The Wim Hof Method: Activate Your Full Human Potential

This is an excellent read! Wim Hof is an incredible human and I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to make a change in their life or learn about human potential.

This is a great book; Wim tells his story in such a raw, energetic way that you can't help but get pulled in. The mix of personal experience, simple science, and step-by-step practices makes the whole entertaining and more importantly...doable. The breathing exercises and cold showers are straightforward, and I was shocked at how quickly I noticed a difference in my energy and stress levels. If you just want the basics, the free app is enough, but the book gives you the context and motivation that make these habits stick. Overall: Highly recommend.

If you already know who Wim Hof is, you may know much of his story already too. If you don't, and are curious about this remarkable man, this is as good an introduction as you're likely to find. Although I am a practitioner of his method, this review isn't a critique of whether it works or doesn't. This is a review of the book. And the book is good. An easy read, but full of so much wisdom born of experience, both positive and negative. It's hard not to feel Wim's infectious enthusiasm coming right off the page. In addition to full explanations of the three components of his method, there's also quite a bit about his life. What formed his approach, his motivation for wanting to peer into places most people tend to avoid. You'll come away knowing more about the man himself, and it may indeed motivate you to begin your own practice. This is a really enjoyable work by a genuinely unique human being. You will learn much about him, and it's entirely possible, about yourself as well. Recommended.

I liked Wim's philosophy, his explanation on how to expose to the cold, why, how to do the breathwork, why, and his amazing feats. But at times I felt I was reading the same thing over and over again. Overall, very good, but could be cut in length by at least 35% in my opinion. By the end I was just skimming to see if anything new came up or if he was still talking about the cold being a teacher, just breathe, and activating the deepest parts of your brain.

Amazing story and fantastic method. If you just want to try out the Wim Hof method, download the free app and follow the instructions there, you don't need to pay for this book or do any paid courses. You can get a little taste by doing the basic breathing exercise once, it only takes 4-20 minutes, depending on how many rounds you do. After that you can decide if you want to go for more. Although there isn't much more, except a bit more breathing and cold water showers. The key, and the real hard part, is the commitment to make a habit out of it and do it regularly, that's also when you get the most benefits. Anyway, if you've already tried the method, or you just don't care about it but want to learn more about the backstory and the guy who came up with it, I highly recommend this book. It's a fascinating read. It feels almost like listening to Wim Hof telling his story in his own words. Super inspiring and lots of cool things to try out and practice. He does become a bit repetitive towards the end, and he does talk a lot about the soul, what he believes society should move towards and other stuff that are his personal points of view and which you might not necessarily agree with. It's fine with me, but it could be offputting to some people if all they care about is the method (WHM) or his back story.

There are hundreds if not thousands of books that offer overly complicated respiration techniques that promise everything from immortality, invincibility in combat to enlightenment; you only need to do them for sixty years on top of some mountain under a guru. The Win Hof Method it's easy to do and it gives results in a very short time, and Mr. Hof doesn't require your eternal devotion. It deserves five stars for its potential. But if Mr. Hof really wants to be taken seriously and to spread his findings there is a lot of labour to do. Like: It's very personal with a lot of anecdotes, and testimonials, like the old books by Eugene Sandow. It's short on instruction, more details about his methods are a must. Also there is no data on the failures. How many people got the flu or even bronchitis doing it? I'm positive that he can't have a100% success rate. Details on the problems are necessary to advance. There is almost nothing in using his method to combat the really high temperatures, he did a marathon on the desert after all. His science is speculative, we need time and a great deal of data. Please provide it in a less entertaining but more profound book. It is in any case very commendable that he gives for free most of the information on how to do things that If it were offered by an oriental martial artist, or religious healer would cost thousands and assuredly wouldn't work half as well. Buy the book, search the net and start reaching for the stars. Cheers. Peter

I’ve wanted to read this book ever since I heard an interview with Wim on a podcast. Wim has broken ground on the understanding of breath and life as well as cold and life. We have become so soft in our modern age with all the comforts and conveniences that we miss the value of slowing down and taking the time to breathe and learn the value of cold. When we expose our bodies to cold for brief periods it opens up the primal modes of survival. And, it opens up our minds. It increases our immune system and stress disintegrates. It’s the same with breathing and getting the oxygen to our brains. With the oxygen comes the healing. But this only scratches the surface. Wim goes into the scientific verification of his methods. There is something for all of us in this book. Read the book to learn more. I am a Christian and follower of Jesus Christ and I find the breathing and cold therapy to be valuable for my wellbeing. I do not agree with Wim on all the Eastern conclusions but I do find it extremely important to walk in love as he points out. There is much for us human beings to learn.

This method works! I can't believe that I'm just now reading this book! Everything shows up in our lives in the exact right moment. Also the app keeps me accountable. The guided breathwork along with the timers let's you keep up with your progress. If you are on the fence about this book, get off and read it!

Wim writes about his lifelong journey that lead him to his ultimate discovery. I've been applying the wim hof method for 3 months now, I've went from someone who despises cold weather to one who showers in 3°C water first thing in the morning. What's great about this method is that no one can question its efficacy, you can start getting noticeable results since day 1.

It's an excellent book. Very simple and yet powerful. This basically comes from Vigyan Bhairav Tantra. Other spiritual organisations also teach breathing practices for controlling 'prana'. The author himself seems to have gone through a lot of spiritual scriptures. The author is very authentic and he has written his heart out. He seems to be a truly spiritual person, for the level of truth he lives his life with, the love he carries for others is what spirituality aims at.

Well-written book detailing the origins and methodology of the Wim Hof method. I started implementing the cold therapy and breathing technique about 3 weeks ago. From day one I can actually say my life has changed: my energy is through the roof from morning til night. I feel alive and amazingly GOOD! My aches and pains have completely disappeared. My arthritic knee has cleared up which is a godsend - physio and a $600 injection I had in Spring did nothing. I've gone from feeling and moving like an old lady to a state of invigorated well-being. This method is not a mere fad or some far-fetched goofy idea - it is scientifically proven and its incredibly easy and uncomplicated to do. I've just started using the method to lose weight and Im very hopeful it will be successful. I can't recommend this book highly enough.

Wim's story is amazing, but more so is his journey to understand the elements that comprise a happy, strong and healthy life through the ice and breathing. It is a journey worthwhile taking.

Fact based, and practical book. It answers 3 questions: 1) What has been the personal journey of Wim Hoff with breath, and cold? 2) Why breath, and cold has a positive effect in body, and mind? 3) What are the exercises to get into it? After 1 month of cold showers, my personal experience is that I feel better (ie energy, focus, reinforce positive mindset, …) and curious about where it can lead.