{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Scott Carney: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Can Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength | Ep.006","description":"How many pushups can you do on a single breath? My guest today, Scott Carney, best-selling author of the newly released book What Doesn't Kill Us could only do 20 pushups before his training with Wim "The Iceman" Hof. During this time, Scott learned to control his body temperature and seek out the knowledge that was key to unlocking his body's hidden potential. Since then, Scott has trained with elite athletes, competed in the world's most notorious cold-weather obstacle course race, and summited Gilman's Point on Mount Kilimanjaro... in nothing but a pair of shorts.   In today's episode I talk with Scott as he shares how freezing water, extreme altitude, and environmental conditioning can renew our lost evolutionary strength. In today's episode you'll learn:  How Scott lost seven pounds in seven days, The quickest and safest way to build what Scott calls "The Wedge", Scott's personal 15-minute breathing routine, and... Much, much more. Subscribe on  iTunes | Stitcher Radio | Google Play | SoundCloud Episode Breakdown How to correctly pronounce Wim :) Scott\u2019s previous history as an investigative journalist How people can lose touch with reality in pursuit of spiritual goals Westerner\u2019s lure to perform miracles and how they\u2019re ingrained in our childhoods Scott\u2019s concerns about Wim\u2019s initial claims of superhuman performance Scott\u2019s first thoughts and experience of Wim after being commissioned by Playboy Magazine The simple, almost immediate trick to stop yourself from shivering How Scott lost seven pounds in seven days Scott shares a few of Wim\u2019s larger-than-life claims Why Scott believes Wim\u2019s method has positive effects on autoimmune disease The brief story of Hans Spaans and the Wim Hof Method Scott describes how homeostasis has negatively impacted us as a species Evolutionary Mismatch Disease How fire may have shaped human physiology How Scott outsources his natural pathfinding ability How Tinder is possibly destroying our ability to create deep bonds and long-term relationships How Lt. James Cook and his Polynesian navigator\u2014Tupaia\u2014mapped the Pacific seas near New Zealand and Australia Di lep and wave-piloting How humans have been using the cold to develop environmental robustness Scott shares an old quote from the Journal of American Medical Association in 1914 Scott explains the purpose of brown adipose tissue (or BAT) and why it\u2019s important Scott\u2019s first experience with Laird Hamilton and XPT (or Extreme Pool Training) The November Project Scott explains the evolutionary purpose of vasoconstriction Archimedes Banya What Scott calls "The Wedge" Why Scott says you shouldn't use Wim's breathing techniques in water Scott shares his 15-minute breathing routine Why it\u2019s easier to pass out with full lungs Scott\u2019s experience running the most notorious cold-weather obstacle course race in the world Success at Gilman\u2019s Point Rapid-fire listener questions ","author_name":"Ancestral Health Radio","author_url":"http:\/\/www.ancestralhealthradio.com\/","html":"