146: Here's What You Need to Know About Ice Baths and the Wim Hof Method Ft. Michael Roviello
Get Leaner & Live Longer
Nate Palmer
4.9 • 300 Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Michael Roviello is a former U.S. Navy helicopter rescue swimmer, combat search and rescue crewman, and anti-submarine warfare operator. Michael found the Wim Hof Method, using cold water, breathing exercises, and a change in his mindset, as a tool for self-healing. Using cold-water therapy, breathwork, and sauna, Michael sees great results in pain management, inflammation, clarity, peace of mind, energy, and resilience.
In this episode, Michael shares his incredible story about how he was introduced to an alternative healing practice through connection to the environment. He tells us how these practices have helped him recover from a neck injury and his emotional state. Listen to this podcast to learn more about mind-body wellness and natural body mechanisms.
Key Highlights:
[00:01 - 02:09] The Benefits of Ice Bath and Cold Therapy
- Michael explains why Cold therapy is what they call "complete therapy."
- How cold-water therapy connected to emotional and mental state.
- Advice and tips on how to apply cold therapy appropriately.
[02:10 - 14:55] Cold Water Therapy Helps Body Burn More Fat
- The physical benefits of cold-water therapy and the strategy of natural body mechanism
- The ideology of looking for environmental-like challenges and putting your body in an environmentally stressful situation.
[14:56 - 25:09] Mimicking Nature In The Form Of Technology
- Michael shares some processes and practices in his company, Optimyze, which uses biohacking technology that mimics nature.
- The techniques that Optimyze offers and why would people should look into them.
- He discusses the company's technologies, like red light therapy, infrared saunas, and cold-water therapy.
[25:10 - 28:19] Closing Segment
- The difference between ice bath vs. cryo chamber.
- The promotional and special offers that you can try out.
Key Quotes:
"You can't hide from stress, but you can train for stress." - Michael Roviello
"I just think stuffing things away in your pocket and forgetting about them and trying to pretend that they don't bother you or that they're not affecting you anymore is not a good strategy." - Michael Roviello
"Vulnerability is power." - Michael Roviello
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We've all heard about cold showers and ice baths. |
| 0:03.0 | But what do those actually do besides make you cold and miserable? |
| 0:07.2 | Well, that's we're going to dive into in this episode. |
| 0:09.2 | We're going to dive into Michael Rovielo's story and how his search for healing allowed him to |
| 0:14.0 | find something even greater and how it became his life's work to help others experience the same thing. |
| 0:18.8 | We're going to talk about the multitude benefits from a physical and a mental perspective of ice baths, |
| 0:24.0 | the effects they have on your brainwaves, and we'll talk a little bit about how Michael |
| 0:27.6 | is transitioned from being a Navy search and rescue diver to being a Wim Hof instructor to |
| 0:33.1 | being a business owner that specializes in helping people optimize their own lives. |
| 0:37.6 | So if you're ready to figure out how you can use the power of cold showers to not just get cold, |
| 0:43.4 | but actually start seeing healing and mental toughness in your own life, |
| 0:47.2 | you're going to love this episode. You're listening to the low-car puzzle. |
| 0:49.9 | How can you get leaner, live longer, and be legendary? My name is Nate Palmer. |
| 0:54.3 | I've been a trainer since 2008 and I've helped over 1100 people transform their bodies. |
| 0:58.3 | My mission is simple. To make it effortless for you to drop that easily and wake up for the rest |
| 1:01.9 | of your life, feeling lean, strong, and energetic. So if you're ready to dive in to some ice bath |
| 1:08.0 | information with someone who is uniquely equipped to help us handle it, you're going to want to |
| 1:12.0 | stick around and check this out. And if you haven't heard part one of Michael's story, |
| 1:15.2 | go back and listen to that first because we're going to give you a little bit more context |
| 1:18.4 | for how he got to this place because we're going to jump right into a specific question I had |
| 1:23.2 | about how you can use ice baths to start getting results and how long you should stay in there |
| 1:28.0 | because honestly, I didn't want to get too cold. Are you tired of those 30 to 40 pounds that |
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