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What Doesn't Kill Us
- How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength
- Narrated by: Scott Carney
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
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Summary
What Doesn't Kill Us, a New York Times best seller, traces our evolutionary journey back to a time when survival depended on how well we adapted to the environment around us.
Our ancestors crossed deserts, mountains, and oceans without even a whisper of what anyone today might consider modern technology. Those feats of endurance now seem impossible in an age where we take comfort for granted. But what if we could regain some of our lost evolutionary strength by simulating the environmental conditions of our forbears?
Investigative journalist and anthropologist Scott Carney takes up the challenge to find out: Can we hack our bodies and use the environment to stimulate our inner biology? Helping him in his search for the answers is Dutch fitness guru Wim Hof, whose ability to control his body temperature in extreme cold has sparked a whirlwind of scientific study. Carney also enlists input from an army scientist, a world-famous surfer, the founders of an obstacle course race movement, and ordinary people who have documented how they have cured autoimmune diseases, lost weight, and reversed diabetes. In the process he chronicles his own transformational journey as he pushes his body and mind to the edge of endurance, a quest that culminates in a record-bending 28-hour climb to the snowy peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro wearing nothing but a pair of running shorts and sneakers.
An ambitious blend of investigative reporting and participatory journalism, What Doesn't Kill Us explores the true connection between the mind and the body and reveals the science that allows us to push past our perceived limitations.
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- BMP
- 22-04-17
10% interesting 90% padding
didn't really glean anything from this. the VICE video on Wim Hof online gives you everything you need to know. this book is filled with unnecessary filler to bulk it out into a book.
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- Jens
- 24-01-17
Great story meets self development
Wonderful hole hearted story about Scott's journey with Wim Hof's method, endurance trials, meetings and experiments with world class athletes. Scott also knows his physiological science. I just loved the detailed descriptions of events and the personalities. Wish there was more chapters. Don't buy if you are in a hurry just to learn the methods. Must be enjoyed like chocolate - slowly. This is one of my favorite self growth books ever.
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- Thomas
- 15-02-19
Good info but overwritten
Mostly brilliant information, particularly physiologically, but slightly over-written. Perhaps easier to follow without so many unnecessary descriptions of people/places/situations.
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- Shawn Cooper
- 21-12-18
A little too self-focused to be truly useful
I have recently discovered Wim Hof and think what he teaches is incredibly interesting and can no doubt be life changing. With the author’s pedigree and the tag line of this book I thought would mean quite a subjective and wide-ranging look at the science behind this ‘method’ and way of thinking about breathing/cold exposure/meditation. Whilst I very much enjoyed the book, the author I think fell victim to his own sense of importance in the equation with the effect that many times in the book it felt like he was trying to aggrandize himself to perhaps share in some of Wim Hof’s fame. Do I really care that Orlando Bloom was training in a pool with other celebrities - absolutely not - who cares he is nobody special. Its like telling a story where you start by giving the nationalities or religious persuasion of the people involved when it has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with the story.
I wish there had been more real accounts from practionners of the method, with their high and low stories which would then help the reader to be able to form a more well-rounded opinion.
That said it was certainly worth the read and was very enjoyable overall.
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- pehd
- 22-01-19
Just great
Great insight into the iceman and how the cold can change lives with facts and research to back it up.
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- Michal N.
- 25-07-19
It’s exciting to know that there is a way of self healing and pushing you own a ability to more then we know.
I tried the breathing exercises and my third lap lasted effortless 3:15 without breathing. It’s creazy!!
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- Pad de Braye
- 09-02-19
A fabulous mix of research and adventure
A fabulous mix of research and adventure into the limits of human endurance using simple, powerful and generally uncomfortable exercise regimes.
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- jonnywildboar
- 31-01-19
Enjoyable
If you have an interest in the wim hof method , or just passing curiosity , then this is a great audiobook to buy !!
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-01-19
Great listen
I bought the kindle version but upgraded to audiable. Very good listen. A great insight into Wim Hof, his method & pushing yourself to the very edge. Will listen again for sure. Thanks
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- Nigel Lewis
- 10-12-17
Very nteresting!
An interesting read on the the use of cold water plunges and fast connected breath will reset your immune system whilst simultaneously boosting your health. The author explores the theory, tests it over a period of time in practice and medical examinations including completion of a daunting 2 day climb up Mt Kilimanjaro. The founder Wim Hof, is a complex character and the author takes pains to write a balanced critique of the man and the theory which left me wanting to try the system for myself. Overall, well-written and well narrated. Entertains and interesting throughout, I didn’t want to stop listening.
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