I say 13 degrees in the video, but it had fallen to 12 by the time I got out of the water. A poor quality thermometer read 12 degrees celsius. I did 30 of the Wim Hof type breaths before getting in the pool. And then swam for another 10 minutes after still being able to submerge my head without any pain.Īpart from the improved cold endurance, it’s the first time I’ve managed two lengths of the pool underwater. Today I swam two lengths of the pool underwater with one breath comfortably. I’m not sure what the temperature was two weeks ago, but it was cold enough that keeping my head underwater hurt after about 10 seconds. So to test out progress I tried underwater swimming at an outdoor pool. Mini Wim Hof Experimentīefore the course I was already able tolerate the cold quite well and took cold showers almost ever day (it’s been everyday since starting the course). But I’m excited to continue and see what happens. It’s still early days with 2 out of 10 weeks done. My baseline was 45 seconds before starting the training. I’ve been able to comfortably hold my breath for 2 minutes 20 seconds. Several times I’ve caught myself thinking, “man, I feel amazing…”. And in the last two weeks I’ve noticed an increase in energy, motivation and productivity. Today, day 1 of week 3, I felt almost euphoric afterwards. To date, the course has involved breathing exercises, some stretching combined with another type of breathing, and then a hot and cold shower. I started his 10 week online course, The Wim Hof Method, two weeks ago and it’s hard to overstate the effects to far. Wim’s abilities and claims are fascinating. Furthermore, he exhibited almost no flu-like symptoms.- Radboud University He was found to produce less than half the quantity of inflammatory proteins than healthy volunteers who had not mastered his method. Wim used his breathing and cold exposure techniques to influence his autonomic nervous system. We can therefore use this approach to investigate the immune system of humans.”- Radboud University As a result of this the subjects develop symptoms such as fever and headache. The immune system responds as if living bacteria are present in the blood stream and produces inflammatory proteins. Pickkers: “By administering a dead bacterial component we are actually fooling the body.
a component from the cell-wall of bacteria that elicits a response from the immune system. Wim was injected with an endotoxin in Radboud University. What is an endotoxin and why use it? What’s all the fuss about? To attempt to sum it up, Wim claims he can teach anyone to withstand extreme cold and control the autoimmune system-previously thought impossible. VICE produced a documentary about him too, Inside the Superhuman World of the Iceman. Partly due appearances on the following podcasts:
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