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- Hi, folks,
I'm Bob Schrupp, physical therapist.
- Brad Heineck, physical therapists.
- Yeah, we are the most famous physical therapists
on the internet.
- In our opinion, of course.
- Really humble.
Today we're gonna talk about,
I did, that's me,
The Wim Hof method, that's a name,
For Stress Reduction,
for two months.
And this is what I found.
I'm gonna reveal today.
What its done for me.
- Wim Hof is a name of...
- The Dutch...
- Oh, its a person.
- Its a person.
And he's known as The Iceman
and well we'll tell you some of his accomplishments
and pretty amazing.
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- So Wim Hof, he's Dutch.
And he's also known as the Iceman, like I said.
He's got many Guinness world records Brad.
- Yeah, I actually saw a video of this guy.
I've read a little bit about him.
He is a...
- It's amazing. - Yeah.
- I mean, it seems impossible.
Some of the things he did
so he's got the record for swimming under ice.
188 feet.
You know, he actually...
The first time he did it. - without a wetsuit.
- Without a wetsuit.
- No dry suit. - No.
He had the camera's on the first time,
he was just trying it.
And his eyes froze over,
his eyelids.
He couldn't...
He was blind.
He couldn't find his way out
and he had to be rescued.
And then the next time he did it,
the same day,
he still went 188 feet.
- So the water is what?
40 degrees or something like that.
- I think its freezing.
- Or was it 32
or was it salt water.
If its salt water,
it could be even colder without freezing.
- Yeah, I'm not...
- We didn't get in that into detail.
Well one way or another that guy is amazing
or he's go some issues. - I'll give you
a few more Brad.
(chuckles)
he's got the fastest half marathon.
He did this up in the Antarctic, I believe
with no shoes, no shirt he wore or shorts.
I mean.
- What was the temperature?
- You know, what is in Antarctica?
- May be they have a summer
that gets a little warm. - no, no.
He wasn't snowy.
He took him two hours and 16 minutes and 34 seconds.
- Wow.
- But yeah, nothing but shorts.
- These shoes.
- No shoes.
- Yeah.
- I'd like to see what
his feet look like. - this seems impossible,
doesn't it?
- I bet we could look at, you know,
someone could probably Google this
and they'll see pictures
and may be and some video footage.
- Yeah.
And he also...
There's a documentary out him.
So you can watch that.
There's the longest time
that he had direct full body contact with ice.
And that was an hour and 53 minutes.
I guess it's been broken down by other people now.
But could you imagine sitting the ice bath
for an hour and 53 minutes?
- Like water filled with ice cubes
and you submerge yourself? - Yeah.
- Like to the neck.
- Yeah, to the neck.
He can keep his body temperature the same.
He just has that ability.
So they're measuring it sub lingually.
- Yeah, they actually...
he did it.
Tested up.
So this is the one that's pretty amazing
about his immune system.
So he purposely injected an endotoxin
that normally makes you sick.
It will cause nausea, headaches, inflammation, vomiting
and nothing happened to him.
He just...
With his mind pretty much controlled it.
He didn't get sick at all.
- Why would you do that to someone anyways?
- Well, they wanted to show...
He wanted to prove that as immune system
and they did it.
So you think, okay
this guy's a freak of nature,
he's got, but no.
So he can teach people how to do this stuff.
- And it has a lot to do
with breathing techniques.
- Breathing technique and yeah,
they do mindfulness.
And so, yeah.
He's got a three system,
three pillar system.
But these are the things
that his websites is supposed to do.
It's supposed to boost your immune system
increase your energy,
relieves stress, improve sleep,
increased willpower,
relieve some symptoms of depression,
increases concentration,
improves your overall mental wellbeing.
So again, there's three ways to do this.
- Wait.
So if get into this,
does this jumping into water
you're gonna jump in a ice bath
and you're gonna
do all this things? - Well, you know,
this is how he recommends it.
First he's got the breathing part of it
and these are breathing exercises
and they last...
You can probably do it about 15 minutes
and you can go right to his YouTube channel
and he's got great videos on.
Great visuals on how to breathe.
And you breathe in and out for like 30 times
then you hold your breath for a minute.
And right when you're done,
you hold it for another 15 seconds
but I'll...
- Did you do this?
- I didn't it.
- Did you get dizzy?
- I never got dizzy
but people can get dizzy.
And he warns you not to do it in the shower,
not to do it anywhere
if you're not lying down or sitting down
because you could get dizzy and fall over.
- And he actually learned this technique
from some people in...
- I think it's a mishmash of things over time.
And he learned it from...
I don't think its specifically...
- Cause in that book, Breathe...
- Yeah (indistinct)
- That he did with these people
from I'm thinking over by India.
- Yeah, I think it was India.
- Buddhists.
Yeah.
Anyways, that's a side note.
- So the breathing, you know,
he does have a program you can purchase
but I'm thinking you don't need to do it.
I didn't.
- You maybe that's why...
- Yeah, yeah.
We'll find out.
It really, you know,
the only thing I was missing,
he's got some yoga stretches and stuff like that.
I do a lot of thoughts.
(laughing)
- You know how you would do with yoga sometimes.
- Yeah.
So anyway, the breathing exercises,
definitely had that down.
I was doing that.
The cold exposure.
What he does is he has you start with cold showers.
So you start with a warm shower
and then you finish with a cold shower.
And the first time he made me only
10 seconds or 30 seconds
and I was up to a minute and a half.
- And of cold?
- Of cold.
Yeah.
- But you started warm.
I started warm
and I'd go with that last minute and a half.
I just say, this is just the shower.
tough it out.
- Did you have a little timer or what?
- I had a little timer.
- Right in the shower with it?
- Right in the shower.
- Waterproof one?
- Yeah waterproof one.
And you know, it's funny when I'd get out of the shower,
you know, normally if I get all the shower, now I'm cold.
But if you get out of the shower
after you had a cold shower,
you actually feel pretty good.
So it definitely wakes you up.
- Yeah, I believe it.
- And then he had a mindfulness meditation
which he kinda just did with the breathing.
The same breathing state.
- A mindfulness?
What do you mean mindful (indistinct).
- That's all meditation.
You're trying to be in the moment.
- Its the mind.
- And I know a lot of you have problems with this.
You know, I do transcendental meditation
and a lot of people were upset about that
that I was leaving the devil in.
And believe me,
the last thing I'm thinking about is the devil.
So anyway, so I did the breathing,
the cold exposure like I said,
it was up to a minute and a half.
I think he actually has you eventually go
up to like five minutes
but I get a lot of outdoor cold too.
In fact, one day I ran out.
I ran in shorts to see what it's like.
It was 30 degrees or less than 30.
- Do you have short sleeve?
- I had short sleeves shirts on.
You know, I get hot when I run.
So first I should say
I am the least person that likes the on earth.
I hate cold.
I hated it all my whole life.
My hands get really cold easy, my feet.
So that has improved without a doubt
I can handle the cold better.
- Sure. - Without a doubt.
But as far as my immune system, who knows.
I don't know if my immune system's better.
I mean, I've not been exposed to anybody.
- Oh, you're healthy, right Bob?
- Yah, I'm healthy.
It's probably better than...
Let's be optimistic.
- Yeah.
I just...
The breathing, the sleeping, you know
I felt like the transcendental meditation helped me more
than anything else right now.
So I'm gonna continue doing that.
- I think you have to take the program.
- Maybe you do.
- Sometimes you take a program,
they explain it better.
But maybe not, I don't know.
- He's got a lot of information
on his channel and I just...
I I think you get a pretty good sense
of whether or not the program (indistinct).
Well, Bob let's look at it this way.
If someone watches our shoulder program
through the video,
we do a pretty good job.
But if they come to us directly, probably.
- But our shoulder program is free.
I thought you had compared our shoulder program
to just (indistinct). - Well, no,
it just a video in general.
You're gonna learn a lot
but(indistinct)
- I'm not going over to the Netherlands or whatever.
- Oh, you have to actually go over there.
- If you want the program.
There is a online program too.
- I'd like to go over there and maybe take it.
Cause otherwise I'm not doing all that stuff.
That's cool.
- I mean, you start off
and then you finish off
by you climb up to this mountain
with your shirt off and shorts.
- Well may be if I had shoes.
I'm thinking, I don't know anymore
but at one time in my life,
I'd say, yeah, let's do it but now
I'm thinking maybe I've swam
in very cold water without a wetsuit.
- Oh yeah.
- Had to triathlon during the summer you can't go.
And it's dang cold.
You got an ice cream headache
because the water is hitting in the forehead.
By the time you get done, you're so numb.
It doesn't feel so bad.
And now you should get out.
And like you say, you feel pretty darn good.
- You feel good when you come out.
- Its like, Whoa (indistinct).
- I'm getting so much cold exposure.
I ran this morning out in the cold
but I had plenty of clothes on
but it was it was -10, -15,
blow with the wind chill.
And I felt good.
I mean, I felt,
I wouldn't wanna be any colder.
It was Bobby have a limit
of how I'd run outside.
But I just, I don't wanna do the cold showers.
You know what?
I only have so much motivation.
And if I give up, deplete my motivation
on that cold shower,
I'm not gonna be able to do something else during the day.
- We might have some people watching that
our experience with this
and actually are real successful with
that maybe(indistinct).
- There are people that love him
and I don't disagree, you know
- But they could maybe give you some hints
on maybe what
they've discovered. - Sure.
- Maybe there was something that...
- That I missed out on.
- You never know.
So I think it's one of those things that could be different
between individuals (indistinct)
- It can and there's some talk
about people with rheumatoid arthritis
and AMS. - And they got better?
- And if they felt like they went from...
They're on meds and they got off the meds.
So there's a lot of stories.
A lot of...
I mean, there's no doubt.
I think it does boost your immune system too.
I really do well.
- There's gotta be something
if this gentlemen could climb a mountain
and run and go under water.
Its amazing how he could not have hypothermia.
- I know it's crazy. - Unbelievable.
- It's nuts.
So, all right, check it out.
You know, start with his...
He's got a website.
He's got videos on YouTube.
He's got a book.
We'll put a link below on the book.
So I have nothing against Wim Hof.
I think he's a great guy.
I just...
I'm not gonna do cold showers anymore.
Sorry.
Thanks.