Wim Hof’s Top 10 reasons to take cold showers & ice baths 🧊

5 September 2025


Wim Hof's Top 10 reasons to take cold showers & ice baths 🧊



In this video, I share my top 10 reasons why you should start incorporating cold exposure training into your daily routine. ❄️

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“The Iceman” Wim Hof is a Dutch athlete and multiple Guinness World Record holder known for his ability to withstand extreme cold and his extraordinary achievements.

Wim believes that EVERYONE is capable of doing the same exceptional things his body allows him to do. That’s why he developed the Wim Hof Method – a combination of breathing exercises, cold therapy and commitment – to give YOU the tools to take control over your body.

He’s on a mission to share the potential health benefits of his method, working with scientists around the world to prove that his techniques work.

Discover more at wimhofmethod.com

Why should you go into the cold? Could be ice baths, cold showers,
natural bodies of water, wild water swimming. I will give you ten great reasons to go into the cold. 1: Improved immune system. Through going into the cold, you ignite and activate the immune system,
which is part of dealing with danger the cold is danger, but we are able to get in and exercise, exerc-ICE in the cold, making ourselves so much stronger because the depths of ourselves will be ignited, resetting our bodies to our best performance. 2: Improved blood circulation. Through going into the cold, naturally,
your blood circulatory system will improve because its is exercising the blood circulatory systems, which is 70,000 miles long, as long as three times the world
round at the equator all inside of us. So exercising the blood
circulative systems through the cold? It’s the best there is. 3: Increased energy. when you go into the cold, you train your blood circulatory system, the cardiovascular system, which transports energy, minerals, vitamins and oxygen. So when you go into the cold, you exercise that system, oxygen and minerals, vitamins
get much better into the cells, and thus you get a lot more energy. It's amazing. 4: Decrease inflammation. Going into the cold, brings the adrenal axis to life. You learn to reset your body and thus it brings down inflammation, which is a general cause and effect of any disease. You bring it down by going in to the cold, yet always follow your feeling. If you feel really depleted of energy do the breathing first. 5: Improve sleep. By going into the cold
you activate yourself to a 100% That means cortisol will get out of your body and adrenal axis activation resets the body by which all the hormones, like melatonin which is responsible for sleep, is able to set in much more smoothly, thus your sleep will be better. 6: Regulate stress response. By going into the cold, it's you who is going into the cold. You learn to willfully control your body, making it stronger
in that moment, meeting the cold and thus you learn to have control over stress. So the cold is a great mirror of
how you act in stressful situations, because that will be your mirror, of how you are going to act in a
stressful situation in daily life. It's amazing how that works. 7: Increase mental control
or will power. By going into the cold naturally
you set your mind, that is exercising your power of your will over your body. And thus if you exercise a muscle it becomes strong If you don’t… it doesn’t Through going into the cold,
the power of your will is being exercised and thus you have mental resilience in daily life within your control. That's the power of your mind. 8: Better mind body connection. It's through to going into the cold that you learn to regulate your mood
at that moment, to become stronger. Thus your body becomes stronger. You learn to have this connection with your body, that is called ‘interoception’. interoception is your connection
of the mind with the body and as you are exercising it, before even going into the cold, you learn that there is a possible connection that makes you body stronger
only because you want so. So if your body doesn’t feel so good in daily life you learn to command it to feel good. Wow, that's mood regulation. So mind-body connection is
amazing to exercise by going into the cold. Superb. 9: Better focus. By going into the cold, you learn to focus. It's not just focusing on little things, no your whole body is a vessel, an instrument, and it becomes stronger if you build up a deep connection with the body at that moment for your body to become stronger, and in that way the performance is a lot better. That's focus. Focus this beautiful. You are a beautiful vessel instrument to become stronger and ready to perform to the best of your powers. 10: Overall positive hormonal increase. by going into the cold you will
stimulate the hormonal system endocrine system in the deep brain through the activation of the adrenal axis, an adrenaline spike Not only that it’s also the dopamine, serotonin, the cannabinoids and the opioids that all will be activated to increase like 100, 200, 250%, 500%. Hey, it's up to you. It's amazing how you are able to access the pharmacy inside the deep brain by going to the cold. Thanks for watching the ten reasons to go into the cold, and when you decide to do all this on your own, take it easy. Always follow your feeling. Begin slow, and very soon you will fly like an eagle.

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29 Comments
  1. Lower back pain have,,can do this

  2. @wimhof – how long do you recommend to be in a ice bath or cryo tanks…? Do recommend natural vs the tanks due to the nitrogen exposer? And I have Functional Neuological Disorder which is more rare than Parkinsons and MS. Then I would say its a rare form of CPSTD. I am desparete for help to over come this. Modern Health Care and Mental Health Systems have failed me. I have no cash and on the SSDI and they have it so I have no access and have to ask permission for allowance. I feel like I died 2 years ago. Trapped. Nothing is working. So I am am scare of having a flare. Modern Medicine and Insurance just presses big pharma… even when like ketamine was recommended. Anyways I am going to be doing your breathing exercises everyday. Yesterday was my birthday. So I will give you a review maybe every 3-4months, 6 months, and next year. Cheers to better health! Mind body and Soul. – 💕 Sarah

  3. Algum brasileiro aqui? 🇧🇷☝🏼

  4. But it needs to be ice cold? or can i do 10 degrees celcius?

  5. How about 10 reasons to not do cold exposure?

  6. Wim, I don't know if you see this message. But since I started the cold shower, I feel like my body has increased the "fight or flight" Activity. Now I just cant control It. How can I learn to have control over It?

  7. I was recently diagnosed with brain cancer, and cold water therapy is one of the few things that makes me feel in control. Sharing the journey on my channel if you're into that kind of fight.

  8. Can you use this method to quit smoking?

  9. ❄️🥶🇪🇺🇬🇷
    North people wisdom
    …….👋👋

  10. 🇪🇺🇬🇷🥶☃️⛄❄️❄️🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🇪🇺🇬🇷👋
    Basic wisdom no steroids…..

  11. what if after one river immersion in cold water ,no ice , one has heart pain .a slow digestion and immersion in cold water can produce any heart troubles and complete lack of energy ,like sleepy …?

  12. All I have available are showers. Not super cold in summer in Los Angeles.

  13. What a Creator! The maker of our bodies! One day/ just around the corner Wim will meet him (we all will) and make things right in this world. We are just months away not years to the end of this age. The Day of the Lord is at hand. This world as we know it will be unrecognizable in the coming months not years. Focus on the Lord. He has an enormous plan! God bless you!

  14. Wonderful exercise indeed❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  15. My doctor saw my blood work and said whatever you're doing keep doing ive never seen blood work this great
    Its rare 😊

  16. can i every day take ice bath ? they said will cause osteoporosis

  17. Cold plunging always makes me feel like dogshit for the rest of the day. I’m a skeptic.

  18. If i’m overweight, is the cold shower or ice bath/cold water safe to do?

  19. Wim is the real deal. My stress is gone. Help others with anxiety and sleep disorders. I have better sleep and more energy. No medications required for inflammation only motivation and determination. I’ve tried Cold Pod and The Plunge Tub which I learned about from Shark Tank TV Show Episode 1322. I feel really good! Focus on your breathing and check-in with your Doctor to play it safe. If I can do it you can do it 💪😎👍

  20. 💚🙏💚🙏💚🙏

  21. А с температурой 37.1 можно холодный душ?

  22. Напишите где находится ваша школа хотела бы приехать.живу в Германии. Спасибо

  23. You are the Master of Human Body

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