I am a 62 year old woman who will always be grateful to Wim Hof for writing a book and yourself for the video cause for the last 30 years I have been on anti depressants and suffered with inflammation. The past six months both have gotten better. I have actually caught myself laughing as I come out of the freezing shower. Why be miserable when we have cold water.😊😊😊😊😊😊
I used to shower my legs with cold water after long runs. Learned it from racehorse trainers. Definitely improves recovery time for people (and horses). :)
Try jumping in freezing water up to your neck. After a year… Started with the cold shower, 15 seconds, then 30, etc. Then jumping in the bay. Now, a 60F swim is absolutely lovely. 45 (11ish C?) is still… Uncomfortable. But honestly, that’s the best thing about it. It’s the easiest thing you can do routinely that’s also the closest thing to holding your hand on hot stove that doesn’t result in permanent damage. I mean… It’s not THAT bad. But it is actually painful. But you can actually learn that you can stare into pain, and discover that you actually can endure it, and that experience isn’t as bad as the fear/anticipation of it. And best of all, you can learn that when every part of you is screaming “No, I don’t wanna,” you can just be like, well, be that as it may, I’ve decided that I’m doing it, so f*** it, it’s happening. And to be able to practice that, week after week…. I can’t offer scientific proof, but it seems possible that that could end up helping in other areas of your life. Either way, although it doesn’t feel good at the time, it definitely does afterward.
As always, you continue to inspire me. I am a big fan of ice cold showers in the spring and summer, especially after a good work out. But after watching this video, I decided I would try my first cold shower when it’s actually cold! I did precede it with a hot shower (I can’t seem to rinse the soap out of my hair otherwise), but it wasn’t bad at all! It felt the same as it does during the summer, and left me with that same charged feeling in my whole body. I definitely love embracing the cold. I’m out in a T-shirt and shorts and my Xero sandals unless it’s below freezing. But like you say I’m not a slave to it: sometimes my body feels really cold and I love standing in hot water for 10 minutes!
It’s simply builds mental discipline. Callousing your mind to do things you don’t want to do, which is a building block for things you will encounter on in life. You people in The comments are missing the point.
Yea, all us idiots should just listen to you… it NEVER crossed our minds even once, that cold therapy builds mental discipline. You’re the smartest fella in the world… but this ain’t news to you, eh?
Never in my life did I think I'd take a cold shower. I HATE the cold, but made the jump last week and it's been amazing so far. I usually turn it on then count down from 3 and jump in.
Just like training, the start is hard but once you get pass that you can never stop. Love cold showers i rarely get sick and my recovery is alote faster Thanks for the tips al ♥️
Cold showers are dangerous for lung infection. I can’t say i had pneumonia only from cold showers but that’s what helped infection.I had lung infection and I knew cold showers made impact on the desease.,cause it’s not the same as ce bath. In ice bath entire body will get adaptations cause all body is inside cold. In cold showers body it’s exposed to trauma more expecially if you do from hot shower to cold that’s even more dangerous.. Those who want benefits should go straight to ice bath, without changing tenperatures from hot to cold.and if you want health benefits practice ice bath. Ice bath is safe but not cold showers.
Cold showers are also healthy because you're grounding/earthing. The pipes are connected to the earth and so is the water. Using earthing mats or walking bare feet on the earth helps a lot too.
I usually tell people that the best time to try it is in the summer, since more often than not the cold water coming through the pipes will be warmer than it is in the winter. That and if you're outside and hot from the summer weather, a cold shower is going to feel great. These things help rig the game in your favor.
@@TylerInTraining You can safely assume at least 7-8 centigrade difference. Last August It felt like cheating in Hungary. January, on the other hand, it is quite challenging, to put it mildly...
Hi Al! been waiting for a long time to hear your point about this. I take contrast showers every day but I'm getting lazy to do the breathing which Wim Hof shows. Any way, I enjoy cold water and advise you not to overdose at the beginning
Hi Al what’s your posture on been vegan ? Since you’re. Minimalist and doing fast , have you thought about it ? Great content always sr keep posting 😊🙏🔥
Just be warned that you are inducing hypoxia and you may pass out or get a seizure. If you feel dizzy or feel tingling sensation in your body those are warning signs that shouldn't be ignored.
I take a regular warm shower until it's time to rinse, then i switch to as cold as possible and stay under for at least five minutes. A trick I use when switching to cold is to let the cold water spray down directly on my chest for about 30 seconds or longer. This lets your body acclimate to the cold better.
It’s a bad idea from hot to cold is very dangerous for lungs. I did it for 2 months everyday from very hot to very cold straight in the chest area, that made me sick , I had bronchopnwumonia , cause cold water lead to vasoconstriction of blood vessels near lungs, and that can lead very easy to lung infection , cause of trauma in chest area .I never will do this again If I do this , I will do ice bath but not cold showers anynore., expecially from hot to cold , never again
I need to get back into this! I built up to about a minute cold shower this summer which was admittedly easier... but now it's very cold here in the the UK 🥶 Al, you have always helped to motivate and inspire me 👍🏼
PREECH I live in the south east where our average high for Jully & August is 23C, (according to Wikipedia) June is supposed to be 21C as well, but even In and early Jully I still struggled at times during those early mornings, Man don't know how I'm going to do it now , let's just bite the bullet Man we can do this!, Just think about all the torture we've already been through like Forgetting your PE kit at school in Winter and just having to stand there freezing , or them making you still participate in your tShirt and smelly track pants from the lost and found,
Can i warm up afterwards using a hot shower or does that ruin the whole thing? My apartment is really cold in the winter and i cannot warm up afterwards otherwise!
Cold shower for 10 minutes. Shivered at the end. Continued to shiver afterwards. I enjoyed the shower though but should I get to this point of shivering?
I take ice foot and hand baths for a copple days and it is quite easy so i tough it was easy to do showers and did a cold shower like 20seconds I was hyperventilating and like whattt I tough it was easier....
Hey hey @Alkavaldo I’m having a hard time progressing with the basic calesthenics movements: Squat, push-up, pull-up and sit-ups , can you give some examples of some progressions?Thanks
Hi Al. Is it imortant to get a shock from the cold water, or is it ok to turn the water gradually down from hot to cold? I find it much easier to go gradually down, but maybe it is not a good idea? Kind regards, Helle Denmark
Hey hey hey. Al Is it proven and helpful for everybody, plantbase, vegam, carnivores, warm compress, sleep cold, what is the next thing ozempic for weight loss and damage your muscle or heavy weights less reps? Light weight more reps, dont run if old only walk , no pasta no canned foods , supplements, hang upside down , wear no shoes, brethin nose out mouth , breathe in nose out nose, i will breathe however i get the most air, im overwhelmed and this isnt even half.... help me
Hoping anybody has a word of advice. Ive been doing cold water therapy, cold showers/cold tank. The last few times its given me an instant clapping headache. This time the headache lasted for 2 hours after. i really want to continue doing them because of the benefits, but dont want to keep suffering from the headache onset
These guys think that Wim Hof method is 100 percent healthy and unquestionioned. It can be very dangerous expecially for lungs. Sauna is safe and 100 times healthier than cold shower’s. Cold showers made vasoconstriction which can lead to pneumonia’
Hey guys Is it better only cold ? Or hot to cold is fine? I try cold all the way then i get brain freeze then hot to wash myself and then back to cold once i'm done and this time around it's the second "shock" so it' s easier... I don't understand the difference cold shower makes your blood circulate but is it better only cold or you can alternate Is the " shock" necessary ? Some people tell me the shock is the most important part... That means you start with cold .. Not even cool to cold... So many questions but i practice martial arts and i kind of really want to understand without bothering people and i'd rather have people talk about experience than ask google
The reason is because lukewarm water is warm enough to open up and clean your pores without drying out you scalp and skin, and when you finish off with cold water, it helps close up the pores making your skin smooth and can help prevent pimples
Not only that but the sudden temperature change in the water helps activate the immune system which can help you prevent sickness and can help you get used to the coldness, I personally find this technique way better than cold showers because when I took cold showers after a sweaty workout, it would give me small pimples, I think because the cold water closed the pores trapping all the dirty sweat, etc. Hope this helps
I love cold shower's and ice baths.. But I don't follow his breathing techniques. I have discovered that ujjayi breathing is a better way, as it generates internal heat
I really love taking cold shower's everyday, but I don't do his breathing technique.. hyperventilating in cold water has proven to be very dangerous. That's my approach on every so called fitness expert/guru out there. Taking everything with a grain of salt and not believing everything someone says in a cultish fashion
I'm sitting here with my cup of hot green tea, thinking "oh hell no with a cold shower". This past summer I took a cold shower in the middle of a heat wave.
That's exactly what it is. A bs bandwagon lol. It's hilarious that people think you're magically gonna be healthier from taking miserable cold showers and doing some stupid breathing techniques lmao.
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I am a 62 year old woman who will always be grateful to Wim Hof for writing a book and yourself for the video cause for the last 30 years I have been on anti depressants and suffered with inflammation. The past six months both have gotten better. I have actually caught myself laughing as I come out of the freezing shower. Why be miserable when we have cold water.😊😊😊😊😊😊
I’m proud of you ❤
That post freezy laugh is something I tell you lol.
I used to shower my legs with cold water after long runs. Learned it from racehorse trainers. Definitely improves recovery time for people (and horses). :)
Try jumping in freezing water up to your neck. After a year… Started with the cold shower, 15 seconds, then 30, etc. Then jumping in the bay. Now, a 60F swim is absolutely lovely. 45 (11ish C?) is still… Uncomfortable.
But honestly, that’s the best thing about it. It’s the easiest thing you can do routinely that’s also the closest thing to holding your hand on hot stove that doesn’t result in permanent damage.
I mean… It’s not THAT bad. But it is actually painful. But you can actually learn that you can stare into pain, and discover that you actually can endure it, and that experience isn’t as bad as the fear/anticipation of it.
And best of all, you can learn that when every part of you is screaming “No, I don’t wanna,” you can just be like, well, be that as it may, I’ve decided that I’m doing it, so f*** it, it’s happening.
And to be able to practice that, week after week…. I can’t offer scientific proof, but it seems possible that that could end up helping in other areas of your life.
Either way, although it doesn’t feel good at the time, it definitely does afterward.
As always, you continue to inspire me. I am a big fan of ice cold showers in the spring and summer, especially after a good work out. But after watching this video, I decided I would try my first cold shower when it’s actually cold! I did precede it with a hot shower (I can’t seem to rinse the soap out of my hair otherwise), but it wasn’t bad at all! It felt the same as it does during the summer, and left me with that same charged feeling in my whole body.
I definitely love embracing the cold. I’m out in a T-shirt and shorts and my Xero sandals unless it’s below freezing. But like you say I’m not a slave to it: sometimes my body feels really cold and I love standing in hot water for 10 minutes!
It’s simply builds mental discipline. Callousing your mind to do things you don’t want to do, which is a building block for things you will encounter on in life. You people in The comments are missing the point.
Yea, all us idiots should just listen to you… it NEVER crossed our minds even once, that cold therapy builds mental discipline. You’re the smartest fella in the world… but this ain’t news to you, eh?
Never in my life did I think I'd take a cold shower. I HATE the cold, but made the jump last week and it's been amazing so far. I usually turn it on then count down from 3 and jump in.
Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
When I was a little kid jumping under the cold water was fun and did the trick to get my body used to the cold. This trick is still useful today! ❄🚿
Great explanation!
Great video! I have very similar experience and I confirm all recommendations.
Just like training, the start is hard but once you get pass that you can never stop.
Love cold showers i rarely get sick and my recovery is alote faster
Thanks for the tips al ♥️
Bravo Al! For promoting healthy habits and being (once more) a great example! 💪😁
3:23 “but always being comfortable does not allow us to grow” I like that just like eating vegetables.
Very informative. Thank you.
Hard to find a cooler guy than Al.
The coolest of mentors, too.
Thanks Al, sound advice! Loved the Wall-E reference :)
The cold tub is the best way to wake up. Feel how good it feels to be fully awake.❤️
Been taking cold showers year round since I was 10 I'm 50, & there ain't not nothing wrong with me.
Right it can't possibly be genetics. Must be those miserable cold showers 🚿 🤣
Cold showers are dangerous for lung infection. I can’t say i had pneumonia only from cold showers but that’s what helped infection.I had lung infection and I knew cold showers made impact on the desease.,cause it’s not the same as ce bath. In ice bath entire body will get adaptations cause all body is inside cold. In cold showers body it’s exposed to trauma more expecially if you do from hot shower to cold that’s even more dangerous..
Those who want benefits should go straight to ice bath, without changing tenperatures from hot to cold.and if you want health benefits practice ice bath. Ice bath is safe but not cold showers.
@@uransylejmani7387 not true. Im doing cold showers for a week, from hot to cold and its going good for now.
@@Joka96 do you also put it in your head or avoid cold water on head directly ?
@@TheChiklu first put on legs, then arms, then on chest and last face and head. Exhale while u point on ureself and stay calm and deep breathing.
Cold showers are also healthy because you're grounding/earthing. The pipes are connected to the earth and so is the water. Using earthing mats or walking bare feet on the earth helps a lot too.
Great advice. You can also start the whole thing in summer, and as time passes 'gradually' go more hardcore (November, December, January...)
I usually tell people that the best time to try it is in the summer, since more often than not the cold water coming through the pipes will be warmer than it is in the winter. That and if you're outside and hot from the summer weather, a cold shower is going to feel great. These things help rig the game in your favor.
@@TylerInTraining You can safely assume at least 7-8 centigrade difference. Last August It felt like cheating in Hungary. January, on the other hand, it is quite challenging, to put it mildly...
Hi Al! been waiting for a long time to hear your point about this. I take contrast showers every day but I'm getting lazy to do the breathing which Wim Hof shows. Any way, I enjoy cold water and advise you not to overdose at the beginning
Nice video
Had a youtube recommended video just today about cooling your hands between sets for faster recovery that seemed interesting.
Another tip is too expose your body (or body parts) on the exhale.
Hi Al what’s your posture on been vegan ? Since you’re. Minimalist and doing fast , have you thought about it ? Great content always sr keep posting 😊🙏🔥
Just be warned that you are inducing hypoxia and you may pass out or get a seizure. If you feel dizzy or feel tingling sensation in your body those are warning signs that shouldn't be ignored.
I take a regular warm shower until it's time to rinse, then i switch to as cold as possible and stay under for at least five minutes. A trick I use when switching to cold is to let the cold water spray down directly on my chest for about 30 seconds or longer. This lets your body acclimate to the cold better.
It’s a bad idea from hot to cold is very dangerous for lungs. I did it for 2 months everyday from very hot to very cold straight in the chest area, that made me sick , I had bronchopnwumonia , cause cold water lead to vasoconstriction of blood vessels near lungs, and that can lead very easy to lung infection , cause of trauma in chest area .I never will do this again
If I do this , I will do ice bath but not cold showers anynore., expecially from hot to cold , never again
@@uransylejmani7387 But if i slowly go from hot to cold is that okay?
@@3.14Jay I've never had an issue and I've been doing this for years. Just ease into it.
Hey Al do you do the wim hoff breathing before or after the workout? Do you take the cold shower immediately after working out or wait and hour?
Doing it in the summer is much different than doing it in the winter. The water is so much colder in the winter.
I need to get back into this! I built up to about a minute cold shower this summer which was admittedly easier... but now it's very cold here in the the UK 🥶
Al, you have always helped to motivate and inspire me 👍🏼
PREECH I live in the south east where our average high for Jully & August is 23C, (according to Wikipedia) June is supposed to be 21C as well, but even In and early Jully I still struggled at times during those early mornings, Man don't know how I'm going to do it now , let's just bite the bullet Man we can do this!, Just think about all the torture we've already been through like Forgetting your PE kit at school in Winter and just having to stand there freezing , or them making you still participate in your tShirt and smelly track pants from the lost and found,
Even in the winter I take cold showers
I just shadow box real hard or hit the speed bag or bust out some squats get real sweaty then hop in
@@Feedback406 that's a good Idea!
@@bigmatthews6580 let's do this man! ✌🏽
I do breathing technique while in cold shower. It helps me
Wa just about to hop in the shower. Perfect timing 😝
Cold Shower all the way 😋. I love cold showers.
Probably helps you burn calories, too, insofar as your body is striving to maintain homeostasis.
hey bro can you make video of explosive pylometrics pistol squats
I’m my neck of the non woods(west Texas dustbowl area) 116 degree summers make multiple cold showers a necessity
Can i warm up afterwards using a hot shower or does that ruin the whole thing? My apartment is really cold in the winter and i cannot warm up afterwards otherwise!
-10 in South Dakota right now is that cold enough?
I sing something silly like the ABC song which helps distract in the first few seconds. Cold plunge is so much easier that showers.
Is it ok to expose your head to cold water for a longer time?
Cold shower for 10 minutes. Shivered at the end. Continued to shiver afterwards. I enjoyed the shower though but should I get to this point of shivering?
I take ice foot and hand baths for a copple days and it is quite easy so i tough it was easy to do showers and did a cold shower like 20seconds I was hyperventilating and like whattt I tough it was easier....
Hey hey @Alkavaldo I’m having a hard time progressing with the basic calesthenics movements: Squat, push-up, pull-up and sit-ups , can you give some examples of some progressions?Thanks
Lose weight
@@bigmatthews6580 I mean harder variations
Do you go back to hot water after the cold water, or end on cold and then dry off?
You finish off the shower with cold water
Hi Al. Is it imortant to get a shock from the cold water, or is it ok to turn the water gradually down from hot to cold? I find it much easier to go gradually down, but maybe it is not a good idea? Kind regards, Helle Denmark
It's definitely okay to do it gradually, though the adrenaline rush is more intense if you go right into the cold- and there are benefits to that
Hey hey hey. Al Is it proven and helpful for everybody, plantbase, vegam, carnivores, warm compress, sleep cold, what is the next thing ozempic for weight loss and damage your muscle or heavy weights less reps? Light weight more reps, dont run if old only walk , no pasta no canned foods , supplements, hang upside down , wear no shoes, brethin nose out mouth , breathe in nose out nose, i will breathe however i get the most air, im overwhelmed and this isnt even half.... help me
Been doing this for years, full cold showers for me always 😁
Hoping anybody has a word of advice. Ive been doing cold water therapy, cold showers/cold tank. The last few times its given me an instant clapping headache. This time the headache lasted for 2 hours after. i really want to continue doing them because of the benefits, but dont want to keep suffering from the headache onset
These guys think that Wim Hof method is 100 percent healthy and unquestionioned. It can be very dangerous expecially for lungs.
Sauna is safe and 100 times healthier than cold shower’s. Cold showers made vasoconstriction which can lead to pneumonia’
@@uransylejmani7387 Interesting. Do you have any references for these claims? Pneumonia/lung danger. I'd like to know the facts
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Al Kavadlo in bathroom!
HHMMMMM!!!😀😍❤
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Hey guys
Is it better only cold ?
Or hot to cold is fine?
I try cold all the way then i get brain freeze then hot to wash myself and then back to cold once i'm done and this time around it's the second "shock" so it' s easier...
I don't understand the difference cold shower makes your blood circulate but is it better only cold or you can alternate
Is the " shock" necessary ? Some people tell me the shock is the most important part... That means you start with cold .. Not even cool to cold...
So many questions but i practice martial arts and i kind of really want to understand without bothering people and i'd rather have people talk about experience than ask google
Just take a hot shower and enjoy it. You're not gonna magically live to 100 because you switched from hot to cols showers 🤣
@@lazydaze3134 you still did not answer anything
Personally I prefer lukewarm to cold showers
The reason is because lukewarm water is warm enough to open up and clean your pores without drying out you scalp and skin, and when you finish off with cold water, it helps close up the pores making your skin smooth and can help prevent pimples
Not only that but the sudden temperature change in the water helps activate the immune system which can help you prevent sickness and can help you get used to the coldness, I personally find this technique way better than cold showers because when I took cold showers after a sweaty workout, it would give me small pimples, I think because the cold water closed the pores trapping all the dirty sweat, etc. Hope this helps
I love cold shower's and ice baths.. But I don't follow his breathing techniques. I have discovered that ujjayi breathing is a better way, as it generates internal heat
What is that ?
Ujjayi is breathing with sound
WALL-E. Yes.
Cold showers are a great way to kick on the internal furnace but there’s a side effect of the incredible shrinking dinky.
Not taking cold shwrs in winter. Nope
I don't remember when last time I took warm water showers
I really love taking cold shower's everyday, but I don't do his breathing technique.. hyperventilating in cold water has proven to be very dangerous. That's my approach on every so called fitness expert/guru out there. Taking everything with a grain of salt and not believing everything someone says in a cultish fashion
He emphasises a lot that don't do the breathing technique in the cold water
Wim Hof does not recommend holding your breath. He recommends to go without it.
Bro looks like a mix between foosie tube and kratos
I read it ask Ai😑
I'm sitting here with my cup of hot green tea, thinking "oh hell no with a cold shower". This past summer I took a cold shower in the middle of a heat wave.
you look like kratos from recent god of war, but without red tattoos
Pro are you AI (artificial intelligence) or what
Nice body BTW
Not going to do it. Going to let this bandwagon roll on by.
That's exactly what it is. A bs bandwagon lol. It's hilarious that people think you're magically gonna be healthier from taking miserable cold showers and doing some stupid breathing techniques lmao.
Your delivery is super weird.. Play this at 1.5 speed to sound normal.