In response to Russia's shutdown of their natural gas pipeline, Germany's ZDF TV has reached out to Wim Hof, Dutch "human icicle" and cold-immersion Guinness World Record Holder, to shoot a TV series teaching his deep breathing "body warming" yoga techniques to ordinary Germans this winter.
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If you look into some of his lessons, he claims nothing but this.
Can you hold your breath for 2 minutes? Without training?
I didn't think I could, but I did his breathing technique and hot-damn it turns out you CAN hold your breath for 2 minutes RIGHT NOW and all it takes is hyperventilating 3 times in a short time frame.
When I started I could easily hold my breath for 2 minutes. I'm up to 3 minutes right now, not even trying hard either.
His logic was that we lost this technique that our ancestors knew about for millennia. How did our caveman ancestors manage to chase a wounded deer for miles without tiring? What was a Viking berserker? What are war dances meant to do?
In reality, it was just preparing for exertion by breathing so much so quickly that your body gets full up on oxygen content. That's the trick; simple really.
Who shaved the grizzly bear?