Standing in a cold shower improved 93% but more importantly it became a daily ritual mentally that rounded out every morning.Mentally it helps with staying mindful and present and reinvigorated mindfulness sessions.Missing a morning session was not an option as it was never boring, tiring or dreadful.Flexibility improved to the point of holding several of the Yoga poses compared to the beginning.Strength improved 73% with the one exercise – pushups.3:30AM wakeup throughout the entire 10 weeks was not a problem even during 80+ hours working during my busy tax season. Mental alertness improved and concentration dramatically over time.Clearly, there was something to the breathing as its combined with the cold showers or being outside in the cold. My personal experience had many of the similar comments as the loyal fans, but I wanted to see real results. Pre-Test Cold Shower – approximately 30-40 seconds until it was just miserable.Pre-Test breathe hold of 50 seconds prior to the course Wellness, to me, is too many drinks with friends at the end of a hard week and marvelling at how revitalising it is to feel bored in Creative Spa as I get my.When I figured out the breathing, I found myself getting tingly after about 40 breaths. When I wasn't breathing correctly, it would take forever. Pre Test: 39 pushups while breathing prior to the course In 2012 before Wim had a 10-week course, he recommended breathing UNTIL you tingle, not 30 breaths or 40 breaths, etc.He gives you more mental coaching to help with the cold showers which has provided some interesting results.Many have experienced amazing life changing experiences from the program with the hundreds of testimonials, but I wanted to see would the combination of deep breathing exercises and daily cold exposure create a positive changing influence. This week Wim has you do 3 rounds of breathing, pushups, more rounds (as many as you like), certain stretches and other yogic poses, followed by meditation. I also saw more lights in the later rounds. I’m sure already being in elevated state of mind heavily contributed to the experience itself but it is something I’ll never forget. The experience was extremely intense and empowering. I was able to take more air in, I felt my hands cramping, I felt more fully charged, and more tingling in my body. My SO and I once tried the Wim Hof breathing technique (guided) while on LSD a few summers ago. I'm going to make a conscious effort to wake up early and get this done instead of leaving it until later.Īfter the first round of sitting upright and being disappointed in my results, I decided to lay down for the first time in weeks and instantly there were much better results. I stayed home from training after work and decided to do the exercises at 5pm. I believe my tight back and chest restricts my ability to take air in. I work a desk job and my lower back is pretty weak because of it. I've figured out why my retention times aren't improving.ġ) I'm usually doing it after training/a long day as opposed to in the morningĢ) I'm usually doing it after having coffee/dehydratedģ) I'm sitting with improper posture, even when I try to sit with proper posture. That type of involvement is just not me right now.
Not that you shouldn’t get into Wim's program! There are tons of awesome people in Wim’s facebook group jumping into lakes, taking ice baths, climbing mountains or even taking out the trash in their shorts. Maybe when I start focusing on competition again, I will go deeper into the practice to give me a mental edge. coming to that realization makes me believe I need to get back on the horse. I stopped practicing for a day, two, three, and soon you forget about what results you experienced as if they never happened, and easily discard the practice all together. I am reminded of the multiple times in my life where I got into a deep meditation practice, had amazing results and experiences, then life got in the way by keeping me busy. So I’m going to discontinue, at least at this point in my life, going any further with this practice, and just mix in a bit of it into my daily life. However I don’t see myself hiking up any mountains without clothes on or jumping into a lake anytime soon.
I’ll keep up a schedule of breathing, stretching, and at times starting -but mostly ending- with cold showers. I’m just a little too busy lately to get on board with that deep of a continual practice. I had to think to myself… do I really see myself submerging myself in ice baths, the lake in winter, climbing mountains, etc, for the rest of my life? In the beginning the practice was 30 minutes, then 45, now I spend over an hour every day doing the practice, which I believe will continue to increase. Yes I like the breathing, the meditation, and the health benefits of all of that including the cold showers… but in week 5 Wim wants you to take a 10 minute cold shower every day, and it gets deeper from there.
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