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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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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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- Bobby2jacks
- 25-10-19
Decent
Loved the Wim Hof stuff SMS the stories id the challenges the author did, just feel it is padded out a bit
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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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- stuart douglas
- 09-06-20
interesting take on the wim hof method
good listen, would recommend to anyone considering wim hof method, very interesting story from scott carney
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- Lloyd
- 03-03-24
Brilliantly told & inspirational
This has been my favourite book so far regarding longevity. Th book it’s self is not about longevity but the challenges he speaks of, in my opinion is what will really put you into those golden years fit, stronger, and more productive life than relying solely on supplements and staying comfortable.
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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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- Jill M.
- 10-01-19
Life changing!
Wonderful that this was narrated by the author. Gripping and inspiring. Listened in two straight days and am just about to listen again. Have started the breathing and cold showers and am fighting my cold phobia, think I will win. If you want to truly understand Wim Hof and humanity’s need to return to nature listen to this! Thanks Scott!
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- K. Lucas
- 09-11-20
Inspiring
loved it, will probably listen again as there is lots to enjoy to really max out.
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- Richard McFerran
- 16-12-18
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Wow! This book is a well written piece of investigative journalism. For me this book was the perfect stepping stone into discovery of the Wim Hof Method, it is about the why, not the how...
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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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- 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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