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Wim Hof, the Glossary

Wim Hof (born 20 April 1959), also known as The Iceman, is a Dutch motivational speaker and extreme athlete noted for his ability to withstand low temperatures.^[1]

34 relations: Adrenaline, American Heart Association, Amsterdam, Arrhythmia, Breathwork (New Age), British Heart Foundation, Daily Mirror, Diaphragmatic breathing, Discovery Channel, EenVandaag, Extreme sport, Guinness World Records, Half marathon, Het Parool, Hormesis, Ice bath, Inflammation, Kundalini, Limburg (Netherlands), Meditation, Meta-analysis, Motivational speaker, Mount Everest, Mount Kilimanjaro, Oulu, Radboud University Nijmegen, Schizophrenia, Scott Carney, Sittard, Tummo, Twin, Vondelpark, Yes Theory, Yoga.
Breathwork practitioners
Dutch male long-distance runners
Dutch male marathon runners
Ice sports
People from Sittard

Adrenaline

Adrenaline, also known as epinephrine, is a hormone and medication which is involved in regulating visceral functions (e.g., respiration).

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The American Heart Association (AHA) is a nonprofit organization in the United States that funds cardiovascular medical research, educates consumers on healthy living and fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke.

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Amsterdam

Amsterdam (literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel") is the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands.

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Arrhythmia

Arrhythmias, also known as cardiac arrhythmias, are irregularities in the heartbeat, including when it is too fast or too slow.

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Breathwork (New Age)

Breathwork is a term for various breathing practices in which the conscious control of breathing is said to influence a person's mental, emotional, or physical state, with a therapeutic effect.

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British Heart Foundation

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is a cardiovascular research charity in the United Kingdom.

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Daily Mirror

The Daily Mirror is a British national daily tabloid newspaper.

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Diaphragmatic breathing

Diaphragmatic breathing, abdominal breathing, belly breathing, or deep breathing, is breathing that is done by contracting the diaphragm, a muscle located horizontally between the thoracic cavity and abdominal cavity.

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Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel, known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery, is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav.

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EenVandaag

EénVandaag (OneToday) is a current affairs programme broadcast on the Dutch public television network NPO 1 (formerly Nederland 1), The programme, which airs on Monday to Saturday evenings at 6:15pm CET is a co-production of the broadcasting associations AVRO and TROS, and since 2014 AVROTROS.

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Extreme sport

Action sports, adventure sports or extreme sports are activities perceived as involving a high degree of risk of injury or death.

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Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.

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Half marathon

A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon.

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Het Parool

Het Parool is an Amsterdam-based daily newspaper.

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Hormesis

Hormesis is a two-phased dose-response relationship to an environmental agent whereby low-dose amounts have a beneficial effect and high-dose amounts are either inhibitory to function or toxic.

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Ice bath

In sports therapy, an ice bath, or sometimes cold-water immersion, Cold plunge or cold therapy, is a training regimen usually following a period of intense exercise in which a substantial part of a human body is immersed in a bath of ice or ice-water for a limited duration.

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Inflammation

Inflammation (from inflammatio) is part of the biological response of body tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants.

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Kundalini

In Hinduism, kundalini (lit) is a form of divine feminine energy (or Shakti) believed to be located at the base of the spine, in the muladhara.

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Limburg (Netherlands)

Limburg, also known as Dutch Limburg, is the southernmost of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands.

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Meditation

Meditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique to train attention and awareness and detach from reflexive, "discursive thinking," achieving a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state, while not judging the meditation process itself.

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Meta-analysis is the statistical combination of the results of multiple studies addressing a similar research question.

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Motivational speaker

A motivational speaker is a speaker who makes speeches intended to motivate or inspire an audience.

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Mount Everest

Mount Everest is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas.

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Mount Kilimanjaro

Mount Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano in Tanzania.

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Oulu

Oulu (Uleåborg) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Ostrobothnia.

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Radboud University Nijmegen

Radboud University (abbreviated as RU, Radboud Universiteit, formerly) is a public research university located in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

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Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by reoccurring episodes of psychosis that are correlated with a general misperception of reality.

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Scott Carney

Scott Carney (born July 9, 1978) is an American investigative journalist, author and anthropologist.

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Sittard

Sittard is a city in the Netherlands, situated in the southernmost province of Limburg.

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Tummo

In Tibetan Buddhism, tummo (caṇḍālī) is the fierce goddess of heat and passion.

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Twin

Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy.

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Vondelpark

The Vondelpark is a public urban park of 47 hectares (120 acres) in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Yes Theory

Yes Theory is a Canadian digital media brand built around a YouTube channel founded by Thomas Brag, Ammar Kandil, Matt Dahlia (formerly Matt Dajer), and Derin Emre.

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Yoga

Yoga (lit) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control (yoke) and still the mind, recognizing a detached witness-consciousness untouched by the mind (Chitta) and mundane suffering (Duḥkha).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Hof

Also known as Wim Hof Method.

Wim Hof, the Glossary

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See also

Breathwork practitioners

Dutch male long-distance runners

Dutch male marathon runners

Ice sports

People from Sittard

References