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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
Amazing read, further grounding me in my belief in the Wim Hof Method
challenging
medium-paced
medium-paced
Wim Hof, aka the Iceman, seems to have stumbled upon some deep truths about human physiology, and he lays them out in this book even while scientists scramble to understand and test his method. At its heart, Wim Hof says we need to take cold showers and breathe in a certain way. Doesn’t seem like rocket science, and he certainly garlands his ideas in a wide variety of pseudo-spiritual language. But he also gets results. His take is that we have coddled ourselves with comfort to the point where our bodies have stopped functioning as they should. The cold - “merciless, but righteous” - kick starts our vascular system back into gear, and the breathing changes our neurology. All I can say is, after practising these methods for a little less than a month - I think they kind of work?
Informative and inspiring in the first half — second half was just waffle unfortunately. I find myself unsure as to whether Wim does consider himself the messiah or not based on the conflicting messages in this text.
This book is interesting in the respect that it has information I did not know about how breathing can change the our biochemistry. Though Wim Hof doesn't have a bunch of letters, or any, behind his name, he cites those that do in the hard copy. His method involves breathing and ice baths essentially.
I'm all in on the breathing stuff and meditation but the ice baths may be very tough. I gave the book 3 stars because of repetitiveness but it's a short enough read that I recommend it.
I'm all in on the breathing stuff and meditation but the ice baths may be very tough. I gave the book 3 stars because of repetitiveness but it's a short enough read that I recommend it.
"In the absence of environmental stress, the things we have built to make our lives easier have actually made us weaker."
Skulle så gjerne gitt denne mer enn tre stjerner, men her er vi. Ufattelig interessant fyr med sterke argumenter for hvorfor vi bør utsette kroppen for naturlig stress, men den er skrevet så lite pragmatisk at jeg var på grensen til å gi den to stjerner. Se heller noen videoer på YouTube om metodene hans.
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I took a fair bit from the processes and protocols but I'm really not that interested in this guy's life or whimsical ideas of medicine
That's not to say I don't think the breathing/shower etc is interesting, as I do and practice it myself, I just don't really like him very much
That's not to say I don't think the breathing/shower etc is interesting, as I do and practice it myself, I just don't really like him very much
adventurous
hopeful
informative
fast-paced
informative
inspiring