We’ll definitely be trying this.
There are few things worse than a cold shower, standing naked and alone under a freezing stream of water and cursing your housemate for using the last of the hot water.
We’ve all been there, victims of the cold water dance, carefully subjecting only one limb at a time to those icy bullets of pain.
While you could try beating your scabby housemate to the bathroom in the morning, why give up your valuable snooze time when there’s a simple technique that can change how cold the water feels?
Created by Wim Hof, otherwise known as The Iceman, this technique has enabled him to climb Everest in just a pair of shorts, swim 120 metres under ice on a single breath and take cold showers every single day.
https://www.instagram.com/p/9fjvj_F5e7/?taken-by=iceman_hof&hl=en
With 23 Guinness world records to his name, The Iceman seems superhuman but he believes everyone is capable of training themselves to achieve such feats.
His method focuses on controlling your inner thermostat and creating a fire within.
The technique takes a few minutes but we’re willing to try it if it means avoiding another round of, ahem, shower ballet. His technique explained:
- Before your shower sit comfortably, breathe in as deeply as possible, hold for a moment and exhale deeply.
- Repeat this 15 times.
- Take 15 short powerful breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth, as if blowing up a balloon.
- Now take a deep breath, filling your body with as much air as possible and breath out.
- Before breathing again relax your body completely, now wait for as long as possible to take in another breath.
- Inhale normally when you’re ready and get in that shower.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpeM4FNXRsE
We’re not sure about swimming in ice lakes and scaling Everest in the nip but we’re definitely trying this next time the immersion acts up.
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