![]() This gives you a superior circulation, which results in improved blood flow. The cold trains the veins in your cardiovascular system, and the more often you train them, the better they can contract. Hof says regular exposure to cold brings many benefits with it. Anyone else’s body would have developed life-threatening hypothermia in these conditions. The world record in which he spent seven minutes shy of two hours in an ice bath is an unprecedented achievement, the more so since his body temperature remained in the ideal range around 37☌ the whole time. Normally, all these are controlled by the autonomous nervous system and there’s not much we can do to influence them - unless your name is Wim Hof, that is. Hof has taught himself to use exposure to extreme cold to regulate his own heartbeat, respiration and circulation. What motivates someone to do this kind of thing, and above all, how does he pull it off time and again? The cold as a boost to the immune system These are mind-boggling feats, particularly given the extreme conditions that Wim Hof exposes himself to. In 2011, he broke his own endurance record by staying submerged in an ice bath for no fewer than 113 minutes, and the same year, he ran a marathon - a marathon in the Namibian desert, that is, in searing temperatures of 40☌, without drinking a drop of water. Two years later - again clad in shorts - he ran a half-marathon north of the Arctic Circle, with no training, in temperatures of -20☌ to -30☌. To take just one example, in 2007 he scaled Mount Everest in a pair of shorts. Currently, he holds 21 official Guinness World Records, each one of which is beyond the imagination of most of us. Who is this 58-year-old Dutchman, also known as ‘The Iceman’? A man of many records ![]() Whatever your own opinion of him might be, it’s hard not to hang on this man’s every word as soon as he starts speaking. To some, Wim Hof is a visionary to others, he’s a dangerous daredevil. ![]() World record holder, adventurer, daredevil, inspirer ![]()
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