Armed with his motto “What I am capable of, everybody can learn”, Hof believes that people can tap into their inner potential using his ‘Wim Hof Method’: a combination of breathing, cold therapy, and meditation.
Hof believes our bodies are capable of doing amazing things and attributes his feats to this method, which he says can make the human body more resilient under physical and psychological stress.
The Wim Hof Method is composed of three parts: breathing, cold therapy, and commitment.
According to his website, consistent practise of his methods has many benefits, including feeling like you have more energy, a boost to the immune system, more restful sleep, lower blood pressure, and stress relief.
Hof has certainly challenged the limits of what the human body can achieve. But he wasn’t always The Iceman we know today.
In a Vice Documentary on his life, Hof shared the story of how his wife tragically took her own life, leaving him to raise their four children on his own.
Hof spiralled into a deep depression.