What Happens After 10 DAYS OF COLD SHOWERS The Wim Hof Method
00:00i haven't experienced anything like that i haven't experienced anything like that what's going on guys zach pony here and what's going on guys zach pony here and what's going on guys zach pony here and welcome to today's video so let's get welcome to today's video so let's get welcome to today's video so let's get straight into it i'm going to give you straight into it i'm going to give you straight into it i'm going to give you guys a little bit of context guys a little bit of context guys a little bit of context around two weeks ago i started reading a around two weeks ago i started reading a around two weeks ago i started reading a book called the wim hof method by a book called the wim hof method by a book called the wim hof method by a dutch extreme athlete and multiple world dutch extreme athlete and multiple world dutch extreme athlete and multiple world record holder record holder record holder known as the iceman so the iceman says known as the iceman so the iceman says known as the iceman so the iceman says that if you follow his method of cold that if you follow his method of cold that if you follow his method of cold showers and breathing exercises every showers and breathing exercises every showers and breathing exercises every day day day you can see results in just 10 days so i you can see results in just 10 days so i you can see results in just 10 days so i thought i'll give it a go thought i'll give it a go thought i'll give it a go so i told the family as of tomorrow i'm so i told the family as of tomorrow i'm so i told the family as of tomorrow i'm going to start having cold showers and going to start having cold showers and going to start having cold showers and then then then straight away mum looked at me and said straight away mum looked at me and said straight away mum looked at me and said are you [ __ ] crazy and i said no it's are you [ __ ] crazy and i said no it's are you [ __ ] crazy and i said no it's meant to be really beneficial and then meant to be really beneficial and then meant to be really beneficial and then joel said well if you're having cold joel said well if you're having cold joel said well if you're having cold showers then so am i showers then so am i showers then so am i call me the wim hofkin then as soon as i call me the wim hofkin then as soon as i call me the wim hofkin then as soon as i told him the benefits mum and dad both told him the benefits mum and dad both told him the benefits mum and dad both said said said yeah i'll give it a go so literally the yeah i'll give it a go so literally the yeah i'll give it a go so literally the whole family is in for 10 days whole family is in for 10 days whole family is in for 10 days of cold showers so in the book he of cold showers so in the book he of cold showers so in the book he advocates for a daily cold shower
01:00advocates for a daily cold shower advocates for a daily cold shower beginning with just 30 seconds and then beginning with just 30 seconds and then beginning with just 30 seconds and then working your way up to two minutes so working your way up to two minutes so working your way up to two minutes so every week you're meant to every week you're meant to every week you're meant to increase by 30 seconds and then you have increase by 30 seconds and then you have increase by 30 seconds and then you have to pair that with a specific to pair that with a specific to pair that with a specific breathing exercise every morning so this breathing exercise every morning so this breathing exercise every morning so this is day one we're meant to do is day one we're meant to do is day one we're meant to do normal showers so just normal warm and normal showers so just normal warm and normal showers so just normal warm and then finish it with 30 seconds cold then finish it with 30 seconds cold then finish it with 30 seconds cold it's got an apple watch here and you it's got an apple watch here and you it's got an apple watch here and you guys will know when when i make it cold [Music] oh oh i don't like it i'm late at all holy i don't like it i'm late at all holy i don't like it i'm late at all holy [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] i feel right now but wow that sucked i feel right now but wow that sucked i feel right now but wow that sucked so most days i would start the day off so most days i would start the day off so most days i would start the day off with a breathing exercise with a breathing exercise with a breathing exercise and then jump straight into the cold and then jump straight into the cold and then jump straight into the cold shower
02:00now the breathing exercise is very now the breathing exercise is very interesting now that is supposed to interesting now that is supposed to interesting now that is supposed to oxygenate your blood and your body oxygenate your blood and your body oxygenate your blood and your body through basically hyperventilation with through basically hyperventilation with through basically hyperventilation with periods of holding your breath periods of holding your breath periods of holding your breath in his book in the app it tells you in his book in the app it tells you in his book in the app it tells you exactly how to do it but basically it's exactly how to do it but basically it's exactly how to do it but basically it's it's it's it's hyperventilation controlled and then hyperventilation controlled and then hyperventilation controlled and then holding your breath a little bit so holding your breath a little bit so holding your breath a little bit so within 10 days this breathing exercise within 10 days this breathing exercise within 10 days this breathing exercise alone is meant to provide more energy alone is meant to provide more energy alone is meant to provide more energy reduce inflammation and just provide an reduce inflammation and just provide an reduce inflammation and just provide an overall sense of well-being so overall sense of well-being so overall sense of well-being so i can tell you it felt very very weird i can tell you it felt very very weird i can tell you it felt very very weird the first day of doing it i thought i the first day of doing it i thought i the first day of doing it i thought i was gonna die was gonna die was gonna die so today was the day one of the so today was the day one of the so today was the day one of the breathing technique and detour showers breathing technique and detour showers breathing technique and detour showers the breathing was weird i haven't the breathing was weird i haven't the breathing was weird i haven't experienced anything like that it was experienced anything like that it was experienced anything like that it was basically basically basically 40 hyperventilating breaths like really 40 hyperventilating breaths like really 40 hyperventilating breaths like really deep breaths a bit of holding your deep breaths a bit of holding your deep breaths a bit of holding your breath as well breath as well breath as well and then you do like three rounds of and then you do like three rounds of and then you do like three rounds of that by probably breath that by probably breath that by probably breath 25 i was like this can't be good like i 25 i was like this can't be good like i 25 i was like this can't be good like i felt felt felt weird like usually you just intuitively weird like usually you just intuitively weird like usually you just intuitively stopped but i'm like i'll keep going stopped but i'm like i'll keep going stopped but i'm like i'll keep going stick to it stick to it stick to it hit breath 40 and then i felt so strange hit breath 40 and then i felt so strange hit breath 40 and then i felt so strange and then doing that three times and then doing that three times and then doing that three times tingles everywhere like i felt like my tingles everywhere like i felt like my tingles everywhere like i felt like my whole body was like whole body was like whole body was like tingling and my head just felt a bit tingling and my head just felt a bit tingling and my head just felt a bit lightheaded a bit weird
03:00lightheaded a bit weird lightheaded a bit weird and then after it was first thing in the and then after it was first thing in the and then after it was first thing in the morning and then i felt completely awake morning and then i felt completely awake morning and then i felt completely awake now the whole thing takes around 20 now the whole thing takes around 20 now the whole thing takes around 20 minutes minutes minutes i've been doing it every single morning i've been doing it every single morning i've been doing it every single morning i'm going to continue to do this like i'm going to continue to do this like i'm going to continue to do this like 100 100 100 it's just it's so cool how it works and it's just it's so cool how it works and it's just it's so cool how it works and then then you end up holding your breath for like you end up holding your breath for like you end up holding your breath for like two minutes and then longer than that two minutes and then longer than that two minutes and then longer than that dad held his breath for like three dad held his breath for like three dad held his breath for like three minutes could have died minutes could have died minutes could have died i'm not too sure maybe he just went and i'm not too sure maybe he just went and i'm not too sure maybe he just went and just cocked it for a little bit and then just cocked it for a little bit and then just cocked it for a little bit and then came back again came back again came back again but it actually feels it feels awesome but it actually feels it feels awesome but it actually feels it feels awesome like the only way i can describe it is like the only way i can describe it is like the only way i can describe it is it i feel like i'm super awake like it i feel like i'm super awake like it i feel like i'm super awake like i can i'm wide awake i basically i feel i can i'm wide awake i basically i feel i can i'm wide awake i basically i feel like katy perry like katy perry like katy perry anyway so overall the cold is about the anyway so overall the cold is about the anyway so overall the cold is about the vascular system in circulation and then vascular system in circulation and then vascular system in circulation and then the breathing is more about like other the breathing is more about like other the breathing is more about like other physiological processes [Music] struggled again now at this point i struggled again now at this point i struggled again now at this point i finally started to get used to the finally started to get used to the finally started to get used to the feeling of cold water feeling of cold water feeling of cold water and it actually felt okay smash it so the cold water exposure is smash it so the cold water exposure is meant to really wake up your vascular meant to really wake up your vascular meant to really wake up your vascular system and improve your circulation
04:00system and improve your circulation system and improve your circulation you're meant to start off with 30 you're meant to start off with 30 you're meant to start off with 30 seconds at a time and then increase it seconds at a time and then increase it seconds at a time and then increase it slowly slowly slowly but considering we only have 10 days to but considering we only have 10 days to but considering we only have 10 days to test the method i wanted to push it and test the method i wanted to push it and test the method i wanted to push it and see what i could handle see what i could handle see what i could handle so on day 6 i attempted my first minute so on day 6 i attempted my first minute so on day 6 i attempted my first minute in the cold shower in the cold shower in the cold shower it sucked so there's day six doing it so there's day six doing it it definitely definitely gets easier it definitely definitely gets easier it definitely definitely gets easier lately i've just been jumping straight lately i've just been jumping straight lately i've just been jumping straight into a cold shower into a cold shower into a cold shower one minute i'm already going and it's one minute i'm already going and it's one minute i'm already going and it's easier than the first easier than the first easier than the first 30 seconds like the first day 30 seconds 30 seconds like the first day 30 seconds 30 seconds like the first day 30 seconds i can't tell you guys how good i i can't tell you guys how good i i can't tell you guys how good i feel like now it feels like i've had oxy feel like now it feels like i've had oxy feel like now it feels like i've had oxy shirt shirt shirt it feels like i've had caffeine first it feels like i've had caffeine first it feels like i've had caffeine first thing in the morning and i have yeah a minute actual wim hof good yeah a minute actual wim hof good yeah and then sometimes main job would yeah and then sometimes main job would yeah and then sometimes main job would go down to the beach or the ocean and go down to the beach or the ocean and go down to the beach or the ocean and just jump in the water and see how long just jump in the water and see how long just jump in the water and see how long we could we could handle in there and we could we could handle in there and we could we could handle in there and that was actually that was actually that was actually surprisingly a lot more enjoyable than surprisingly a lot more enjoyable than surprisingly a lot more enjoyable than just a cold shower we've uh just a cold shower we've uh just a cold shower we've uh graduated to z the dicks have inverted
05:00graduated to z the dicks have inverted graduated to z the dicks have inverted that's for sure that's for sure that's for sure but we lasted about a minute in here and but we lasted about a minute in here and but we lasted about a minute in here and it looks sunny but it's actually it looks sunny but it's actually it looks sunny but it's actually freezing it's been decent now at this freezing it's been decent now at this freezing it's been decent now at this point the drone decides to fly itself point the drone decides to fly itself point the drone decides to fly itself directly into the water ship myself and directly into the water ship myself and directly into the water ship myself and just saved it just saved it just saved it 90 seconds if you don't think about it 90 seconds if you don't think about it 90 seconds if you don't think about it after like a minute it starts to feel after like a minute it starts to feel after like a minute it starts to feel kind of normal it's cold on your head kind of normal it's cold on your head kind of normal it's cold on your head but it's amazing your skin just gets but it's amazing your skin just gets but it's amazing your skin just gets used to it feels good i'm gonna see if i can hit the two i'm gonna see if i can hit the two minute mark without freaking out minute mark without freaking out minute mark without freaking out timer is on and straighten the goals [Music] oh [ __ ]
06:00oh [ __ ] oh [ __ ] you definitely feel so good after and you definitely feel so good after and you definitely feel so good after and other times we just jump in the pool other times we just jump in the pool other times we just jump in the pool we figured the more frequent exposures we figured the more frequent exposures we figured the more frequent exposures would be better for this so the quicker would be better for this so the quicker would be better for this so the quicker we can get used to it especially for the we can get used to it especially for the we can get used to it especially for the purpose of this video purpose of this video purpose of this video but it kind of gets a little bit addictive oh so i don't know if it's gotten easier so i don't know if it's gotten easier so i don't know if it's gotten easier i've just gotten better at handling it i i've just gotten better at handling it i i've just gotten better at handling it i think that's think that's think that's that's it the um the nutsac hasn't found that's it the um the nutsac hasn't found that's it the um the nutsac hasn't found it easy whatsoever it's it easy whatsoever it's it easy whatsoever it's said catch you later it's about up to my said catch you later it's about up to my said catch you later it's about up to my throat to road at this point throat to road at this point throat to road at this point he's about two minutes in there kind of he's about two minutes in there kind of he's about two minutes in there kind of feels feels feels feels alright now it feels amazing like feels alright now it feels amazing like feels alright now it feels amazing like as you guys can tell every time i get as you guys can tell every time i get as you guys can tell every time i get out it feels out it feels out it feels awesome and that pool is colder than the awesome and that pool is colder than the awesome and that pool is colder than the sea sea sea as well it's probably like colder than
07:00as well it's probably like colder than as well it's probably like colder than the cold shower here i feel the cold shower here i feel the cold shower here i feel freezing so as a little wrap up um i freezing so as a little wrap up um i freezing so as a little wrap up um i didn't really document too much in terms didn't really document too much in terms didn't really document too much in terms of results of results of results all right sorry to cut you off there's all right sorry to cut you off there's all right sorry to cut you off there's that but i want to compare the first day that but i want to compare the first day that but i want to compare the first day that we did this to now which is the that we did this to now which is the that we did this to now which is the 10th day 10th day 10th day pure cold no warm first just jumping pure cold no warm first just jumping pure cold no warm first just jumping straight in so straight in so straight in so let's see how we do so let's go ah [Applause]
08:00holy [ __ ] i feel right now but wow holy [ __ ] i feel right now but wow that is two minutes done and dusted what that is two minutes done and dusted what that is two minutes done and dusted what i did check was my resting heart rate i did check was my resting heart rate i did check was my resting heart rate now i've got it on now i've got it on now i've got it on my phone here because it is meant to my phone here because it is meant to my phone here because it is meant to reduce your resting heart rate which we reduce your resting heart rate which we reduce your resting heart rate which we know is a good thing know is a good thing know is a good thing uh because it means the heart's not uh because it means the heart's not uh because it means the heart's not working as hard basically working as hard basically working as hard basically i don't know why it's hard to get that i don't know why it's hard to get that i don't know why it's hard to get that out so in the last month before i did out so in the last month before i did out so in the last month before i did this this this my resting rate was on average between my resting rate was on average between my resting rate was on average between 53 to 82 53 to 82 53 to 82 and then in the last week of doing this and then in the last week of doing this and then in the last week of doing this it's between 53 to 67 it's between 53 to 67 it's between 53 to 67 so it hasn't got above 67 which i think so it hasn't got above 67 which i think so it hasn't got above 67 which i think is quite cool so it hasn't gone below is quite cool so it hasn't gone below is quite cool so it hasn't gone below the lower limit of like that 53 but it the lower limit of like that 53 but it the lower limit of like that 53 but it hasn't gotten high hasn't gotten high hasn't gotten high which i reckon is awesome um so that is which i reckon is awesome um so that is which i reckon is awesome um so that is sick and an overall wrap up i think sick and an overall wrap up i think sick and an overall wrap up i think is this has been sick like i've seen is this has been sick like i've seen is this has been sick like i've seen people have cold showers in the past and people have cold showers in the past and people have cold showers in the past and i've always been like i've always been like i've always been like i don't get why you do it and i don't i don't get why you do it and i don't i don't get why you do it and i don't know what the point is and i would never know what the point is and i would never know what the point is and i would never do it like it's just i feel too much of do it like it's just i feel too much of do it like it's just i feel too much of a [ __ ] to have a cold shower every day a [ __ ] to have a cold shower every day a [ __ ] to have a cold shower every day but um when you ease into it and then but um when you ease into it and then but um when you ease into it and then you feel just how good you feel
09:00you feel just how good you feel you feel just how good you feel now it's really addictive so every now it's really addictive so every now it's really addictive so every single shower i've had single shower i've had single shower i've had i'll always turn it to cold at the end i'll always turn it to cold at the end i'll always turn it to cold at the end for even if it's like at the end of the for even if it's like at the end of the for even if it's like at the end of the day just like 10 seconds day just like 10 seconds day just like 10 seconds just because it feels awesome it leaves just because it feels awesome it leaves just because it feels awesome it leaves you feeling just like just you feeling just like just you feeling just like just with it i can't have warm showers feel a with it i can't have warm showers feel a with it i can't have warm showers feel a bit gross now if i just have a hot bit gross now if i just have a hot bit gross now if i just have a hot shower it's like it's it's so strange shower it's like it's it's so strange shower it's like it's it's so strange um so if you always are used to having um so if you always are used to having um so if you always are used to having like scolding hot showers like scolding hot showers like scolding hot showers and that's just your thing sorry but now and that's just your thing sorry but now and that's just your thing sorry but now you're gonna have cold showers and it's you're gonna have cold showers and it's you're gonna have cold showers and it's like you're gonna feel like you're in like you're gonna feel like you're in like you're gonna feel like you're in prison prison prison but it's all good because it's part of but it's all good because it's part of but it's all good because it's part of the process and you just feel like it the process and you just feel like it the process and you just feel like it leaves you feeling awesome so leaves you feeling awesome so leaves you feeling awesome so like i did a day in the life of me like i did a day in the life of me like i did a day in the life of me routine video a while ago i'm not sure routine video a while ago i'm not sure routine video a while ago i'm not sure if you guys saw it watch it if you if you guys saw it watch it if you if you guys saw it watch it if you if you didn't but um i was starting the if you didn't but um i was starting the if you didn't but um i was starting the wim off method then wim off method then wim off method then and i didn't want to just go and say and i didn't want to just go and say and i didn't want to just go and say this is what i do every day because i this is what i do every day because i this is what i do every day because i didn't so i thought i'll give it a go didn't so i thought i'll give it a go didn't so i thought i'll give it a go first first first but after doing this for nearly two but after doing this for nearly two but after doing this for nearly two weeks now it has just been weeks now it has just been weeks now it has just been awesome and i'm gonna continue doing awesome and i'm gonna continue doing awesome and i'm gonna continue doing this so i mean checking with me in about this so i mean checking with me in about this so i mean checking with me in about six months and see if i'm still doing it six months and see if i'm still doing it six months and see if i'm still doing it most likely i am because i'm like a most likely i am because i'm like a most likely i am because i'm like a creature of habit my routine's just creature of habit my routine's just creature of habit my routine's just like everything i pride myself on like a like everything i pride myself on like a like everything i pride myself on like a massive routine so i think i'm gonna massive routine so i think i'm gonna massive routine so i think i'm gonna continue to do it um and it's gonna get
10:00continue to do it um and it's gonna get continue to do it um and it's gonna get easier as well because it's about to hit easier as well because it's about to hit easier as well because it's about to hit summer in australia so like it's going summer in australia so like it's going summer in australia so like it's going to be enjoyable to be enjoyable to be enjoyable to get in a college hour um but guys to get in a college hour um but guys to get in a college hour um but guys that is basically it for this video if that is basically it for this video if that is basically it for this video if you want to you want to you want to test this out i don't want to get i test this out i don't want to get i test this out i don't want to get i don't want to be liable for any of you don't want to be liable for any of you don't want to be liable for any of you guys passing out and doing guys passing out and doing guys passing out and doing weird [ __ ] in the shower so i'm not weird [ __ ] in the shower so i'm not weird [ __ ] in the shower so i'm not telling you to do any of this telling you to do any of this telling you to do any of this but if you want to check it out but if you want to check it out but if you want to check it out definitely read his book because it's a definitely read his book because it's a definitely read his book because it's a really interesting reading he seems like really interesting reading he seems like really interesting reading he seems like such an interesting guy but such an interesting guy but such an interesting guy but um read the wim hof method he's got an um read the wim hof method he's got an um read the wim hof method he's got an app out as well but it just app out as well but it just app out as well but it just guides you through the breathing and it guides you through the breathing and it guides you through the breathing and it is so funny because like like dutch is so funny because like like dutch is so funny because like like dutch accents i think are the coolest accents i think are the coolest accents i think are the coolest because they say d instead of th i'm because they say d instead of th i'm because they say d instead of th i'm pretty sure pretty sure pretty sure she says ears into the belly and it just she says ears into the belly and it just she says ears into the belly and it just means always just means always just means always just into the belly into the belly and into into the belly into the belly and into into the belly into the belly and into the shower the shower the shower and make sure the weather is not too and make sure the weather is not too and make sure the weather is not too cold and back into the shower cold and back into the shower cold and back into the shower so welcome back to the tutorial on how so welcome back to the tutorial on how so welcome back to the tutorial on how to drive himself with the towel to drive himself with the towel to drive himself with the towel i posted a video the other day on how to i posted a video the other day on how to i posted a video the other day on how to use towel in the bathroom and use towel in the bathroom and use towel in the bathroom and today i'm going to revisit the tutorial today i'm going to revisit the tutorial today i'm going to revisit the tutorial doctor doctor doctor on how to dry my body with a towel on how to dry my body with a towel on how to dry my body with a towel this is the entire youtube video guys so
11:00this is the entire youtube video guys so this is the entire youtube video guys so i hope you enjoyed it the video i hope you enjoyed it the video i hope you enjoyed it the video and uh tune in next week for part three and uh tune in next week for part three and uh tune in next week for part three on how to on how to on how to predict the weather with your belly cold waters may be mental clearly anyway cold waters may be mental clearly anyway that is with you guys now for when you that is with you guys now for when you that is with you guys now for when you want to listen to the app but that is it want to listen to the app but that is it want to listen to the app but that is it for me guys i hope you enjoyed this for me guys i hope you enjoyed this for me guys i hope you enjoyed this video and basically watch me shower for video and basically watch me shower for video and basically watch me shower for like 10 minutes straight like 10 minutes straight like 10 minutes straight strange but necessary but that is it for strange but necessary but that is it for strange but necessary but that is it for me guys so please like this video me guys so please like this video me guys so please like this video comment something down below and hit comment something down below and hit comment something down below and hit subscribe i hope if it's 700k by now subscribe i hope if it's 700k by now subscribe i hope if it's 700k by now because it's been because it's been because it's been it's been a long time coming anyway that it's been a long time coming anyway that it's been a long time coming anyway that is it for me and you guys know what to is it for me and you guys know what to is it for me and you guys know what to do do do stay massive stay massive stay massive [Music] [Music] when you see just what i'm saying