The SECRET To Making Yourself IMMUNE TO ILLNESS! (Heal Your Body And Mind)| Wim Hof & Lewis Howes

Wim Hof 0:00 We should not be indi- individualized through schooling to become a tough motherfucker, hi- hitting with the elbows to the others because you gotta-

Lewis Howes 0:10 Yeah

Wim Hof 0:10 ... compete and you become strong. There i- that's not strength. That is aggression. [upbeat music] Six years ago we showed as the first ones in medical history that the autonomic nervous system can deeply be influenced. After 16,134 test subjects of endotoxemia bacteria injected, all became sick, very sick. Because it's inflammation causing this bacteria, E. coli bacteria. Uh, uh, uh, it's a controlled experiment, and it's to find out if we have a natural way, means of our mind, maybe breath-

Lewis Howes 1:06 Mm-hmm

Wim Hof 1:06 ... maybe this, maybe that, in hospitals in a controlled environment-

Lewis Howes 1:11 Sure

Wim Hof 1:11 ... how to beat inflammation, which is the cause and effect of any disease in the end.

Lewis Howes 1:17 Yeah, inflammation.

Wim Hof 1:18 So they created this endotoxemia model that is injecting a bacteria, and it works for three to six hours. Pe- people become really sick. Uh, fever-

Lewis Howes 1:31 Have you done, have you done the injection?

Wim Hof 1:33 Yes. Yes. I've done the injection, and then, uh, uh, I was the first one to show a complete different chart than all the 16,000 people. And then they said, "But that's because you are The Iceman. You are in a freak of ni- nature and, uh, uh, you do these crazy extreme things, and that's why you are able where others are not able to do that." And then I said to them, "No. What I can do anybody can do."

Lewis Howes 2:04 Hmm.

Wim Hof 2:06 Then I, they took me on in the end, and I took 18 people, uh, to the mountains four days. I learned them to cope with extreme cold in their shorts. I learned them, uh, breathing techniques, and I learned them mindset. Mindset is a, i- is a neurological muscle inside we have. Yeah. It's not placebo. It's a real muscle, neural activity. When that unites, it's called the willpower. You can really connect with that into any part of the brain.

Lewis Howes 2:44 Right.

Wim Hof 2:44 And, uh, uh, and, uh, and with that, into parts thought of, uh, uh, uh, inaccessible.

Lewis Howes 2:52 Yeah.

Wim Hof 2:52 And this is the, uh, latest study I've shown, uh, uh, in, uh, uh, Detroit, Michigan in the Wayne State University in brain scans.

Lewis Howes 3:02 Hmm.

Wim Hof 3:02 Cold water is stress. In the end, anything, uh, out there that's stress, negative stress coming to us creating cell biological stress.

Lewis Howes 3:14 So when we create stress on the body, how is that help us kill inflammation or disease or sickness?

Wim Hof 3:20 Be- the, uh, sickness. Uh, how? By, uh, uh, g- going from your consciousness, your will. We thought our will is somewhere there. It's not over there. It's right over here. It's a muscle. And you are able to, uh, uh, uh, to go with that will.

Lewis Howes 3:39 Hmm.

Wim Hof 3:40 Uh, uh, power is the center in the brain, prefrontal cortex. Going into the brain stem. The brain stem is about survival. But because we live every day in a very controlled environment like, uh, the world where we live in with the heat, the cold, sedentary lifestyles, going into the car, we got it all controlled by our thinking.

Lewis Howes 4:03 Mm-hmm.

Wim Hof 4:04 Not by our feeling anymore. Not nature is coming to us anymore. Thus the deeper parts, the old brain, the reptilian brain, the brain stem and the limbic system, the mammalian brain-

Lewis Howes 4:18 [laughs]

Wim Hof 4:18 ... the animal, is not being lived anymore.

Lewis Howes 4:21 Uh-huh.

Wim Hof 4:21 We are not living like zebras and giraffes and, uh, and, and know the danger and flee and fight and food. And it's all there. The food is there in the supermarket. You don't need to find it.

Lewis Howes 4:34 [laughs]

Wim Hof 4:34 Uh, uh, you don't need to flee, fight, but the dangers are still there. And when the dangers come like inflammation, causing inflammation, then we don't know how to tap into those deeper parts of the brain because we were thinking all the time.

Lewis Howes 4:50 Mm-hmm.

Wim Hof 4:51 Thus 25% of our blood flow goes into this thinking brain, and the rest is like on stand by.

Lewis Howes 5:00 Do you think it's possible-

Wim Hof 5:01 Surviving

Lewis Howes 5:01 ... yeah. Do you think it's possible for someone to, if they're getting a cold or a flu-like symptoms, to, without breathing techniques or without cold therapy, can they just use their mind-

Wim Hof 5:12 Yes

Lewis Howes 5:13 ... to change-

Wim Hof 5:14 Exactly

Lewis Howes 5:15 ... that flu-like or sickness?

Wim Hof 5:16 Good point.

Lewis Howes 5:16 Is that possible?

Wim Hof 5:17 Good point.

Lewis Howes 5:17 Or do they need-

Wim Hof 5:18 I tell you

Lewis Howes 5:18 ... breathing and cold?

Wim Hof 5:20 Yes. No, no. They don't need it. This is a, uh, uh, we are different than zebras and, uh, giraffes. That is true. And that is because we, uh, a part of us is animal, but here comes in the human consciousness.

Lewis Howes 5:34 Mm-hmm.

Wim Hof 5:35 The human, uh, uh, uh, power of the mind. And the seat of that is our brain. And our brain we have learned only to go into, uh, uh, uh, into the surface, the thinking, thinking, thinking, and controlling the world around us. With that we have no, uh, way of acce- uh, accessing into, uh, uh, these neurological pathways in- into the depth of our brain. We didn't exercise that. For that the cold is great. For that the breathing is great. But once you have done that- Then suddenly these neurological pathways are existent. And you know what? This is what I did in Michigan, showed as the first one in, uh, the world, uh, h- in brain scans how to get cold water, a stressor, uh, on, on the body and make it go away just m- m- my core, my, uh, skin, uh, temperature did not go down just by using the mind.

Lewis Howes 6:33 Really?

Wim Hof 6:35 A- a- and that's, uh, that could be a circus act or whatever, you know? A- a- it's not that matter.

Lewis Howes 6:40 Yeah.

Wim Hof 6:40 It's about how to deal with stress on your body just by using your mind. And stress on your body could be caused by biological stress-

Lewis Howes 6:51 Mm-hmm

Wim Hof 6:51 ... physical stress, emotional stress-

Lewis Howes 6:53 Yeah

Wim Hof 6:53 ... any stress. But in the end, it is cell biological stress. And we have a possible connection between our will and the part of our brain which is dealing internally-

Lewis Howes 7:04 Mm-hmm

Wim Hof 7:04 ... just through, um, the mind, using the mind, with stress, with the result of stress.

Lewis Howes 7:11 Um,

Lewis Howes 7:11 when, when you're about to enter into 30 or 40 degrees ice cold water, and what is the thing that you think of 30 seconds before? Obviously, you're doing your breathing techniques and other stuff, but what's the thing you think about when you're getting in and then sitting in there so that your temperature does not change, or maybe it changes a little bit, but not-

Wim Hof 7:32 Yes

Lewis Howes 7:32 ... drastically?

Wim Hof 7:33 No. I, I, you know, if you stay for two hours in, and, uh, and the core body, uh, temperature, the core is not changing. And even [laughs] in New York, I was with Dr. Ken Kamler in, uh, after one hour 15 minutes in, i- in the, i- in the, uh, uh, uh, up till here with the ice. My core body temperature went, uh, down to a point where normally, physically, uh, or physiologically and, uh, uh, by m- medics, uh, stated, this is, uh, uh, here we have no power over our core body temperature anymore. It goes spirally down from here, and you, uh, you're gonna die. You-

Lewis Howes 8:15 Create hypothermia or-

Wim Hof 8:16 Hypothermia, getting into coma, uh, uh-

Lewis Howes 8:19 Wow

Wim Hof 8:20 ... body parts shut down, and then you die. And we have no way to get down. And I was dangerously past this level.

Lewis Howes 8:28 You were there?

Wim Hof 8:29 And, uh, yes, I was there. I, I was at Regis and Kelly.

Lewis Howes 8:33 Wow.

Wim Hof 8:33 And, uh, and, uh, the, uh, uh, one of the, Serena Williams was there, who just won, uh, the US Open.

Lewis Howes 8:41 Mm-hmm.

Wim Hof 8:42 And she was there, and I was looking there. So I was not busy with my, controlling my body. I went dangerously down, and then at where normally you cannot go up anymore, I just used my mind, and just...

Lewis Howes 8:55 So how, what are you, what are you thinking in that frame?

Wim Hof 8:58 Ah, and now comes 30 seconds before I go in, and, a- a- I, I just say, uh, um, "Shut up. Shut up. Go in. Feel. Be. Connect." And this connection they saw now is the connection with the periaqueductal gray hemisphere. And they, w- what they say, "We now have the compelling evidence of the key components of the autonomous processes in the brain related to mood regulation," where normally we get into depression or-

Lewis Howes 9:32 Mm-hmm

Wim Hof 9:32 ... anxiety and fear, trauma, PTSD, psychosis, all those things, it's because we don't have a hold on those key components of those autonomous processes. Autonomous is outside of the will. Now, it's inside of the will, shown in br- in the brain scan, and that to regulate your mood or the emotion itself. This is what they said. And, uh, uh, the professors, you can, uh, look it up and, uh, it's all been published, by the way. And I'm waiting for the next study on people with bipolar status, 'cause I think it takes four days to get people out of their bipolar-

Lewis Howes 10:10 Wow

Wim Hof 10:11 ... uh, state of mind, and get them back into this sense of control and have balance, uh, within themselves the way nature meant it to be. 'Cause, uh, uh, being bipolar in nature, the, uh, the mammal, i- i- it would not survive. It's bipolar.

Lewis Howes 10:26 Right.

Wim Hof 10:26 There comes a lion. Yeah. "Fuck you."

Lewis Howes 10:28 [laughs] Right.

Wim Hof 10:29 "I'm, I'm gonna eat you. You look like a steak."

Lewis Howes 10:31 Yeah.

Wim Hof 10:31 So, uh, uh, uh, uh, gone. Uh, so we are equipped after millions of years how to deal with all those states of mind to become the best in the moment again-

Lewis Howes 10:43 Mm-hmm

Wim Hof 10:43 ... and regulate that.

Lewis Howes 10:45 Yeah.

Wim Hof 10:45 But we lost it through the thinking brain too much. We have indulged too much-

Lewis Howes 10:50 Yeah

Wim Hof 10:50 ... into the thinking brain. So when we get this now back, then, uh, uh, uh, we are able, and there's the importance of, uh, your work, my work, to bring, uh, uh, people to the awareness-

Lewis Howes 11:03 Right

Wim Hof 11:04 ... that they are in control over their beautiful emotions through their beautiful mind.

Lewis Howes 11:09 Absolutely. When you see someone that comes to you that says, "I'm overworked, I'm overstressed, I'm depressed, I have no purpose. I'm constantly in a prison in my mind, and I have no way to get out," what would be the path that you would recommend in the next 24 hours for them to start moving towards that balance?

Wim Hof 11:30 Yeah.

Lewis Howes 11:30 If they're overworked, stressed, you know?

Wim Hof 11:32 First, I would do a, a relax. "Uh, do, do you want coffee? Do you want tea?"

Lewis Howes 11:36 [laughs]

Wim Hof 11:37 "Gluten-free or, or non-gluten approved?"

Lewis Howes 11:40 [laughs]

Wim Hof 11:41 Uh, uh, it doesn't matter what, whatever you feel. "What do you feel?" I say. Relax the person. Bring, uh, bring it away from the anxiety, where he is in.

Lewis Howes 11:50 Mm-hmm. Yeah. Okay.

Wim Hof 11:51 So the, the, uh, uh, we have the tendency, we have the power as humans to share love, to share a deeper feeling. And one, uh, one is in anxiety, you say, "Hey, what the..."

Lewis Howes 12:02 Yeah.

Wim Hof 12:02 "Is it, uh, uh..."

Lewis Howes 12:04 Chill out, bro. Just, yeah. [laughs]

Wim Hof 12:05 Yeah, yeah. Chill, chill out, brother. And really pass it on. And some oxytocin coming, and-

Lewis Howes 12:10 Mm-hmm

Wim Hof 12:10 ... it's all there. It's nature So that would be the first one.

Lewis Howes 12:14 Okay.

Wim Hof 12:15 And then I say, "Are you ready for some changes?" And they, okay, "Yes, of course. I'm just, I'm so tired." And I say, "Okay. Well, you're tired. We will increase your energy. We will get you back in the sense of control. You-"

Lewis Howes 12:32 Mm-hmm

Wim Hof 12:32 ... will drive your own car. It's your car. It's your wheels, man. And, and you wanna go from A to B and enjoy the, uh, enjoy the view while going. So we will get you there. Okay? Is that all right? Just relax." I tell them to relax, because a relaxed body is able to, uh, store up oxygen.

Lewis Howes 12:53 Mm.

Wim Hof 12:54 A physio-

Lewis Howes 12:54 So if you're not relaxed-

Wim Hof 12:55 It's, uh-

Lewis Howes 12:55 ... you're not breathing, you're not getting oxygen.

Wim Hof 12:58 I, uh, uh, uh, logically, the biochemistry will be, uh, uh, uh, uh, less quality. And if that is gonna be chronic, it's in a loop, then you're gonna be exhausted.

Lewis Howes 13:09 All the time.

Wim Hof 13:10 All the time. That's the burnout and all those things. Shallow breathing, wrong biochemistry, keeping on going. Put some adrenaline on because you've got some deadlines to go, and in the end there is no lifeline anymore.

Lewis Howes 13:24 Right.

Wim Hof 13:24 Yeah. So something like that. So I, I, I get these people and we did 20 minutes of breathing, deep breathing. We know, and they feel completely, uh, restored in their biochemistry, and thus, wow. Yeah, that's who you are.

Lewis Howes 13:44 [laughs] Right. Right.

Wim Hof 13:45 And from there they feel, wh- when the biochemistry is right, energy comes. It's mitochondrial. Mitochondrial, you get, uh, aerobic. Yeah, aerobic. What is it? Uh, oxygen.

Lewis Howes 13:58 Wow.

Wim Hof 13:59 Oxygen in your little energy factories, and suddenly you get more ATP. ATP is a mo- molecules. It's energy. And, and-

Lewis Howes 14:06 Mm-hmm

Wim Hof 14:06 ... with the energy, let's work on the transportation system.

Lewis Howes 14:10 Yeah.

Wim Hof 14:10 The blood vessels within your body, uh, is at a length three times the world. It all has its beautiful little muscles-

Lewis Howes 14:19 Wow

Wim Hof 14:19 ... and it wants to be awakened so it is able to run the blood flow better through the body, bring the nutrients, oxygens, and, uh, and the vitamins, the life force itself into the system to also... You know what happens? The heart rate suddenly goes down 15 to 30 beats a minute, 24 hours a day. Where's the stress? It's gone. 'Cause in the end, everything is cell biological stress.

Lewis Howes 14:48 Mm-hmm.

Wim Hof 14:48 'Cause, but people don't know anymore. And with that-

Lewis Howes 14:52 Yeah

Wim Hof 14:52 ... they get this sense of control over their b- um, simply by breathing and going into the cold.

Lewis Howes 14:59 Yeah.

Wim Hof 14:59 Sorry that it is so simple.

Lewis Howes 15:01 [laughs]

Wim Hof 15:02 Just do it and it comes along.

Lewis Howes 15:05 Yeah. And for those that don't know your story-

Wim Hof 15:06 Then we go into the cold.

Lewis Howes 15:08 Yeah. After you relax and you-

Wim Hof 15:09 Like tomorrow I've got this, uh, uh, Oscar, uh, uh, actor, actress, uh, um, Paltrow.

Lewis Howes 15:16 Uh-huh. Gwyneth?

Wim Hof 15:18 Yeah, Gwyneth, tomorrow. And within, uh, one and a half hour, I will get, have her in the ice bath. Very stressful environment, and she's gonna feel great.

Lewis Howes 15:28 Wow. When is that?

Wim Hof 15:30 Tomorrow.

Lewis Howes 15:30 Nice.

Wim Hof 15:31 Uh, what, uh, 12 o'clock or 1:00.

Lewis Howes 15:33 Oh, got you.

Wim Hof 15:34 1:00.

Lewis Howes 15:34 Very cool.

Lewis Howes 15:35 For those that don't know your story, why did you get into the ice and breathing training in the first place?

Wim Hof 15:39 [laughs] Uh, um-

Lewis Howes 15:41 Is this from like at two years old you're always in the cold, or what?

Wim Hof 15:44 Yes. Actually, uh, if you go back, way back, I was born traumatically. I was one of the twins, uh, identical twins.

Lewis Howes 15:54 Wow.

Wim Hof 15:55 And, uh, they never knew there was another one. And I came almost too late, like, uh, uh, blue, purple-

Lewis Howes 16:04 Wow

Wim Hof 16:04 ... in the cold of a whole way. That's where I came. And, uh, my mother was very religious, like naive, religious, strong. Uh, uh, as a woman, very strong. She made this invocation and she told me later, "Oh, God, let this child live," because they were to go to cut her open-

Lewis Howes 16:24 Wow

Wim Hof 16:24 ... and to get the baby out, and she was in fear about that. She, uh, she was being pushed from the recovery room, uh, to the operation room. And in the hall just before entering, uh, uh, the rubber doors of the operation room, she just got me out with the words, "Oh, God, let this child live. I will make him a missionary." Here we are.

Lewis Howes 16:48 [laughs]

Wim Hof 16:49 The missionary.

Lewis Howes 16:50 Mm.

Wim Hof 16:50 So I got a m- a mission. But at that moment, I was a piece, uh, nothing.

Lewis Howes 16:55 Right.

Wim Hof 16:55 Like purple. With that invocation, a mother has power.

Lewis Howes 17:00 Wow.

Wim Hof 17:01 And naive or not, she can change the world that way.

Lewis Howes 17:04 Wow.

Wim Hof 17:04 She can make it hard and like a tattoo on your soul. And that's what happened.

Lewis Howes 17:10 Oh, wow.

Wim Hof 17:10 And, uh-

Lewis Howes 17:11 When did you start doing-

Wim Hof 17:12 I was always different than my twi- identical twin brother.

Lewis Howes 17:15 He still alive?

Wim Hof 17:16 Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure. And, uh-

Lewis Howes 17:18 Oh, wow

Wim Hof 17:19 ... he's alive, but, uh, he's not able to do what I do.

Lewis Howes 17:22 Why not?

Wim Hof 17:22 Because I do what I do, uh, because I had different experiences-

Lewis Howes 17:26 Mm

Wim Hof 17:26 ... coming there from. Made, imprinted my soul, imprinted my type, my character. I, it was there, boom. And, uh, always being different, uh, uh, than him, but 100% genetically the same.

Lewis Howes 17:41 Mm.

Wim Hof 17:41 So then, uh, uh, they did all the studies on us, and then they saw, yeah, it's a genetical, uh, genetically the same, but he's not able to do what he is.

Lewis Howes 17:51 Mm.

Wim Hof 17:52 And that is because of the training.

Lewis Howes 17:54 Wow. So-

Wim Hof 17:55 If he did the training, would he be able to do it? Yes. And he's doing it now, right?

Lewis Howes 17:58 Yeah, yeah. Gotcha.

Wim Hof 17:59 And he's healing a lot of people now.

Lewis Howes 18:02 Yeah.

Wim Hof 18:02 And, uh, uh, yeah, it's happening. And everybody who is doing this is able to pass it on-

Lewis Howes 18:08 Yeah

Wim Hof 18:08 ... and get the same results we ha- uh, scientifically-

Lewis Howes 18:12 Mm-hmm

Wim Hof 18:12 ... have achieved.

Lewis Howes 18:13 Amazing.

Wim Hof 18:13 The autonomic nervous system, endocrine system, the immune system, and the deepest part of the brain are now accessible at will for anybody who does this properly.

Lewis Howes 18:26 Mm.

Lewis Howes 18:26 And when did you start getting into this? Was this, uh, teen years or?

Wim Hof 18:29 I think I wa- uh, you know, this is like a subcurrent within... Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, when I was 12, I was reading on psychology and Buddhism and, uh, uh, I was always a little bit strange looking for-

Lewis Howes 18:42 [laughs]

Wim Hof 18:42 ... things out there.

Lewis Howes 18:44 Right.

Wim Hof 18:44 And, uh, wherever I go to get my hands upon, I was into. And when I was 17, I already read so many books, so many religions, traditions, cultures, uh, uh, esoteric disciplines-

Lewis Howes 18:58 Wow

Wim Hof 18:59 ... yoga, kung fu, karate. Anything I could do, you know, I had done. And there I found the cold water.

Lewis Howes 19:07 Really?

Wim Hof 19:08 In a w- a morning, a Sunday morning, a thin layer on the ice, uh, on the water. And, uh, looking around, I just undress myself. Went in and I knew from the inside this is it.

Lewis Howes 19:21 Wow.

Wim Hof 19:22 It connects you. And, uh, this is what, uh, happened-

Lewis Howes 19:24 You can't think about anything else.

Wim Hof 19:26 Exa- no.

Lewis Howes 19:27 You have to think about that moment-

Wim Hof 19:28 Oh, yes

Lewis Howes 19:29 ... and the present.

Wim Hof 19:29 Yes. And but it matched my birth trauma. And this is what I later figured out. I was born in the cold of the hole, almost suffocated. Too long in, in there suffocates you. You get less oxygen. So wh- and the first thing you do when you go into the cold water is this. You begin to breathe deep. What do you do when you get born, when you b- uh, uh-

Lewis Howes 19:56 Take a deep breath

Wim Hof 19:57 ... sh. The fir- you, you, you go, you come with a inhale, you go with a exhale. That's it. So the cold does the same. The cold brings you right there. A- as, uh, like rebirthing. And I fe-

Lewis Howes 20:14 Wow

Wim Hof 20:14 ... I, I felt, you know, beyond, uh, or deeper than thinking, you feel, uh, this is it. I felt power. I felt this connection which I had, uh, experienced at my birth. And, uh, at that time I was abso- absolutely not aware of anything. But now I was aware that I had touched on something I, uh, I was always looking for.

Lewis Howes 20:40 Huh.

Wim Hof 20:41 And that made me feel so-

Lewis Howes 20:43 What were you looking for?

Wim Hof 20:44 Uh, that, that, that, that trauma to get g- uh, to get a hold-

Lewis Howes 20:48 Oh

Wim Hof 20:48 ... on that what was imprinted inside. And, uh, that made me the other day come back-

Lewis Howes 20:55 And do it again

Wim Hof 20:56 ... and, and do it, do, do, do, do, do. Four months later I was able to st- uh, stay, and this is not for nobody, this is me, uh, for five to seven minutes under the water in-

Lewis Howes 21:08 Holding your breath

Wim Hof 21:08 ... of holding the breath after 25 of these deep breaths. And, uh, because that all worked and it was great, your, uh, you feel a great stillness while doing it. It's like in a fetus, fetus position.

Lewis Howes 21:24 Same.

Wim Hof 21:24 I'm out under the water just on my own, and, and nobody around. And I had it always, uh, it, it's, uh, um, just for my own. As the, the trees were there, there, no leaves, but you know.

Lewis Howes 21:38 Yeah. [laughs]

Wim Hof 21:38 That was my little place. Nobody could see it. And there I always trained every day, every winter. And at a certain moment began to separate the breathing and, and brought it home.

Lewis Howes 21:51 Mm.

Wim Hof 21:52 And then I saw all the lights and all the chakras and the whole, whatever they call it in, in all these books, I saw it. And this time not because of reading, but, but because of doing it-

Lewis Howes 22:04 Experiencing it

Wim Hof 22:04 ... experiencing it.

Lewis Howes 22:05 Being in it.

Wim Hof 22:05 And that, uh, uh, yes. And-

Lewis Howes 22:08 And didn't you have a, didn't you have an experience later in your life with, uh, where someone died in your life and you came back and-

Wim Hof 22:13 Oh, yes. That, uh, my wife in, uh, when I was 35, with whom, uh, whom I had, uh, four children, and still have. And I work with them.

Lewis Howes 22:26 Yeah.

Wim Hof 22:26 You saw just-

Lewis Howes 22:27 Great

Wim Hof 22:27 ... two of them.

Lewis Howes 22:27 They're great.

Wim Hof 22:28 Uh, she, uh, uh, she jumped from a eight story down because of mental disorder.

Lewis Howes 22:37 Really?

Wim Hof 22:38 Uh, so severe. Uh, uh, I mean, like here, uh, uh, go. Uh, uh, just kissing the, the kids goodbye first. Love was there, but the terror was also there. And, and she decided to, to, uh, jump-

Lewis Howes 22:54 Oh my gosh

Wim Hof 22:54 ... and gosh. Uh, that, that, that can be life. That can be terror of life, in life. And a lot of people are suffering in this world. I, at that moment, was, um, earning very little, having four children. I was in the mountains at that, uh, present moment because, uh, making money through mountaineering and, uh, being a mountain guide and all. My kids were with the family in Spain, Basque Country, and she did that.

Lewis Howes 23:26 Wow.

Wim Hof 23:27 And that had a, a, of course, such a great impact. It, uh, broke not only my heart, uh, I was just shocked. You're shocked. You cannot think about it. You cannot... You don't know what happened. But you have four children, so you, uh, you take care of the children and you go on. But deeply you are broken. Now, there I began very consciously going into the cold water because at that moment, uh, from there on, I had to deal with my own terror in my, in my mind. And my own worries, my own, uh, broken heart. And it all influences your thinking brain, uh, every day. Every day. The cold makes your mind still.

Lewis Howes 24:14 Yeah.

Wim Hof 24:15 You cannot picnic. You cannot think about your worries or about your mortgage or anything. You just can-

Lewis Howes 24:22 You can't breathe, you have to focus. Yeah.

Wim Hof 24:24 Yeah. And so you are surviving, and surviving is the same part as the emotion. The deep emotion. So that was the only way to still the influence, the emotion. Uh, uh, creating all these, uh, bubbles in my head-

Lewis Howes 24:41 Wow

Wim Hof 24:41 ... uh, of the... And, and, and that, that's... So the, my children made me survive, the cold, uh, healed me. And now-

Lewis Howes 24:52 How long, how long did it take until you started to heal?

Wim Hof 24:54 Yeah. Oh, that took, uh, I don't know, five, five to 10 years.

Lewis Howes 24:59 Really? To heal the process? Yeah.

Wim Hof 25:01 Uh, to get it consciously to my mind. I think it, uh, uh, uh, it, it took me, like, a, a month- To get a hold of this anxiety inside, something like that. And then, uh, from there I, I just kept on doing it. Of course. And I loved it as I did it before, but now it had this absolute therapeutic-

Lewis Howes 25:24 Mm

Wim Hof 25:24 ... uh, power.

Lewis Howes 25:26 Had a purpose too, yeah.

Wim Hof 25:27 Now, now, now look at this, uh, Lewis. Uh, now we are, uh, uh, it's, uh, now this happened in '95.

Lewis Howes 25:36 Wow.

Wim Hof 25:36 It's 2018. It's like, uh, 23 years, uh, ago. And now, uh, I'm a drop out from school. But now I'm teaching the professors and the doctors in all the world that we have an ability to tap into the deepest part of the brain and solve all the matters where-

Lewis Howes 25:58 Mm

Wim Hof 25:58 ... uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, related to mental disorders and having no control.

Lewis Howes 26:02 Wow.

Wim Hof 26:03 And there is no pill, no medicine involved. It's your own awareness, your own power. And then you get into the cold and, and, and the breathing. And we skip the breathing and the cold at a certain moment. We get in our innate control, uh, by our mind the way the establishment doesn't like it. But we, the way we should have to, and, uh, uh, to confront ourselves with any stressor happening in the world to take care of our-

Lewis Howes 26:35 Yeah

Wim Hof 26:35 ... beloveds.

Lewis Howes 26:36 Yeah. Well, the establishment doesn't like it 'cause it's not making them money if you solve the matter.

Wim Hof 26:41 That, that, that, that is the disease. That is the big disease, the w- uh, withholding. And I think making money, very nice. Great. But, uh, I don't want pills. I don't want medicine. I want happiness, strength, and health. If you are happy, how much money do you need? You see? How much cars do you need? How much of this? If you're happy, you're happy.

Lewis Howes 27:04 Yeah.

Wim Hof 27:04 So if you are able to regulate your own mood, and we found a compelling evidence of the key components of the autonomous processes in the brain related to emotion itself. I want it out there. I want sta- p- professors and doctors, prove me wrong, guys. Because we got it, uh, proved already-

Lewis Howes 27:26 Yeah

Wim Hof 27:26 ... in the science, but now we are with the establishment. So the establishment is there. It's very nice. You can make bridges, and big buildings, and b- a- a- and all that, and shoot people to the moon. Let's b- begin and start guaranteeing happiness, strength, and health.

Lewis Howes 27:43 Yeah.

Wim Hof 27:43 'Cause it's there. Boom.

Lewis Howes 27:45 Yeah. It's there.

Wim Hof 27:46 There, your work and my work, uh, c- uh, collide, you know, positively.

Lewis Howes 27:50 Absolutely. Absolutely, man. It's amazing. Where do you feel the most loved in your life?

Wim Hof 27:57 Mm. I, I just loved, uh, your warmth.

Lewis Howes 28:00 [laughs]

Wim Hof 28:00 Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love.

Lewis Howes 28:02 The love, yeah.

Wim Hof 28:03 I, I think you're a very lovable person.

Lewis Howes 28:05 [laughs] Thank you.

Wim Hof 28:05 You're a big bear.

Lewis Howes 28:06 [laughs]

Wim Hof 28:07 Uh, uh, I, I, I get to meet people like you.

Lewis Howes 28:10 Yeah.

Wim Hof 28:11 And that's amazing.

Lewis Howes 28:12 Yeah.

Wim Hof 28:12 And, a- and that's very lovable, but also very powerful.

Lewis Howes 28:16 Mm-hmm.

Wim Hof 28:16 'Cause in the end, love is the greatest power in the universe.

Lewis Howes 28:19 Yeah. Yeah.

Wim Hof 28:20 I- if you are in love with somebody, then, uh, you fly.

Lewis Howes 28:25 Fly.

Wim Hof 28:25 There is no thinking anymore. You just, y- nobody can stop you.

Lewis Howes 28:29 Fly.

Wim Hof 28:30 So that love is the biggest one. And that love you got not only for your woman, you got it also for your children.

Lewis Howes 28:36 Oh.

Wim Hof 28:37 You got it for, a- and we should have it for nature.

Lewis Howes 28:40 Mm.

Wim Hof 28:41 A- because then you don't ne- even need to respect. You love it. You're not gonna damage it.

Lewis Howes 28:47 Yeah.

Wim Hof 28:48 You see? And we lost that because we lost the connection.

Lewis Howes 28:51 Yeah.

Wim Hof 28:52 We are wrongly schooled in the, uh, from the beginning of. And so the school, like the School of Greatness, it start in the primordia, uh, in a primary school. Primordial, primary. Uh, the primal. Uh, let's not have them just, uh, uh, uh, being taught in history, language, and, uh-

Lewis Howes 29:13 Yeah

Wim Hof 29:13 ... uh, uh, uh, uh, mathematics.

Lewis Howes 29:14 Teach them love.

Wim Hof 29:16 Teach them love.

Lewis Howes 29:17 Connection, yeah.

Wim Hof 29:17 Composed by scientific endorsed re- uh, reality wherein they, they are able to tap into the immune system, endocrine system to guarantee happiness, strength, health. Happiness is e- endorphins and, uh, uh, dopamines and all that. A- a- a- the health is the control over the, uh, uh, tapping in, into the immune system in all the levels.

Lewis Howes 29:41 Yeah.

Wim Hof 29:41 We have shown, we have shown, we have shown. And the, and the strength is the adrenaline, uh, at your service.

Lewis Howes 29:47 Mm-hmm.

Wim Hof 29:47 Like the, uh, adrenal axis, uh, at your-

Lewis Howes 29:51 Yeah

Wim Hof 29:51 ... in your conscious will. Uh, that it is all there.

Lewis Howes 29:54 Yeah.

Wim Hof 29:54 And with that comes the rest, too. We should not be indi- individualized through schooling to become a tough motherfucker, h- hitting with the elbows to the others because you gotta-

Lewis Howes 30:06 Yeah

Wim Hof 30:06 ... compete and you become strong the ri- That's not strength. That is aggression.

Lewis Howes 30:11 Yeah.

Wim Hof 30:12 Strength is where we help each other to become the best of ourselves.

Lewis Howes 30:16 That's true.

Wim Hof 30:16 And it's all there now.

Lewis Howes 30:18 That's true.

Wim Hof 30:19 There we are.

Lewis Howes 30:20 What's your greatest fear?

Wim Hof 30:22 Greatest fear?

Lewis Howes 30:24 For you personally.

Wim Hof 30:27 Why? Greatest fear. Wow. Uh...

Lewis Howes 30:32 No one's asked you that one, huh? [laughs]

Wim Hof 30:35 Yeah. So, so, no, but, uh, i- if you're being, uh, it's always a different question.

Lewis Howes 30:41 Yeah.

Wim Hof 30:41 I- i- i- it, it looks like the same, but, you know, a fearless ta- I, I can explain it like this. A, a fearless state of being is, uh, a being that is, uh, able to go with its conscious will into any part of the brain. W- what is that? That is the sixth sense. The sixth sense. We have, uh, shown the sixth sense, seventh sense, and eight sense now. Uh, uh, uh- And, uh, uh, through scientific, uh, mechanisms we are able to detect different neurological networks in the, in the brain related to the body.

Lewis Howes 31:20 Yeah.

Wim Hof 31:20 It's rooted in the body. It's, of course, uh, uh, commanded by the brain. We call it subconscious and there you got the sixth sense, the seventh sense, and the eighth sense. What, uh, sixth sense is the, uh, I make a shortcut, uh, is the ability at will to enter into any part of, uh, our brain. We thought there was only 16% being able to be controlled by our will, uh, in our brain and now we have shown in brain scans in Germany, uh, with one of the, the two best, uh, uh, brain scans of the world-

Lewis Howes 31:55 Yeah

Wim Hof 31:55 ... to create 100% neural activity.

Lewis Howes 31:58 Hmm.

Wim Hof 31:59 That means we are able to create at will consciously 100%, uh, uh, uh, neural activity within the brain and thus suddenly the willpower is able to enter into the right neural active, uh, parts of any part of that brain.

Lewis Howes 32:18 Hmm.

Wim Hof 32:18 That means we are able to go past the space, time-space barrier of our thinking and that is the sixth sense.

Lewis Howes 32:26 Hmm.

Wim Hof 32:26 The sixth sense knows in the future. Sixth sense knows what happened, all with mathematical precision beyond Einstein-

Lewis Howes 32:34 Sure, sure

Wim Hof 32:35 ... uh, uh, uh, anything. Uh, uh, this is, it's going to be the future, I, I will tell you. There is the fearless state of being because your brain and your body are connected to be able to, uh, uh, to, uh, interact and confront, uh, with anything that is going to happen in the future. Fear only exists because we are too much into our time-space little area, narrowed consciousness. And when it is narrowed consciousness, uh, in the future things will happen wherein you will have to go to another part of the brain to solve the matter at that moment. Those are the life lessons-

Lewis Howes 33:16 Yeah

Wim Hof 33:16 ... but it is too narrowed. So that's why the fear comes in, and the fear says only one thing, "Go to me and find out why I'm here." It's a signal. Like pain is a signal-

Lewis Howes 33:29 Yeah

Wim Hof 33:29 ... psychologically fear is there. So that, that is number, number six, the sixth sense. And, uh, you can feel it as confidence. If you are confident, then that is because you are able to go past the time-space barrier, ti- past the narrowed consciousness. 'Cause that's the narrowed consciousness-

Lewis Howes 33:48 Right, right

Wim Hof 33:48 ... all about. All this, uh, uh, uh, enlightenment shit and all that, so far away. It's right over here right now.

Lewis Howes 33:55 Yeah, yeah.

Wim Hof 33:56 Feel confident. Number six. Uh, number seven is the immune system, proprioception. Neurological network thought of inaccessible, now we have shown to make it accessible for people. It's the immune system. So, uh, what is the immune system? It's a detection system to get the wrong intruders out.

Lewis Howes 34:16 Right.

Wim Hof 34:17 Like in a moment. Not waiting five to seven days and, uh, and then the flu comes in and the fever and this, and it ha- needs five to seven days to get into the specific answer and get a, a, a molecule on the membrane of the intruder and then suddenly you have no flu anymore. No, you can do that in five minutes.

Lewis Howes 34:37 Wow.

Wim Hof 34:39 With your will, which was able to go past the time-space.

Lewis Howes 34:43 Wow.

Wim Hof 34:44 So that's number seven.

Lewis Howes 34:45 Yeah.

Wim Hof 34:45 We got that. Uh, we, and we have shown in science, I'm only bringing things together. And then number eight, we lately, I lately showed in, uh, in, uh, brain scans in, uh, Detroit, uh, how to tackle top-down a stressor out of your body. And, and that, that is the power of the mind. And I tell you, I'm just at the beginning.

Lewis Howes 35:10 Right. [laughs]

Wim Hof 35:11 Yeah, man.

Lewis Howes 35:12 What is, what is your personal fear though of your, for you?

Wim Hof 35:16 Yeah. For, a, a, I got a family with six. I'm in fear all day long.

Lewis Howes 35:20 Really?

Wim Hof 35:21 With a, a one and a half.

Lewis Howes 35:22 Running around.

Wim Hof 35:23 I, I, running, uh, if you... He, he doesn't think.

Lewis Howes 35:26 [laughs]

Wim Hof 35:27 He does. We think. And so he goes so fast out of your sight, so I, I, I, I'm dead. I'm dead.

Lewis Howes 35:35 Yeah. So you're afraid of something happening to your family or-

Wim Hof 35:39 Oh, yes.

Lewis Howes 35:40 Really?

Wim Hof 35:40 Yes. Uh, and that's makes me very attentive. I'm learning of him right now. 'Cause once again, I'm just at the threshold of the power of our mind.

Lewis Howes 35:51 Yeah.

Wim Hof 35:52 And to dive deeper and explore more. In the end it is to guarantee love, uh, uh, uh, constitute or composed by happiness, strength, and health, guaranteed to the, our children. And then getting into the power of the mind. This is pos- This is the new, uh, dimension where I got in. They saw me in Germany, uh, activating. Not even me, yeah, I'm just proto, giving the protocol.

Lewis Howes 36:20 Right.

Wim Hof 36:20 Then they, uh, have these people in brain scans and they s- suddenly see that, uh, uh, at will make it a disco. All the neural activity everywhere creating the right neural biochemical, uh, uh, environment for the willpower, which is in the, uh, neural activity to enter into any part of the brain. Which is not possible if we are too much the way we are schooled, it's narrowed down.

Lewis Howes 36:50 Mm-hmm.

Wim Hof 36:50 Then the, uh, 25% less of blood flow goes to the other part, thus there's not a life. We make it alive. And, and suddenly the power of the mind-

Lewis Howes 37:00 Yeah

Wim Hof 37:00 ... is able to naturally go where it needs to go, into the so-called subconscious.

Lewis Howes 37:07 Mm-hmm.

Wim Hof 37:08 Submarine. You are a submarine to go in and adventure and to find out what there is, uh, uh, going on in there.

Lewis Howes 37:15 Yeah, yeah.

Wim Hof 37:16 In the end, it's for the soul to be able-

Lewis Howes 37:19 Sure

Wim Hof 37:19 ... to flourish and to be. And there is all the power of the love.

Lewis Howes 37:23 Hm.

Lewis Howes 37:24 I'm curious, who was, uh, who was more inf- influential in your life growing up, your mom or your dad? And what was the greatest lesson they taught you?

Wim Hof 37:34 Mm. My dad was like a gypsy. A gypsy, free, no rules, no this, no that, let it go, indulging into life. And my mother was very strict.

Lewis Howes 37:47 Really?

Wim Hof 37:47 Yeah. Naive, very Catholic, uh, every Sunday to the, uh... You have to do it so and so and so and so. And I, uh, yeah, I love my mother. I think she is my, my... If I have a guru, a teacher, it was her.

Lewis Howes 38:03 Wow.

Wim Hof 38:03 And now it's my dog.

Lewis Howes 38:05 Your dog?

Wim Hof 38:06 Yeah, because my mother is, uh, she's ruling. She's still there, and she's great. We, we love our mothers. And, uh, my, my dog, uh, when I go into the mountains i- in freezing temperatures, The Iceman, and I go, go Mount Everest and all that. My dog is three times faster.

Lewis Howes 38:25 [laughs]

Wim Hof 38:27 In the mountains she is playing around. It's minus 20, minus 25, uh, Celsius, which is freezing, freezing cold, and she's just playing around.

Lewis Howes 38:37 Wow.

Wim Hof 38:38 So I'm learning of, uh, uh, of, uh... Yeah, if there is, if there is a teacher, it's her. But in the end, it's the cold itself. The cold is my teacher.

Lewis Howes 38:49 What is the greatest lesson the cold has taught you?

Wim Hof 38:52 The cold is merciless but righteous. So that's, uh, it's always there. You can always depend. And always you are able to tap into the depth of yourself by going through the initial reflexes of the cold coming u- upon you. And then suddenly you get a deep peace and deep power. I think it is a, a noble force.

Lewis Howes 39:16 Wow. Can we do a three-minute breathing exercise-

Wim Hof 39:20 Yeah, yeah. Sure

Lewis Howes 39:20 ... together where you just-

Wim Hof 39:22 Sure

Lewis Howes 39:22 ... work with me, guide me, and-

Wim Hof 39:23 Sure

Lewis Howes 39:23 ... tell me what to do? And if s- if someone's watching, and if they only have three minutes a day to do some type of breathing exercise or a, a mindset-

Wim Hof 39:32 We could do a, a... You know, in four minutes-

Lewis Howes 39:34 Four minutes, okay

Wim Hof 39:35 ... you got a pushup exercise.

Lewis Howes 39:38 Mm-hmm.

Wim Hof 39:38 This is what we do. And a, a, a, the pushup exercise, uh, vacuums, uh, the, uh, the, the oxygen out of you. But first we're going to oxygenate. We're gonna ac- alcalize, uh, the muscle tissue. And thus the, when the, uh, muscle tissue is alkalized, it is the right chemical environment for the neuro- uh, performance neurotransmitter to keep on going. Just to show it to yourself. Besides of that, you get deeply into the autonomic nervous system within four minutes.

Lewis Howes 40:15 Let's do it. Can we try?

Wim Hof 40:17 Yes.

Lewis Howes 40:18 Let's do it.

Wim Hof 40:19 I'm gonna ask you to do pushups.

Lewis Howes 40:21 Okay.

Wim Hof 40:22 Without air in the lungs.

Lewis Howes 40:24 Without air in the lungs?

Wim Hof 40:25 Yes.

Lewis Howes 40:25 Yes.

Wim Hof 40:26 And that is because before we are going to alkalize the blood. And that goes into the muscle tissue, and that will, uh, uh, uh, will create the right, uh, chemical environment for the neurotransmit performance, uh, to keep on going. Like, what's the matter? I'm not breathing, got no air in myself, and I keep on going. What is that? That is the alchemist.

Lewis Howes 40:50 Okay.

Wim Hof 40:50 That's you. Within four minutes thus you get so fast in your biochemistry bec- and you hold your breath, which is consciousness, and thus the consciousness goes into the nervous system, into the depth thought of by science it's not possible. It's the autonomous nervous system.

Lewis Howes 41:08 [laughs]

Wim Hof 41:09 Within four minutes.

Lewis Howes 41:10 Okay.

Wim Hof 41:10 I think you have four minutes every day. And you know what? You're gonna feel great.

Lewis Howes 41:16 [laughs]

Wim Hof 41:17 Great. Nice.

Lewis Howes 41:18 So what do I do first? Do I breathe first? Do we do pushups first? Do we-

Wim Hof 41:21 No. We... You know how many pushups you normally do. Okay. Keep that air. And now, uh, that is your baseline.

Lewis Howes 41:30 Okay.

Wim Hof 41:30 And now we gonna do more pushups without breathing. Is that possible?

Lewis Howes 41:34 [inhales]

Wim Hof 41:35 Hey, be the alchemist. It's gonna show, and you're gonna feel. Okay. Relax. Relaxed body is able to, to store up oxygen. Four minutes. Huh? Four minutes.

Lewis Howes 41:49 Do we sit or stand for this? Does it matter?

Wim Hof 41:51 Oh, uh, uh, yeah, if you stand, you know, you can go directly into-

Lewis Howes 41:55 Okay

Wim Hof 41:55 ... pushup exercise.

Lewis Howes 41:56 Okay.

Wim Hof 41:57 A- as you wish, as you feel. Relax. Okay. There you go. Fully in. [inhales] And let it go. [exhales] Fully in. [inhales] Let it go. [exhales] Fully in. [inhales] Let it go. [exhales] Get them up. [inhales] Fully in. Let it go. [exhales] Keep on going. [inhales] Fully in. Let it go. [exhales] Fully in. [inhales] Let it go. [exhales] Fully in. [inhales] Have one thing in mind. [exhales] You give the best. [inhales] You get the best. [exhales] Here we are. [inhales] Fully in. [exhales] Lightheadedness, loosen the body, tingling. [inhales] Whatever you feel, make it stronger. [exhales] Breathe into it. [inhales] Okay. 19. [exhales] 18. We are oxygenizing the body. [inhales] Alkalizing the body. [exhales] Muscle tissue is becoming alkaline. [inhales] Going good. [exhales] 14. [inhales] Fully in. Go. [exhales] Fully in. [inhales] Go. [exhales] Fully in. [inhales] Go. [exhales] Get it Nine.

Lewis Howes 43:26 [breathing]

Wim Hof 43:28 Eight. There you go. One thing in your mind.

Lewis Howes 43:32 [breathing]

Wim Hof 43:35 Give it all, you get it all. Be a mean machine. You are the alpha list. Four.

Lewis Howes 43:44 [breathing]

Wim Hof 43:46 Three.

Lewis Howes 43:47 [breathing]

Wim Hof 43:49 Two.

Lewis Howes 43:50 [breathing]

Wim Hof 43:52 One.

Lewis Howes 43:52 [breathing]

Wim Hof 43:54 Here comes the last one. To the end. Let it go.

Lewis Howes 43:58 [breathing]

Wim Hof 43:59 Stop. And go. No breathing. Just go. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, go. 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90. No inbetweens. 20, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Whenever you feel the urge to breathe-

Lewis Howes 44:29 [breathing]

Wim Hof 44:29 ... you can take them in and keep on going. 35, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Okay. 15. Right on.

Lewis Howes 44:50 [laughs] Oh, man.

Wim Hof 44:53 Well done. This is the way you get deeply into the autonomic nervous system.

Lewis Howes 44:57 [breathing]

Wim Hof 44:59 And reregulate the adrenal axis. It's all happening.

Lewis Howes 45:03 [breathing]

Wim Hof 45:03 Because he was not breathing, and he became vacuum within. Suddenly you gotta survive.

Lewis Howes 45:10 [exhales]

Wim Hof 45:11 What a thing we never do. And it's good for you. You feel, hey.

Lewis Howes 45:15 [exhales]

Wim Hof 45:16 Ah. You tell what you feel. Easy does it. Easy does it.

Lewis Howes 45:20 [laughs]

Wim Hof 45:20 Well done, well done, well done, well done, well done.

Lewis Howes 45:23 [laughs] Okay. Good. Oh man, I wish I didn't do chest this morning, but [laughs] I did a full, like chest-

Wim Hof 45:28 Yeah, yeah

Lewis Howes 45:28 ... this morning.

Wim Hof 45:29 Oh yeah. Yeah, yeah. Sure.

Lewis Howes 45:30 But it feels good, yeah.

Wim Hof 45:31 Yeah.

Lewis Howes 45:32 Feels... I was feeling like tingly and lightheaded during the breathing.

Wim Hof 45:35 That's good.

Lewis Howes 45:36 Yeah. Um, but then I felt like I had a lot of energy when I was-

Wim Hof 45:41 Yeah

Lewis Howes 45:41 ... breath, when I breathed all the way out. When I was pushing, I felt like I had a lot of energy.

Wim Hof 45:45 That, that, that's it. That's it. That's it. That's the alkalinity in the muscle tissue, and the performance neurotransmitter acetylcholine is able to go. And normally when it becomes sore-

Lewis Howes 46:00 Yeah

Wim Hof 46:00 ... acetylcholine is not-

Lewis Howes 46:01 Right

Wim Hof 46:01 ... able to go anymore.

Lewis Howes 46:03 Right.

Wim Hof 46:03 And this could be also for football or anything.

Lewis Howes 46:06 Sure. Do you recommend people do, um, that four-minute exercise every day?

Wim Hof 46:12 Yes. Yes.

Lewis Howes 46:14 Would they do push-ups or-

Wim Hof 46:14 Everybody has four minutes. No excuse.

Lewis Howes 46:17 Should they do the exercise with push-ups, or just the breathing by itself?

Wim Hof 46:21 No, no. Uh, push u- With push-ups, a lot better, because you, y- you get the shit out of your system.

Lewis Howes 46:27 Really? Yeah, I'm like sweating like-

Wim Hof 46:29 It's a detoxifier

Lewis Howes 46:30 ... yeah.

Wim Hof 46:30 And you are, uh, the adrenal axis-

Lewis Howes 46:32 Mm-hmm

Wim Hof 46:32 ... is on, and that resets the body.

Lewis Howes 46:36 Yeah.

Wim Hof 46:36 And that means you get into this natural biochemical state-

Lewis Howes 46:40 It's like a high

Wim Hof 46:40 ... which is right on. Yes.

Lewis Howes 46:45 Yeah.

Wim Hof 46:45 Now just go.

Lewis Howes 46:46 Need to recover. [laughs]

Wim Hof 46:48 Yeah, yeah. That, uh, it, that, uh-

Lewis Howes 46:50 It's amazing

Wim Hof 46:50 ... and that, that's logical, but that's of all.

Lewis Howes 46:52 That's great.

Wim Hof 46:53 And thing is, if they want, the, uh, uh, uh, we got a free app on-

Lewis Howes 46:57 Yeah

Wim Hof 46:57 ... the website.

Lewis Howes 46:58 How do they get it?

Wim Hof 46:59 And that is, uh, uh, I don't know where.

Lewis Howes 47:01 Wim Hof-

Wim Hof 47:01 My son knows

Lewis Howes 47:02 ... wimhof.com or-

Wim Hof 47:03 Yeah. Wimhofmethod.com.

Lewis Howes 47:06 Okay. Wimhofmethod.com.

Wim Hof 47:07 And th- and, and there is a free app.

Lewis Howes 47:09 There's a free course.

Wim Hof 47:10 And there you got all the-

Lewis Howes 47:11 Yeah

Wim Hof 47:11 ... scientific science behind it, and, uh, yeah, about the cold, the way, the breathing. It, it deeply gets into it and-

Lewis Howes 47:21 Video training

Wim Hof 47:21 ... how to hold.

Lewis Howes 47:21 Video trainings and everything.

Wim Hof 47:22 Video training, yes.

Lewis Howes 47:23 Amazing. You're doing workshops around the world right now too, right? So if people wanna do a workshop with you-

Wim Hof 47:29 Yeah

Lewis Howes 47:29 ... they can go to wimhofmethod.com and-

Wim Hof 47:31 Back in LA, it's gonna happen in, uh, November.

Lewis Howes 47:34 Okay.

Wim Hof 47:35 Yeah. And, uh, New York, uh, New Orleans, I thought.

Lewis Howes 47:39 Sure.

Wim Hof 47:39 Things like that. All over the world. Australia, Asia, Europe.

Lewis Howes 47:44 So they can find all the information there.

Wim Hof 47:45 Yeah.

Lewis Howes 47:45 That's great, man.

Wim Hof 47:46 Yeah.

Lewis Howes 47:47 What is your mission? What do you want people... What do you wanna do with your-

Wim Hof 47:49 I want everybody to be happy, strong, and healthy, and that it is there, and that you learn to own your own mind, 'cause it's beautiful.

Lewis Howes 47:58 Yeah.

Wim Hof 47:59 Then you sense a power, and you become powerful, you become proud, and you are a protector.

Lewis Howes 48:07 Yeah.

Wim Hof 48:08 And you live in harmony with nature, around you, inside, outside, same thing.

Lewis Howes 48:13 Yeah. When you have control, you're not being a... You're not trying to survive and be a victim of life. You're in control of life, and you're able to serve other people around you.

Wim Hof 48:22 Yes. Yeah. Yeah. We have a, uh... Our energy doesn't need so much to survive and to be. We got so much more energy, and we naturally give that.

Lewis Howes 48:34 Yeah.

Wim Hof 48:34 But for that, we first have to know who we are. And for that, we need that control. And for that, we are into the science to show everybody has it.

Lewis Howes 48:44 Who are you?

Wim Hof 48:46 I'm a, I'm here. The, uh, uh, like, a, a, a simple dude, uh, uh, changing the world.

Lewis Howes 48:53 If there are three words to describe you, what would those three words be?

Wim Hof 48:59 Hmm. I'm crazy about life, you know?

Lewis Howes 49:02 [laughs]

Wim Hof 49:03 I, I, uh, uh, they sa- always said, uh, uh, uh, "But this man is crazy, he's crazy, he's crazy." You know, negatively, uh, content. And I say, "I'm still crazy. I'm crazy about my life and my wife." So, uh, the family and being, uh, who am I? I'm the savior, but you too, and everybody is.

Lewis Howes 49:26 Wow. Yeah. It's amazing. Well, I, there's a couple questions I wanna ask you to fi- to finalize this. One is called the three truths. I don't remember if I asked you this the last time, but I'll ask you now. Imagine, um, it's the last day of your life many years from now and you've achieved everything you want. The world is healing. The, you know, people gain their power back. There's-

Wim Hof 49:48 Amazing

Lewis Howes 49:48 ... less mental stress and disease. Inflammation is leaving people's bodies. They're, they're controlling their minds, everything.

Wim Hof 49:57 Wonderful.

Lewis Howes 49:58 The work you've done is impacting the world, right?

Wim Hof 50:00 Yeah.

Lewis Howes 50:00 Imagine, imagine this happening. Your family is healthy. You've got s- 20 grandkids, whatever you want. Everything you want has happened.

Wim Hof 50:08 Mm.

Lewis Howes 50:09 But at some point, you gotta leave.

Wim Hof 50:11 Yeah.

Lewis Howes 50:12 You gotta leave this earth.

Wim Hof 50:13 Yeah.

Lewis Howes 50:13 And everyone's there, and it's a great celebration, but you've got to, uh, everything you've created, you've gotta take it with you. So your work, your message, this podcast, it's all gotta go with you.

Wim Hof 50:26 Mm.

Lewis Howes 50:27 But you get to write down on a piece of paper three things you know to be true about your whole life and the lessons you've learned in your life. So you can leave behind three lessons for the world.

Wim Hof 50:39 Mm.

Lewis Howes 50:39 What would you say are those three lessons or three truths that you would share with the world?

Wim Hof 50:47 Have the courage to go to, uh, through fear.

Lewis Howes 50:49 Mm.

Wim Hof 50:51 Find out who you really are. And heal as many as you can.

Lewis Howes 50:59 Really?

Wim Hof 51:00 Yes.

Lewis Howes 51:03 Find out who you are and heal.

Wim Hof 51:06 The real power of yourself. Find your real power. It's much more than we thought-

Lewis Howes 51:12 Mm-hmm

Wim Hof 51:12 ... possible. And, uh, once again, I'm a dropout from school. I'm cha- I, I'm, I'm teaching professors and doctors all over the world.

Lewis Howes 51:21 Yeah.

Wim Hof 51:22 I got a holistic view. And the holistic view comes from nature. Nature knows more than we have stated in books.

Lewis Howes 51:29 Sure. Yeah.

Wim Hof 51:30 And gotten into our minds, narrowing us down. And thus, it is able to be corrupted.

Lewis Howes 51:36 Yeah.

Wim Hof 51:37 The soul cannot be corrupted. That's who we are. That is the power I wish for everybody to find, and then to go like a warrior.

Lewis Howes 51:46 It's very ... [laughs] Uh, well, I wanna acknowledge you, Wim, for the consistent madman on a mission that you are to help heal and transform lives. I think you've found a, a method that works for you and works for so many people. And your passion and commitment, no matter what you look like or what people say about you, you're just a maniac on a mission to change lives, and I acknowledge you for that. I acknowledge you for your huge heart. Your, we, we sang some songs last time you were here. That was fun-

Wim Hof 52:14 Yeah

Lewis Howes 52:14 ... on guitar.

Wim Hof 52:15 Yeah, yeah. Mm-hmm.

Lewis Howes 52:15 So I acknowledge you for being a, a, a passionate, curious child even at 59 years old, and never letting your childlike spirit leave you.

Wim Hof 52:26 Yeah.

Lewis Howes 52:26 'Cause I think a lot of people your age or my age forget who they are as a child.

Wim Hof 52:31 Mm.

Lewis Howes 52:32 And it leaves them.

Wim Hof 52:33 Mm.

Lewis Howes 52:33 And you've kept that spirit alive, and it's infectious in a positive way with everyone that follows you, so I appreciate you, man.

Wim Hof 52:40 That is nice. That's great.

Lewis Howes 52:42 The Ice Man of The Ice Man.

Wim Hof 52:43 Yeah.

Lewis Howes 52:43 Um, my final question for you is what's your definition of greatness?

Wim Hof 52:48 Yeah, just to ... Yeah, I'm, I'm astonished now every day. Every day I'm astonished. I got this, my little baby. I said, "Wow," you know.

Lewis Howes 52:59 [laughs]

Wim Hof 52:59 I got a baby. I got a beautiful wife. I got, I, I'm changing the world. E- every day, I feel great. I'm a man on the mission. Any man, any woman on a mission is gonna feel great.

Lewis Howes 53:12 Mm. There you go. Wim Hof, my man, appreciate you.

Wim Hof 53:15 Yeah.

Lewis Howes 53:16 Thank you, man.

Wim Hof 53:16 No, no. Thanks.

Lewis Howes 53:16 Appreciate it. Appreciate it.