With breathing exercises and cold exposure he can regulate his body temperature and produce even some sort of enhancement of his inmune system.
He climbed mount Everest and the Kilimanjaro(with some of his students) just wearing shorts.
You should check out Scott Carney's book. A really good read if you are into cold.
Keep up the good work Joel! Thanks!!
The fact that I'm seeing this today is crazy; Amazon had recommended me a book a month and a half ago called: "What Doesn't Kill Us," really great read from another journalist named Scott Carney, he had followed Wim Wof and trained with him. I just finished it last night, a great read if you think this type of stuff is interesting.
Totally true! Read What Doesn't Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength https://www.amazon.com/dp/1623366909/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_LiRpCbX4D78KQ
I just read What Doesn't Kill You by Scott Carney. I thought it was a pretty good book about the WHM and some of the real world results he has seen.
Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/What-Doesnt-Kill-Environmental-Conditioning/dp/1623366909
Well, I am going to re-read this book and try the training method in it.
https://www.amazon.com/What-Doesnt-Kill-Environmental-Conditioning/dp/1623366909
I recommend this book to improve your body's adaptation to the cold.
You should check out "What Doesn't Kill Us" by Scott Carney. It's about his experience studying under Wim Hof, initially skeptical but ultimately joining Hof for an adventure to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro in record time and in only shorts and shoes. I heard Scott Carney give a talk about the experience on some NPR show (can't remember which) but it was totally fascinating.
Here is an article about the book, Carney, and Hof, in Outside magazine.
> Every person is capable of resisting altitude sickness. It's called "acclimating". All Hof's method is is acclimation training through auto-asphyxiation before you hit the mountain. Not exactly magic or rocket science.
That may be a part of it. But the thing he teaches on these climbs is to consciously breathe more and deeper in order to oxygenate the blood. He has climbed Mt Kilimanjaro with a group of people in like 48h using this method without any of the normal medication climbers use. He has been up Mt Kilimanjaro with several groups of people, all using that breathing tecnique.
I suggest anyone interested to read Scott Carney's book What Doesn’t Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength. Scott is a lot more articulate on these things than Wim. Scott was also part of the group that climbed Mt Kilimanjaro in record time with Wim.