” to adapt to stresses like cold, according to Wayne State University. Critics say that not all of the health benefits Hof has claimed have been vetted by scientists.Huffer, a former Chugiak High School football star who now heads up security at Bartlett High School in addition to coaching elite track athletes, is a certified instructor of the Wim Hof method — which he also just calls “the method.
Now an instructor, he’s been holding workshops at warehouse gym spaces in Anchorage that start with an explanation of the Wim Hof method, progress to breathing exercises and culminate in a group cold plunge.he started to organize people interested in the practice quickly gained hundreds of followers.
Julia Mahosky slowly warms her body in a horse stance after a cold plunge at Barbara Falls on May 1. Jorge Acosta and Jake Lambers warm up at right. I lie back into the frigid water, up to the shoulders. The cold feels electric. Zuehlsdorff is watching me closely. For some reason I’m laughing. The cold is painful and numbing at the same time, but every second that passes makes me feel better. It helps that other people are experiencing it along with me, and Zuehlsdorff