Wim Hof & Eddie Hall - The Reunion Nobody Asked for @Wim Hof @Eddie Hall The Beast
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0:00 Hey guys, Eddie Hall met up with Wim Hof once again. That's what I'll be reviewing.
[video] 0:08 Deep, deep, deep, deep, deep, deep, deep. This is Wim Hof, also known as the Iceman. Wim is famous for doing things that frankly make no sense to normal human beings.
0:19 Normal, that's the key word.
[video] 0:21 He says all of this as if it's some kind of achievements, there's no benefits to it, and we can see the damage that it did to him.
[video] 0:45 That's a lie. They did climb in their shorts at the beginning, but when it got too cold, then they put on their clothes. And what's even more interesting is that the people who were climbing with him
1:12 said that they were carrying his alcohol bottles in their backpacks. He constantly stopped to drink alcohol and because he is an alcoholic, his body is used to the alcohol. It's not as if you can actually get used to it, obviously, but he can tolerate it better he has generally adapted his body to a lot of stress and that's why he has aged so badly that's why he is so unhealthy and when you consume alcohol then there's a lot of inflammation which your body creates and that's why he stayed somewhat warm That's it, really. It was mostly because of the alcohol.
[video] 2:02 Just 28 hours.
2:05 And at the top, he takes off the clothes.
[video] 2:10 Nice point. And last but not least, in 2014 at Ratbo University in Norway, Wim was injected with the dreaded E. coli virus, and with breathwork alone, he fought off the infection in...
2:24 they didn't inject him with a virus as if that's even possible it was a toxin and he said that he experienced typical signs of poisoning which is normal he had a headache for example its entirety he's developed breathing techniques and cold exposure methods that have been shown to influence the immune system stress response and mental resilience so the big question is this as the world's strongest man can ice exposure breathing techniques actually make the
2:57 You are pretty much the weakest man on Earth, and I really mean it. If you would fight somebody in a natural environment with no rules, I can't imagine that you could beat anybody on this Earth. Really, I mean it.
[video] 3:14 town of Stoke-on-Trent, and we're starting at the beautiful Whitmore Lakes in the middle of winter to put it all to the test. The first thing I've asked Wim to do is to see if he can get my heart rate under control just by using his breathing technique. Deep, deep, deep. Right, my heart rate right now is 87 beats per minute. 85 beats per minute there.
3:35 Both of the guys have great physiques, really nice Wim Hof is 66, looking 96, really good Eddie Hall is in his 30s, looking 60 pretty much
[video] 3:57 3.2 degrees centigrade. Oh! The real thing. Oh, my days. Yeah. Right. I'm going to do your instruction, mate. Right on. Breathe in. Low. No, hyperventilation. OK. Control. OK. Good, everybody. You're there? Mm-hmm. Slowly, we go in. Keep on breathing slowly, deeply in. OK.
[video] 4:28 Exactly, it's all about adapting to the cold, which you can't obviously, but the more you expose yourself to something stressful
4:52 the more your body will try to adapt to it as much as it can. And you will pay with your lifespan, with your youth, and generally with your health. And we can see what it did to Wim Hof.
[video] 5:10 Takes one minute for the adaptation. Long out breath. Cool down, bring down your heart rate.
[video] 5:21 Deeply in.
[video] 5:24 Let it go. All in. Let it go. All in. Let it go. Rhythm. 20 more. When I say after the 10, last breath, fully out, then fully in, halt, face up.
5:43 I know that I oftentimes talk shit about Eddie Hall, but in this case, I actually respect him.
5:56 Wim Hof developed dementia years ago, as you know, and it's just nice to see that Eddie Hall actually spends time with him and does all of this. I really mean it. I'm not joking.
[video] 6:11 Good job Hold the pole for controlling otherwise you drift away so fully out Fully in and then fully in and then hold okay, and then we go down Fully out fully in and hold
[video] 6:34 okay we've just done the 30 breaths of wind and now we're under the water and automatically look at my heart rate it is so high i'm gonna listen to wind now and just close my eyes think about nothingness and just relax 40 seconds in now and this is usually the amount of time it takes for a normal person to come up gasping for a breath but for some reason i feel very calm very relaxed and honestly taking a breath is the last thing i'm thinking about right now
7:03 obviously you try to condition your body you try to ignore the cold reality you're actually trying to ignore reality what's really going on the way you really feel that's what it's all about it's about not confronting the circumstances that's what he teaches people
[video] 7:30 This is amazing. And just look at my heart rate. Look how low it is. That is insane.
7:36 Is that a good thing? Because you understand that it could go even lower. Actually, this reminds me of a clip that I saw from the Dutch Giant. Let's check it out.
[video] 7:48 Oh, man. Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Okay, I still got my beautiful breath. Oh!
[video] 8:03 Balls of steel or something that might be freezing up, seriously. This is colder than when I was a frame-off. Is it colder? It feels... Yeah. Holy shit! We're gonna tell you, we're gonna stay for 20 minutes. No, seriously, how long is it? We're only staying for two minutes, man.
8:19 Look at how crazy the Dutch giant also looks like. All of these guys, all that they do is stress themselves and then they try to adapt to the stress. It doesn't matter whether it's weightlifting, going into ice cold water, into a sauna. It's all the same at the end of the day. Some of it is more stressful than the other activities, but all of it is bad for your body. It's all about aging your body and becoming unhealthy.
[video] 8:49 Two minutes? 18 more minutes. No, seriously? Yeah, 18. 18 minutes? More. No, no, you're kidding. At least an actor. I already noticed.
[video] 9:02 Oh, fuck. Are you okay? No. This is what I wanted to show you and in nature there is no warm house to go to
9:23 You wouldn't be able to actually heat up if you fall into ice-cold water, for example, some kind of river. Then that's pretty much it. You will not be able to become warm, and then that will be the end of you there in the snow, surrounded by the ice. And in this case, they can go into warm water again. And that's why he will survive. But it just shows you how bad it is, how unnatural it is to do it, obviously, anyway, because it's counterintuitive. That's why it's automatically unnatural.
[video] 10:02 I'm not kidding, guys. Just keep filming. I'm having trouble moving my body. I'm serious.
10:11 You wouldn't be able to move anymore.
[video] 10:12 And still, they will make future videos about all of this, they will promote it, call it healthy. This is how brainwashed people are today.
[video] 10:40 How many minutes are we in here? Is it four or something?
10:42 Look at all the gray hair, Solso. He's the same age as me. Absolutely insane.
[video] 10:49 Okay, 1 minute 38. And honestly, I've never felt so at peace in my life. What?
10:56 It's as if you're accepting the end. I'm starting to want to take a breath now.
[video] 11:03 Here we go, the two-minute mark's coming up fast, and I can feel my heart rate begin to climb as my body is screaming for oxygen. My heart's beating harder and harder and harder. I have to come up for air now. Two minutes!
11:14 Now he listens to his intuition, but he didn't want to go inside of the cold water in the first place.
[video] 11:25 Well done!
[video] 11:32 Well done, sir! Oh, two minutes.
[video] 11:38 Cold water.
[video] 11:40 The real deal. Really felt at peace then. Yeah. Well done.
11:46 It's really sad to watch Bim. I feel bad for him.
[video] 11:51 Two minutes is great. Would you do anymore? Would you warm up now? This is enough. This is good. What do you do? You could do a swim. A little swim. A little swim? Yeah. What do you think? Or we can go into the sauna. I'm in the sauna tonight. It's done. It's good. It's good. I literally can't feel my toes. Go down top.
12:18 Really red, inflamed, typical. You did well.
[video] 12:24 What? It's good for your fertility? What the hell? Saunas are bad for your fertility? And of course ice cold water is also bad, how could it be good?
12:50 You are talking about extreme heat or cold, extreme temperatures. Of course, it cannot be good for you in any way.
13:05 Again, always the same, and now they go into the sauna because they hate the cold. It's just always the same, all of these videos.
13:14 They literally show to the audience that they hate it that it's bad for them and they still keep making videos about it Just to be clear in case you don't understand if something is good for you Then you would simply do it if you're in a healthy state Then you can be in that state for a long time for hours for sure up in the sauna
[video] 13:47 I deal with a lot of stress in the world and working right- He deals with a lot of stress?
13:54 Really?
[video] 13:56 Now, the expert in the world, one of the most cited scientists, who is the expert in the vagus nerve. The vagus nerve is the healer in the body. It regenerates, rehabilitates, gets rid of the shit. It heals you when you are sick, brings down inflammation.
14:16 Now he saw in his laboratory... Why does he talk about bringing down inflammation when he's all about increasing the inflammation? Everything that he teaches is about increasing it.
[video] 14:31 Me, for the first time in scientific... me influencing deeply into the vagus nerve. That is our message to the world. We are able to heal ourselves with natural...
14:47 It's great that he shows him like this. It shows you what it does to you. The alcohol, of course, is also really bad. I'm not saying that the ice cold water did all of it. But we can see the consequences of all the stress when it comes to how your brain functions. And it's great that he makes people aware of it.
[video] 15:12 Waves doesn't cost anything but some deep breathing and believing. That is what this is all about today. It's not about, I'm beating you, you are beating me. How to get the best out of yourself and show what has never been shown. Show what has never been written down. Because in books, it is not. You are the book. How can he be better? But how can he be the best of himself and improve a little? Hey, that's where I come in. I say, knock, knock, knock. I got something new. Yeah, what is it? It's you. Yeah!
[video] 15:56 Well, Wim seems pretty confident he can push.
15:58 Yes, that made a lot of sense. Thank you. Dank je wel.
[video] 16:04 Well beyond my current limits with his breathing methods. And to be honest, considering he has climbed Mount Everest barefoot in his pants and also set the world record.
16:13 He failed.
[video] 16:16 But for the fastest barefoot half marathon in snow, maybe his methods might actually make me a stronger athlete. So off we go to Destination Gym. Let's go.
16:27 Yes, he set some of these records because nobody else does that. He's not competing against anybody.
[video] 16:35 ...do breathing in a way that he alkalizes his body in the depth and then the soreness is coming later and it will be mirrored that he is able to do more reps. Boom, there we are.
17:04 Is it just me or does it sound like he's giving birth?
[video] 17:19 Right, I'm gonna have a little break. Have a drink. Good. Try and get the pump out of my muscles. Yeah. Then we're gonna do the Breedman Whim and see if I can beat 60 reps. Yeah, that's it. Be impressed if I can. That's it, that's it.
17:31 So we notice in the edit... Yeah, lift some metal up and down. Super impressive, man.
[video] 17:37 ...room, we actually counted 70 reps for the first set and not 60 reps. So bear that in mind for what is about to occur. He's gotta beat himself. How do you do that? By changing your biochemistry. If you become alkaline in the depth, then the soreness doesn't come up as easy as when you didn't do deep breathing. Deep breathing, come on. Take him in. Let it go. Take him in. Let it go. All in.
[video] 18:10 So here we go again. We did the 30 breaths in the icy cold water in the lake. And now here we are about to try and beat my previous set by 20 reps. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. 1, 2, 3, 4.
[video] 18:32 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, nine, ten. One, two, one, two, three, four, three, four, five, six, five, eight, seven, eight. F my life, Wim. Can you count? Have you lost count? Are you counting? Are you counting backwards? Are you counting forwards? Are you counting sideways? I hope you're fing counting.
18:59 exactly exactly seven eight nine ten one two ten one uh whatever whatever it's clear what's going on
[video] 19:25 I'm buzzing as well. My fingertips are buzzing. My toes are buzzing. Honestly, that's insane.
[video] 19:37 That was awesome, man. That genuinely worked. He did it. He did it. There is a proof he became better within himself. He beat himself. That is genuine as well. That was like no BS. I haven't put more effort in the second one as opposed to the first one. That was genuinely...
19:54 obviously when you're filming a video and when there's an expected outcome then of course you will deliver that's obvious is this serious no obviously not the whole video is a joke easier more fluent faster better breath my heart rate's better like everything about that was better i reckon i could have done 100 if i really pushed
[video] 20:21 Just to put it in here, the actual count was 89 reps. So true to Wim, he said I was gonna do over 20 reps for the second set. I actually did 19 extra reps. So Wim's prediction was absolutely spot on. I am honestly considering hiring Wim as a full-time coach. This was pretty insane. Amazing, huh? Amazing. What he shows, as world's strongest man, that he is able to outperform himself, it shows that you are able to outperform yourself as well. So, get your asses off the chair and get into gear. Whatever is in your life, it's stress. And the breath is able to make it go down.
21:06 What? It's the weirdest thing that these influencers talk about stress as if it's a bad thing, but then when you look at what they promote, it's all stressful. The cold, the gym, it's extremely stressful. It absolutely makes no sense. If you want to talk about stress, then admit that what you promote is really, really stressful, really unhealthy, and then just go with it. That's your thing.
[video] 21:38 Imagine what you can do in your life. It's awesome. Imagine. Try it. Empower everyone watching this to try it. Try the Wim Hof breathing method. WimHofMethod.com. Yes. Yeah, and he's also got an app, the Wim Hof Method app as well. Put his socials on the screen now, so you can go and follow him. Give him a like, give him a follow. Try out some of his videos. Try out some of his breath work he does on his YouTube channel. Trust me. They make a difference. They genuinely do. Beautiful day, man. Thank you so much, brother. All the way from Amsterdam to spend the day with me, I massively appreciate it. Oh, yeah. Respect. Respect and love. Thanks, guys. Check out the other videos on the channel. Follow Wim, and thanks for watching. Big love.
22:26 That was pretty much what I expected, but as you can see, Bim is doing even worse now. It's great that Eddie spends time with him, that they do all of these activities together. I really mean it. He needs that. I'm not sure if he understood what exactly they were doing, what kind of a video they were filming. I just hope that it was somehow nice for him. It's a great awareness video. We can see what alcoholism, extreme stress, the cold, heat and exercise does to your body. Eddie Hall is by definition obese, it's not a natural physique.
23:14 Obviously, he looks very old for his chronological age and the damage that was done to him is obvious. Thanks for watching.