00:00[Music] this is wim hof he's pretty avid guy in this is wim hof he's pretty avid guy in me from the netherlands except for the me from the netherlands except for the me from the netherlands except for the fact he's a literal superhuman known as fact he's a literal superhuman known as fact he's a literal superhuman known as the iceman he was able to stay the iceman he was able to stay the iceman he was able to stay successfully submerged in ice for one successfully submerged in ice for one successfully submerged in ice for one hour and 53 minutes at his core body hour and 53 minutes at his core body hour and 53 minutes at his core body temperature changing he climbed mount temperature changing he climbed mount temperature changing he climbed mount everest in shorts while resisting everest in shorts while resisting everest in shorts while resisting altitude sickness and run a marathon in altitude sickness and run a marathon in altitude sickness and run a marathon in the nabib desert with no water as well the nabib desert with no water as well the nabib desert with no water as well as proven under laboratory settings able as proven under laboratory settings able as proven under laboratory settings able to influence atomic nervous system and to influence atomic nervous system and to influence atomic nervous system and immune system at will additionally immune system at will additionally immune system at will additionally yields 26 other world records advising a yields 26 other world records advising a yields 26 other world records advising a documentary on him so you know he's documentary on him so you know he's documentary on him so you know he's legit but according to him he is not legit but according to him he is not legit but according to him he is not some freak of nature because anyone can some freak of nature because anyone can some freak of nature because anyone can do it i learned about wim who's a huge do it i learned about wim who's a huge do it i learned about wim who's a huge advocate of cold showers along with some advocate of cold showers along with some advocate of cold showers along with some more extreme methods two years ago when more extreme methods two years ago when more extreme methods two years ago when i started taking cold showers myself for i started taking cold showers myself for i started taking cold showers myself for a little bit of background here's why a little bit of background here's why a little bit of background here's why back then cold showers were hot back then cold showers were hot back then cold showers were hot reputable signs had come out showing reputable signs had come out showing reputable signs had come out showing that cold showers can increase that cold showers can increase that cold showers can increase circulation reduce muscle soreness circulation reduce muscle soreness circulation reduce muscle soreness improve your skin and hair improve improve your skin and hair improve improve your skin and hair improve metabolism increase testosterone fight metabolism increase testosterone fight metabolism increase testosterone fight off common sicknesses and reduce off common sicknesses and reduce off common sicknesses and reduce inflammation as well as releasing inflammation as well as releasing inflammation as well as releasing endorphins that can prevent depression
01:00endorphins that can prevent depression endorphins that can prevent depression and believe me they are extremely and believe me they are extremely and believe me they are extremely energizing and will wake you up asap energizing and will wake you up asap energizing and will wake you up asap [Music] there are many notable historical there are many notable historical figures such as gandhi henry david figures such as gandhi henry david figures such as gandhi henry david thoreau charles darwin who swear by cold thoreau charles darwin who swear by cold thoreau charles darwin who swear by cold showers ladder of two acts use it to showers ladder of two acts use it to showers ladder of two acts use it to treat their depression this is because treat their depression this is because treat their depression this is because there are a ton of cold receptors all there are a ton of cold receptors all there are a ton of cold receptors all over your body when you take cold over your body when you take cold over your body when you take cold showers it sends an absurd amount of showers it sends an absurd amount of showers it sends an absurd amount of electrical impulses from your nerve electrical impulses from your nerve electrical impulses from your nerve endings to your brain acting as this endings to your brain acting as this endings to your brain acting as this anti-depressive effect some people claim anti-depressive effect some people claim anti-depressive effect some people claim this is actually more effective than this is actually more effective than this is actually more effective than modern day antidepressants additionally modern day antidepressants additionally modern day antidepressants additionally in our modern times many notable in our modern times many notable in our modern times many notable athletes and models swear by cold athletes and models swear by cold athletes and models swear by cold showers or some type of ice bath showers or some type of ice bath showers or some type of ice bath chirotherapy or hydrotherapy and all of chirotherapy or hydrotherapy and all of chirotherapy or hydrotherapy and all of our ancestors have taken cold showers our ancestors have taken cold showers our ancestors have taken cold showers maybe not in bathroom as nice as ours maybe not in bathroom as nice as ours maybe not in bathroom as nice as ours but they had access to a bucket or they but they had access to a bucket or they but they had access to a bucket or they jump into the pond even the romans who jump into the pond even the romans who jump into the pond even the romans who were really into bathing and had access were really into bathing and had access were really into bathing and had access to hot water and steam room type saunas to hot water and steam room type saunas to hot water and steam room type saunas of some sort still took cold showers
02:00of some sort still took cold showers of some sort still took cold showers regularly or ended their baths with cold regularly or ended their baths with cold regularly or ended their baths with cold water but none of that's actually why i water but none of that's actually why i water but none of that's actually why i started taking cold showers because it started taking cold showers because it started taking cold showers because it was uncomfortable scary and two years was uncomfortable scary and two years was uncomfortable scary and two years ago for the first time in my life i was ago for the first time in my life i was ago for the first time in my life i was getting out of my comfort zone getting out of my comfort zone getting out of my comfort zone back in high school even before that i back in high school even before that i back in high school even before that i was a very scrawny kid that just did was a very scrawny kid that just did was a very scrawny kid that just did what he was told and was kind of scared what he was told and was kind of scared what he was told and was kind of scared of everyone and just had no balls of everyone and just had no balls of everyone and just had no balls whatsoever so when i was starting to do whatsoever so when i was starting to do whatsoever so when i was starting to do things like do mma for the first time things like do mma for the first time things like do mma for the first time and get beaten up and stand up for and get beaten up and stand up for and get beaten up and stand up for myself in public you know it felt good i myself in public you know it felt good i myself in public you know it felt good i want to continue to push myself in that want to continue to push myself in that want to continue to push myself in that direction so when i saw matt davelas and direction so when i saw matt davelas and direction so when i saw matt davelas and i think it was captain sinbad's video on i think it was captain sinbad's video on i think it was captain sinbad's video on cold showers i said you know what i want cold showers i said you know what i want cold showers i said you know what i want to do this it wasn't just now that two to do this it wasn't just now that two to do this it wasn't just now that two years means two years i've not taken not years means two years i've not taken not years means two years i've not taken not one single hot or medium or lukewarm one single hot or medium or lukewarm one single hot or medium or lukewarm it's all been the coldest setting that it's all been the coldest setting that it's all been the coldest setting that shower has and i can really say from the shower has and i can really say from the shower has and i can really say from the bottom of my heart this has changed my bottom of my heart this has changed my bottom of my heart this has changed my life i don't throw those words around life i don't throw those words around life i don't throw those words around easily i've done probably 20 some easily i've done probably 20 some easily i've done probably 20 some improvement challenges to date and improvement challenges to date and improvement challenges to date and except for quitting social media this
03:00except for quitting social media this except for quitting social media this has to be like the second greatest thing has to be like the second greatest thing has to be like the second greatest thing i've done and i want to tell you guys i've done and i want to tell you guys i've done and i want to tell you guys all about it so first off to get this all about it so first off to get this all about it so first off to get this out of the way it never gets easier out of the way it never gets easier out of the way it never gets easier every morning when i wake up and walk every morning when i wake up and walk every morning when i wake up and walk towards that shower i am filled with a towards that shower i am filled with a towards that shower i am filled with a sense of dread of course you build up sense of dread of course you build up sense of dread of course you build up your own resilience in your head and you your own resilience in your head and you your own resilience in your head and you know you can get through it but know you can get through it but know you can get through it but it never gets easier i think the best it never gets easier i think the best it never gets easier i think the best way to handle it is just to walk in way to handle it is just to walk in way to handle it is just to walk in stand under the shower and just turn it stand under the shower and just turn it stand under the shower and just turn it on and just on and just on and just do start doing some 360 to get yourself do start doing some 360 to get yourself do start doing some 360 to get yourself as wet as possible and you'll get over as wet as possible and you'll get over as wet as possible and you'll get over it you do this really dumb thing where it you do this really dumb thing where it you do this really dumb thing where i'd like get butt naked in the shower i'd like get butt naked in the shower i'd like get butt naked in the shower and i'm like you know what and i'm like you know what and i'm like you know what now's a good time to check my email or now's a good time to check my email or now's a good time to check my email or start cleaning up and tidying up all the start cleaning up and tidying up all the start cleaning up and tidying up all the shelves and drawers in the bathroom shelves and drawers in the bathroom shelves and drawers in the bathroom don't delay guys the more you wait the don't delay guys the more you wait the don't delay guys the more you wait the worse it gets once you get in the first worse it gets once you get in the first worse it gets once you get in the first few seconds are pretty painful it's like few seconds are pretty painful it's like few seconds are pretty painful it's like jumping in a pool but like eight or nine jumping in a pool but like eight or nine jumping in a pool but like eight or nine times worse especially if you wake up times worse especially if you wake up times worse especially if you wake up and take one when you're already cold and take one when you're already cold and take one when you're already cold when you wake up when you wake up when you wake up it's pretty bad i usually do a couple it's pretty bad i usually do a couple it's pretty bad i usually do a couple three sexy so the water hits them all three sexy so the water hits them all three sexy so the water hits them all over and i'll be like hey this isn't over and i'll be like hey this isn't over and i'll be like hey this isn't really that bad in the beginning i would really that bad in the beginning i would really that bad in the beginning i would like hyperventilate a lot like i can't
04:00like hyperventilate a lot like i can't like hyperventilate a lot like i can't like breathe get so cold and then you like breathe get so cold and then you like breathe get so cold and then you really find yourself after like a minute really find yourself after like a minute really find yourself after like a minute or two like you know i'm fine there's no or two like you know i'm fine there's no or two like you know i'm fine there's no need to exaggerate this bad but that's need to exaggerate this bad but that's need to exaggerate this bad but that's what i was like in the beginning you what i was like in the beginning you what i was like in the beginning you also spend much less time in the also spend much less time in the also spend much less time in the bathroom back when i took hot showers i bathroom back when i took hot showers i bathroom back when i took hot showers i would spend at least like 15 20 minutes would spend at least like 15 20 minutes would spend at least like 15 20 minutes in there unless i had to run to work and in there unless i had to run to work and in there unless i had to run to work and it would go something as high as 40 it would go something as high as 40 it would go something as high as 40 minutes with cold showers you're out of minutes with cold showers you're out of minutes with cold showers you're out of there like six minutes max if you're in there like six minutes max if you're in there like six minutes max if you're in there for too long your fingers in the there for too long your fingers in the there for too long your fingers in the back your neck will start to go numb back your neck will start to go numb back your neck will start to go numb cold showers it's not the case once you cold showers it's not the case once you cold showers it's not the case once you turn the water off though and finish the turn the water off though and finish the turn the water off though and finish the shower you feel on top of the world shower you feel on top of the world shower you feel on top of the world there's a sense of just there's a sense of just there's a sense of just raw fearlessness and accomplishment raw fearlessness and accomplishment raw fearlessness and accomplishment coming out of you where coming out of you where coming out of you where nothing the day can throw at you you nothing the day can throw at you you nothing the day can throw at you you can't handle like in that moment i can't handle like in that moment i can't handle like in that moment i literally feel like i could do anything literally feel like i could do anything literally feel like i could do anything like nothing scares me at that point let like nothing scares me at that point let like nothing scares me at that point let me actually go back real quick to right me actually go back real quick to right me actually go back real quick to right when you turn the water it's about to when you turn the water it's about to when you turn the water it's about to come hit you this is feeling known this come hit you this is feeling known this come hit you this is feeling known this sensation known as the flinch when your sensation known as the flinch when your sensation known as the flinch when your entire body just tightens up and you entire body just tightens up and you entire body just tightens up and you realize what's about to happen the pain realize what's about to happen the pain realize what's about to happen the pain you're about to go through and it's you're about to go through and it's you're about to go through and it's actually very common in fighting when i actually very common in fighting when i actually very common in fighting when i was doing mma and i was gonna take like
05:00was doing mma and i was gonna take like was doing mma and i was gonna take like a hard hit to the face i would just a hard hit to the face i would just a hard hit to the face i would just completely freeze up knowing what was completely freeze up knowing what was completely freeze up knowing what was about to happen and this takes a lot of about to happen and this takes a lot of about to happen and this takes a lot of training to not freeze up in those training to not freeze up in those training to not freeze up in those situations i want to say for the first situations i want to say for the first situations i want to say for the first like year and a quarter like year and a quarter like year and a quarter i would just freeze up and not just i would just freeze up and not just i would just freeze up and not just shrivel into a ball when i realized like shrivel into a ball when i realized like shrivel into a ball when i realized like what did i just do i'm about to pour what did i just do i'm about to pour what did i just do i'm about to pour cold water on myself cold water on myself cold water on myself now that's gone away but some of you now that's gone away but some of you now that's gone away but some of you guys aware that it's not crazy when you guys aware that it's not crazy when you guys aware that it's not crazy when you feel yourself getting like really scared feel yourself getting like really scared feel yourself getting like really scared or or or intimidated or think about the need to intimidated or think about the need to intimidated or think about the need to like shrivel up into a ball the second like shrivel up into a ball the second like shrivel up into a ball the second before the water hits you now the first before the water hits you now the first before the water hits you now the first benefit that i noticed was that my hair benefit that i noticed was that my hair benefit that i noticed was that my hair and my skin improved tremendously hot and my skin improved tremendously hot and my skin improved tremendously hot water tends to dry out your scalp and water tends to dry out your scalp and water tends to dry out your scalp and your skin as well as opening up your your skin as well as opening up your your skin as well as opening up your pores and actually made a video 90 days pores and actually made a video 90 days pores and actually made a video 90 days into this challenge which is extremely into this challenge which is extremely into this challenge which is extremely cringy one of the first videos i put up cringy one of the first videos i put up cringy one of the first videos i put up on this channel and i mentioned this on this channel and i mentioned this on this channel and i mentioned this multiple times i used to have a lot of multiple times i used to have a lot of multiple times i used to have a lot of acne which subsided immensely and my acne which subsided immensely and my acne which subsided immensely and my hair used to be very like frizzy and hair used to be very like frizzy and hair used to be very like frizzy and dried out and it kind of got replaced dried out and it kind of got replaced dried out and it kind of got replaced with this now with this now with this now i don't know more lush luscious hair the i don't know more lush luscious hair the i don't know more lush luscious hair the reason for this is because your body is reason for this is because your body is reason for this is because your body is forced to produce more white blood cells forced to produce more white blood cells forced to produce more white blood cells when it encounters cold water this is
06:00when it encounters cold water this is when it encounters cold water this is due to a natural evolutionary thing due to a natural evolutionary thing due to a natural evolutionary thing because our ancestors needed to have because our ancestors needed to have because our ancestors needed to have more white blood cells to protect their more white blood cells to protect their more white blood cells to protect their internal organs during very harsh internal organs during very harsh internal organs during very harsh winters so as an evolutionary response winters so as an evolutionary response winters so as an evolutionary response when we encounter cold water our body when we encounter cold water our body when we encounter cold water our body produces more white blood cells one of produces more white blood cells one of produces more white blood cells one of the benefits i mentioned was increasing the benefits i mentioned was increasing the benefits i mentioned was increasing testosterone and that's absolutely huge testosterone and that's absolutely huge testosterone and that's absolutely huge because testosterone is what makes men because testosterone is what makes men because testosterone is what makes men men men men now i know where i measure this in my now i know where i measure this in my now i know where i measure this in my personal life but i didn't notice personal life but i didn't notice personal life but i didn't notice obviously my weights have gone up in the obviously my weights have gone up in the obviously my weights have gone up in the gym and whatnot but backwards for this gym and whatnot but backwards for this gym and whatnot but backwards for this challenge i noticed that my energy challenge i noticed that my energy challenge i noticed that my energy levels had gone up considerably i used levels had gone up considerably i used levels had gone up considerably i used to be like very lethargic throughout the to be like very lethargic throughout the to be like very lethargic throughout the day like in the morning it took me two day like in the morning it took me two day like in the morning it took me two to three hours to get warmed up and i'd to three hours to get warmed up and i'd to three hours to get warmed up and i'd be pretty fatigued around five or six in be pretty fatigued around five or six in be pretty fatigued around five or six in the evening but once i started this the evening but once i started this the evening but once i started this challenge i think a month or two in i challenge i think a month or two in i challenge i think a month or two in i was i was energized with the whole day was i was energized with the whole day was i was energized with the whole day especially if i woke up to a cold shower especially if i woke up to a cold shower especially if i woke up to a cold shower like i was good to go asap and i could like i was good to go asap and i could like i was good to go asap and i could work much later in the night without work much later in the night without work much later in the night without getting any sort of tiredness that i getting any sort of tiredness that i getting any sort of tiredness that i would normally get earlier on throughout would normally get earlier on throughout would normally get earlier on throughout the day i'm also going right now i can't the day i'm also going right now i can't the day i'm also going right now i can't remember a single time i've been sick remember a single time i've been sick remember a single time i've been sick over the past two years there were a
07:00over the past two years there were a over the past two years there were a couple of days like when i had a bit of couple of days like when i had a bit of couple of days like when i had a bit of a runny nose or a little bit of a a runny nose or a little bit of a a runny nose or a little bit of a headache but nothing that couldn't stop headache but nothing that couldn't stop headache but nothing that couldn't stop him going to work or the gym or school him going to work or the gym or school him going to work or the gym or school but i was not sick for a single day and but i was not sick for a single day and but i was not sick for a single day and it's pretty surprising because before it's pretty surprising because before it's pretty surprising because before that especially when i was in middle that especially when i was in middle that especially when i was in middle school in high school i would get sick school in high school i would get sick school in high school i would get sick like once every two or three months like once every two or three months like once every two or three months pretty bad enough to take one or two pretty bad enough to take one or two pretty bad enough to take one or two days off school one of my favorite days off school one of my favorite days off school one of my favorite quotes of all time is from aristotle who quotes of all time is from aristotle who quotes of all time is from aristotle who said we are we repeatedly do excellence said we are we repeatedly do excellence said we are we repeatedly do excellence that is not an act but a habit which i that is not an act but a habit which i that is not an act but a habit which i believe ties in pretty well with this believe ties in pretty well with this believe ties in pretty well with this theme if you're willing to put yourself theme if you're willing to put yourself theme if you're willing to put yourself through daily discomfort or to achieve a through daily discomfort or to achieve a through daily discomfort or to achieve a long-term lasting benefit then you are long-term lasting benefit then you are long-term lasting benefit then you are on the path to excellent i'm sure i on the path to excellent i'm sure i on the path to excellent i'm sure i could make a lot of videos talking about could make a lot of videos talking about could make a lot of videos talking about how amazing cold showers are and the how amazing cold showers are and the how amazing cold showers are and the benefits and how great i feel all the benefits and how great i feel all the benefits and how great i feel all the time but you guys do get the point not time but you guys do get the point not time but you guys do get the point not only has science backed up a ton of only has science backed up a ton of only has science backed up a ton of reasons to take cold showers for your reasons to take cold showers for your reasons to take cold showers for your health but being resilient enough to do health but being resilient enough to do health but being resilient enough to do something every single day that scares something every single day that scares something every single day that scares you is a skill that will help you out you is a skill that will help you out you is a skill that will help you out tremendously throughout life i mean over tremendously throughout life i mean over tremendously throughout life i mean over the past year for sure it has never the past year for sure it has never the past year for sure it has never crossed my mind that you know today i crossed my mind that you know today i crossed my mind that you know today i might take a hot one or at some point in might take a hot one or at some point in might take a hot one or at some point in the future i'm gonna stop this challenge the future i'm gonna stop this challenge the future i'm gonna stop this challenge i'm i don't say i look forward to this
08:00i'm i don't say i look forward to this i'm i don't say i look forward to this but i look forward to getting through but i look forward to getting through but i look forward to getting through this every single day and i'm so glad to this every single day and i'm so glad to this every single day and i'm so glad to challenge that i embarked on if you guys challenge that i embarked on if you guys challenge that i embarked on if you guys are new here my name's ali i make videos are new here my name's ali i make videos are new here my name's ali i make videos on self-improvement and tech so any of on self-improvement and tech so any of on self-improvement and tech so any of that interest you could hit subscribe that interest you could hit subscribe that interest you could hit subscribe and i'll see you guys next week for the and i'll see you guys next week for the and i'll see you guys next week for the next video