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THE
JOURNEY
OF THE
ICEMAN
WIM HOF’S
SECRETS
TO DEFYING
SCIENCE
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©InnerFire, Wim Hof, Amsterdam, 2018
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C ON TE NTS
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2
WHY THE WIM HOF METHOD?
What is The Wim Hof Method?
Why should people do it?
Who should NOT do The Wim Hof Method?
CHAPTER 3
WHAT EXACTLY IS THE WIM HOF METHOD?
Breathing Exercises
Cold Exposure
Mindset/Commitment
Who can benefit from the Wim Hof Method?
Alleviating Ailments
Reaching Optimal Performance
Reconnecting with Nature
Scientific Proof
CHAPTER 4
WIM HOF METHOD INSTRUCTIONS: BROKEN DOWN
How to do Wim Hof Method Breathing
How to begin with cold exposure
Cold showers
CHAPTER 5
THE WIM HOF METHOD COMMUNITY
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CHA PT ER 1
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It is the dead of winter, the air is freezing and the lakes are covered in
ice. Most people are warm and dry in the comforts of their homes, but
there is one man who isn’t. Instead, he is cutting through the ice so he
can jump in the frigid water. He’s not crazy. He’s just, “The Iceman.”
Growing up, Wim Hof was just your average curious Dutch boy.
He didn’t spend much time in the cold - in fact, he hated it. Instead, he
spent most of his time asking many big questions about life. Because he
never got satisfying answers, he often felt lost and confused.
At age 17, everything changed. On a cold winter day, he immer-
sed himself in cold water for the first time. “I felt lost” he said. “Then
one day, I felt like the cold water was calling me. I looked at the still
water and knew I had to go in.” In the cold he felt a connection and
everything made a little bit more sense. The rest is history. His track
record continues to leave scientists baffled. Here are some of the feats he
has accomplished:
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Climbing Mount Everest past the “death zone” (~7,500 meters) wearing no-
thing but shorts and shoes (2007)
Completing a full marathon in temperatures close to −20 °C (−4 °F) above the
polar circle in Finland. Hof ran the entire race shirtless and finished the mara-
thon in 5 hours and 25 minutes (2009)
Taking the longest ice bath ever recorded: 1 hour 53 minutes and 12 seconds,
which is a Guinness World Record.
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But his accomplishments are not limited to the cold; he also ran a ma-
rathon in the Namib Desert without any water and the list goes on and
on. If you’re thinking,
Wow, this guy sounds like some sort of crazy superhuman
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or something!
you’re not alone. For many years, scientists couldn’t figure
out what was going on in the mind and body of
The Iceman.
Maybe he
was part of a different species? Maybe his body worked differently than
everyone else’s? They labeled him a genetic misfit and scientific mystery.
Now, after many studies, we know that Wim Hof is not so unique. In
fact, he is just like you or any other human being. His life wasn’t always
consumed by marathon races and world records. In 1995 his wife com-
mitted suicide, leaving him alone with four children. Hof was devastated
and amidst his grieving and soul searching, he returned to the cold and
nature for answers. It was then when he developed the technique - now
known as the “Wim Hof Method”- further.
The Wim Hof Method (WHM) is accessible and designed to
be used by anybody. If Wim Hof is superhuman, then his method is a
way to teach others how to be superhuman as well. The most impressi-
ve thing about the Iceman is his ability to teach others to do what they
thought impossible. And that’s what the Wim Hof Method is all about:
showing you how to break through your perceived limits and discover
new mental and physical ground. His method is used by people from all
walks of life - from professional athletes to business workers to people
suffering from various debilitating ailments. It’s as if Superman were to
say,
Here’s how you make your own cape and once you put it on, you’ll be able to do
things that you never before thought were possible.
But instead of a cape, we have
a method— The Wim Hof Method.
Are you ready?
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