How I Do The Wim Hof Method: Breathing
Note: This is part one of a three-part series where an average, middle-aged dude — me — tells you my step-by-step method for how I do each of the three aspects of the Wim Hof Method. This post is focused on breathing, part two is about meditation and part three is about cold exposure.
Spring, 2019: I’m 46 years old and, over the past few years, starting to notice my age more. My stamina isn’t what it used to be, nor is my natural energy. Such is life; none of us are immune to the aging process.
That said, I’ve seen too many people who are older than me who seemed in better health. How did they do it? I wanted to know.
This is when I remembered seeing one such person, a wacky, extremely energetic Dutchman who I remembered only as The Ice Man and who I’d heard on a podcast with Russell Brand (also a man whose energy I admire and wish to emulate!). It had been over a year since I heard this, so I went to the archive and found it. The man’s name is Wim Hof and, at the start of the podcast, they spoke about how they had both just returned from a dip in the River Thames and I could tell Russell was even more energized than usual (and that’s saying something!).
But what struck me more was this guy was older than Russell yet he was the rare guest who had more energy than the impish comedian does.
