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🗓️ 23 December 2025
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You know about breath work. You know about cold exposure. It's a thing all the major "influencers" tell you to do. I had some skepticism myself and that's why I wanted to have this man, the original cold exposure and breath work guy on himself, Wim Hof!
He is a man who has redefined the limits of the human mind and body. Known globally as The Iceman, Wim Hof has shown millions of people how to take control of their physiology through breath, cold exposure, and mindset. From climbing mountains in nothing but shorts to teaching everyday men how to regulate stress, build resilience, and reconnect with their primal strength, Wim's work challenges everything we think we know about comfort, health, and human potential. Today, we're talking about cold, breath, discipline, and what it really means to return to our factory settings as men.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
00:00 Introduction and Creative Rituals
01:30 Daily Cold and Breathwork Ritual
03:02 Shutting Off the Thinking Brain
05:07 Stress, Cortisol, and Modern Life
07:24 Cold Exposure Myths and Shortcuts
10:05 Minimum Effective Dose of Cold
12:34 Enduring Extreme Cold
14:28 Cold Exposure and Better Sleep
17:09 Breathing, Detox, and Biochemistry
21:35 Carbon Dioxide vs Oxygen
23:45 Ancient Practices, Modern Brains
27:50 Purpose, Presence, and Feeling Alive
30:11 Fulfillment Beyond Words
36:50 Getting High on Your Own Supply
38:11 Faith, Soul, and Inner Purpose
43:26 Motivation, Discipline, and Cold
46:50 Intuition and Better Decisions
50:00 Dopamine, Depression, and Energy
51:02 Final Thoughts and Where to Learn More
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| 0:00.0 | You know about breathwork. You probably know about cold exposure. It's a thing all the major |
| 0:05.8 | quote unquote influencers tell you to do. And look, I had some skepticism myself and that's why I |
| 0:11.8 | wanted to have this man, the original cold exposure and breathwork guy on himself, Mr. Wimhoff. |
| 0:19.2 | He's a man who has redefined the limits of the human mind and body, |
| 0:24.1 | and he's known globally as the ice man. Wim has shown millions of people how to take control |
| 0:29.8 | of their physiology through breath, through cold exposure and mindset, from climbing mountains |
| 0:36.5 | in nothing but shorts, which I've personally done myself, |
| 0:40.0 | to teaching everyday men how to regulate stress, build resilience, reconnect with their primal |
| 0:46.1 | strength. His work challenges everything we think about from comfort and health and human |
| 0:53.8 | potential. So today we're talking about cold, |
| 0:56.7 | breath, discipline, structure, and what it really means to return to our, what he calls |
| 1:03.8 | factory settings as men. You're a man of action. You live life to the fullest. Embrace your fears |
| 1:09.9 | and boldly chart your own path. |
| 1:11.8 | When life knocks you down, you get back up one more time, every time. You are not easily |
| 1:17.1 | deterred or defeated, rugged, resilient, strong. This is your life. This is who you are. This is who you |
| 1:24.7 | will become. At the end of the day, and after all is said and done, you can call |
| 1:29.3 | yourself a man. Gentlemen, welcome to the Order Man podcast. I am Ryan Mickler. I'm your host and |
| 1:35.5 | the founder, and I'm glad that you're here. We are into Christmas week, and I'm so very excited to |
| 1:42.0 | have Mr. Wimhoff on the podcast. I've been working for years, |
| 1:46.6 | years. I should go back and look and see when the last email that I sent him, or the first |
| 1:51.3 | email that I sent him was, but regardless, here he is today, very excited about it. And I know you guys |
| 1:57.0 | will gain a lot from this conversation. Before we get into that, I do want to mention that I've |
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