Thoughts on Wim Hof method?

I've tried it. There is something to the cold that after the rush is relaxing. I've even purchased a cold vest to chill myself while reading. I go back and forth on and off it. I've never slept more like a rock.

The story about the pilgrims and Samoset is really interesting. I like to look for more stories throughout history of cold adaptation.

I mean it’s a shite ton to give cliffs on, but it’s basically the most realistic instance of legit bio hacking I’ve ever come across. He has a power breathing method where you super charge your body with oxygen and then master your breath holds, Ive gotten up to 3:15 on the breath holds. Then there’s a huge cold immersion component and the ultimate goal/result to be able to consciously control your autonomic nervous system. Wim Hof has gotten so good at it he controls his own immune system and can fend off any virus/ infection that attempts to enter his body. The Joe Rogan Experience #712, the first one Wim Hof does with him, does a good job of explaining most of it, but the book does a much, much greater job of explaining all the details and citing all the research and studies. The main idea is that primitive man was built to endure so much more than current, comfortable, technologically spoiled man can produce.

He had some data of actually curing diseases (especially depression/anxiety) through his methods. One of the universities out in Sweden? Is actually beginning to really study this more in depth.

I remember him talking about being hooked up on the brain scan while he was undergoing his breathing control and his brain showed the same response as it would on a major dose of opiates. He could essentially purposefully flood his system with its on endorphins.

Just signed up for the prelim breathing. Cold therapy next.

I can handle any kind of cold when I am ready. We will see about am showers, though.

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I've never heard anything about harvesting brown adipose tissue. It is about adding a layer or thicker layer of brown adipose tissue to the body creating more warmth.

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Not as directly as you’re thinking...
Brown adipose tissue bonds with Mitochondria to use white adipose tissue(regular fat) as a fuel source prior to engaging stored glycogen. So it changes the nature of your body’s metabolism and in the world of endurance athletics this is huge.