Wim Hof Method Breathing&Cold Reviews

by Dylpickel98

I used WimHofMethodBreathingCold daily to track my progress. Improved my quality of life tremendously. Since the subscription was introduced, I am no longer able to use WimHofMethodBreathingCold . The breathing timer and other functions that are claimed to be free still, will not work for me. So WimHofMethodBreathingCold is totally useless unless one pays the monthly fee.

While I support Wim and if he needs the income, I’d love to be able to support him, during a pandemic that’s not the best move. From a marketing perspective, I believe WimHofMethodBreathingCold should be free, as a tool to draw people into the WHM. From there, the dedicated users (those who complete significant progress in WimHofMethodBreathingCold ) could “level” up to the subscription for a fee. This would be a great incentive, plus a tried and true method of establishing quality, invested, repeat customers.

But charging this month for WimHofMethodBreathingCold itself? That’s the quickest way to alienate a portion of your customer base and offend the rest. WimHofMethodBreathingCold is still fantastic and the developers did a great job. It’s just too bad it’s not free anymore.

by Sumatra Gold

I have been a WHM practitioner for 3 years now. It enhanced my life in several ways. Thank you Wim. There is enough free info on the net that u don’t need WimHofMethodBreathingCold . However, I purchased it anyway for iOS, as I found it very useful when doing breathwork and the price was right. But then after a while something annoying happened. It stopped working correctly.I started getting registration prompts. This went on for a bit, but I was still able to work-around and use WimHofMethodBreathingCold . Then the whole thing went off the rails when one day I opened WimHofMethodBreathingCold to discover I had to start paying a monthly charge if I wanted to continue. I don’t mind paying a one time fee for an app. But I’m not going pay monthly, especially since I already paid the one time fee to use WimHofMethodBreathingCold in the beginning. On top of that none of my old registration info works anymore. Not on the website and not in WimHofMethodBreathingCold . So even if I wanted to use it, I can’t, since I can no longer work around the registration prompts. So I will be uninstalling WimHofMethodBreathingCold . A one time fee is fine. I do think the $5 monthly subscription is steep for what u get, especially for practitioners who only use WimHofMethodBreathingCold in a very limited sense, breathwork for example. Goodbye WHM app.

by Death Ray Of Sunshine

I didn’t have too much of problem paying for a subscription as I am new to the Wim Hof Method so I did not have a comparison of WimHofMethodBreathingCold prior to the subscription model update. That said it would have sat better with me if WimHofMethodBreathingCold actually worked. Right now its only function is a stop watch. It’s not recording my progress whatsoever so there is not a journal component. Because of this I can’t move forward in the challenges. The exercises have remained locked despite completing the prompts to advance. I cannot really give a full review because the tools available to me are so limited, but as it stands $15/month or $35/year for a stopwatch is incredibly overpriced. Definitely pass for now. Hopefully they work out the issues and rethink the pricing. I m was optimistic that WimHofMethodBreathingCold would be a bite sized way to start practicing the WHM while on a limited budget. Guess I’ll stick to the free videos out there and the stopwatch on my phone for now.

by Shigip0hiki

I love the WHM and I loved WimHofMethodBreathingCold . For a small fee I was able to utilize great features that helped me learn some of what Wim Hof has to offer. And for an extra fee I could have unlocked additional training training programs, which I was about to do. It was really helping me.

Then the monthly subscription fee came out and the terms of my original purchase were void. That’s how they getcha I guess... It’s a bummer that the training app meant to teach its users mindfulness lowered itself to the standard of a magazine company but here we are. I honestly would have paid more for WimHofMethodBreathingCold as it was before, but not a monthly subscription. The reason being, I can’t justify paying a subscription for something I can’t use every day.

I’m so sorry to give it a bad rating Wim. You had a good thing going; you really did. And I imagine you still do with your in person classes and seminars. But for those of us who cannot attend such things, or fully utilize the program every day, we are lost. Oh well. Onto the next journey.

I wish you a good night, or a good day, and a good life. All the love, all the power.

Stay frosty Ice Man.

by Bailskiski

The method is life changing, I do 3 rounds almost every day and have benefited tremendously - stable mood, a better handle on my depression, increased motivation, increased cardio output, increased confidence, I feel more youthful. The benefits are innumerable!

However, the Apple Watch app is in dire need of improvement and why I gave 3 stars. I got an Apple Watch for Christmas, and after putting in over 9 hours of retention time on the iPhone app, I was looking forward to using the Watch. The idea of simply tapping my wrist to start and stop retention time is fantastic! Unfortunately, the Watch app seems independent from the iPhone app. No options for music customization, nor can I expect to choose the amount of breaths or the frequency (slow, medium, fast). This is quite a let down - guess I’ll be continuing to bend my neck to find my phone and double tap to enter retention mode for now!

That’s all to say, please update the Apple Watch app to make it more in line with (or even linked to!) the iPhone app. That would make my year!!

The iPhone app itself I’d give 4 stars, as improvements needed are few. Mostly it’s fantastic, and I love all the customizations! I’d like the option to add or remove Wim’s voice on top of the breathing music, as I was used to him being there with the music and in a recent update his voice is gone.

by Tryna Use Hulu

Their email(and only worldwide) customer service team is an auto reply bot, or someone who just doesn’t care to answer your questions/comments. I made a comment on the new app, that it sucked they changed some previously free exercises to pay only. They answered my complaint with a redirection to their FAQ, saying this line of communication wasn’t for my type of inquiry. Even though that is their ONLY obvious line of communication. When I expressed that this reply only further frustrated a loyal WHM methoder they didn’t reply at all. I still use the method, duh. But my opinion of the entire organization has declined significantly. They don’t seem to care about the concerns of their app user’s at all. Prove me wrong WHM.

by Edenorchestra

I have been doing Wim’s breathing now for 11 months five days a week. I use WimHofMethodBreathingCold to breathe along with the sound of Wim’s breath. I like the automatic timer for the the recovery period. It appears now I can no longer use that part of the app, you turned it off with only the stop watch. I now have to pay money for ONE exercise and am most disappointed. I recognize we all need an income, but this has become excessive and draconian in nature. Perhaps in time as I expand my practices I would indeed subscribe to additional training. But this is a giant turn off, that everything has been whittled away leaving a student with next to nothing. Come on, Wim promotes his “free” app, of which little to none is now free. Does he know about this? What would he say if I asked him his thoughts?

by Idislikehugs

I initially bought a year subscription to WimHofMethodBreathingCold because I wanted to support Wim and his company, but the recent change to customize the guided breathing bubble would be worth the charge alone. Sometimes you want to be super present with the exercises, sometimes you want to go deep and away. I don’t like having to focus on counting how many breaths I took, so that’s why I used the guided one. Being able to cut the narration or change the music or the pace of the breathing really let you suit the experience to you.

I took a star off because I really only use WimHofMethodBreathingCold for that. I wish his fundamentals course was part of the yearly subscription.

by BeeRad1228

Everything about this is great. I love WimHofMethodBreathingCold , the exercises, and I love Wim Hof as a man. I am so grateful for him. Two suggestions I would make for WimHofMethodBreathingCold . After doing a guided breathing session within WimHofMethodBreathingCold , I wish it would automatically log your exercise. I would love to go back and see all my progress, but I’m not going to manually log each session and each round. I wish this was done automatically or if there was a one touch button to log the exercise without having to add each round separately. My second request also has to do with the guided breathing sessions. I wish when you are doing a round Wim could let you know when you have 5 breaths left, or if there was a chime or something to notify you have five breaths left. I prefer to do my breathing with my eyes closed but I’m constantly having to open them to see how many more breaths I have left before the breath hold

by Tape051

However I just wanted to suggested that the UI is a little friendlier to accidental button presses. Because most exercises involving not moving I try to not to pick up my phone and look at it too much while using WimHofMethodBreathingCold , however this means sometimes I’ll brush my phone screen while doing an exercise and WimHofMethodBreathingCold will move on to the next part of the exercise before I’m ready with no way to go back.

For example I might be doing the 30 in/out but I go to adjust the volume on my phone and then I’ll accidentally move it on to the retention and there’s no “oops go back” button. Would love one of those.

Anyway other than that it’s perfect!

by David Allie

Started doing the Wim Hof method during quarantine for something to do and have found it absolutely life changing. WimHofMethodBreathingCold is a great tool for tracking progress with the method and motivates you to stay on track with different challenges. I have also purchased the course so I can watch the classes on the phone as well. If you are thinking about trying the method I believe there are tools you can use on here for free. If you are already a believer than WimHofMethodBreathingCold is the perfect companion to track your progress and keep you motivated.

by Staub77

Thank you for fixing the bug!

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Love WimHofMethodBreathingCold overall and live the method. This is a low review to draw attention to a bug and a UI enhancement. I’ll update the review when the bug is fixed. I hope the UI gets addressed. Bug: In Guided breathing the retention phase music always plays even when turned off. Yes, I’ve triple checked. The bug showed up a few updates ago. Can’t remember which one. I’ve quit and restarted WimHofMethodBreathingCold . I’ve turned off and restarted my phone. I’ve deleted WimHofMethodBreathingCold and reinstalled. Bug is still there. This is very annoying, especially because I play my own music in Apple Music and this bug replaces the music with retention music and I have to go in to Music and restart my music each round. UI Enhancement: Because of this bug, I’ve been using the manual retention timer. It’s fine but the UI makes the timer way too easy to accidentally turn on. The problem is that in the first round the button is not the only spot to tap to start the timer. There’s a strip as tall as the timer button that extends edge to edge that activates the timer. Way too easy to brush this as I put my phone down next to me. Then I have to stop the timer, reset, start again, all while trying to retain breath. Very annoying. I appreciate you considering addressing these issues

by VivvidJ

WimHofMethodBreathingCold has already made quite an impact on my life. I seem to have fallen onto a few different things all at once and somehow they all pertain to each other, WimHofMethodBreathingCold and Wim being a huge part of that. Thanks ,Wim, for making this affordable and spreading all this knowledge. Im feeling pretty great already and Ive only been in a small routine for about a week now. I tested the breathing method with push ups against push ups without the breathing method and I almost doubled my total amount done by just simply using this method. Im stoked to see how far I can go with this! Thanks again with Love!

by Areis89

I heard about Wim on a podcast and was intrigued about trying his method myself but was a bit intimidated. WimHofMethodBreathingCold lays everything out for you so there's no guesswork about what to do next. I was immediately impressed after my first session that I was able to comfortably hold my breath for a minute-thirty. My mind felt relaxed and I had a great meditation session afterwards. Looking forward to making this a daily practice. I think it's great that he puts something so powerful out there for free- you can truly sense that he's a good person who wants to help others.

by GeneMadd

I have using the Wim Hof Method for about a month now. I have never been able to mediate and after using his breathing exercises I can finally relax and calm my monkey mind. I try to do the breathing once in the AM and again before I fall asleep and the same with the cold showers. I also try to take a ice bath once a week. I have been dealing with horrible bi polar depression for years if not my whole life and this is finally something that has started to help me with out the use of pharmaceutical medications. I am thinking about attending one of his work shops in the USA. That you all so much

by Nubarg

Overall, WimHofMethodBreathingCold is great, and co tongues to improve. Wim Hof has changed my life for the better, cold showers and breathing have revolutionized the way I live and feel. I am happy to support WimHofMethodBreathingCold .

To the devs, it would be great if we could check off a challenge that’s already completed. For example, I don’t take my phone in the shower, but I do my cold showers. Currently there’s no way for my to tell my 30-day challenge that’s I’ve completed that days challenge. Same goes for breathing. Let’s have some control over this because if you’re faking it anyway, you’re only hurting yourself. I would love to be able to check off what I’ve completed vs be forced to use the countdowns since I’ve already completed said challenge.

Thanks.

by DancingBliss

This is rating of WimHofMethodBreathingCold not the method itself. I would love to recommend WHM to everyone as Wim Hof presents a very accessible path to greater health but I would only recommend it to those already in good shape as he does not demonstrate a safe path for working up to a potentially dangerous shoulder stand or inner fire (tummo) breath. A good Hatha Yoga instructor will prepare the body for inversions before jumping into a shoulder stand and will offer less extreme versions of some of the more strenuous poses and movements that provide the same benefit. Same with a good pranayama instructor and such a swing between hyperventilation and oxygen deprivation/co2 toxicity. These breathing exercises can bring such incredible bliss in addition to the health benefits and I very much recommend everyone try such healthful bliss, a gradual working up to such advanced exercises may yield swifter and safer results.

by Pierce916

WimHofMethodBreathingCold is life changing! I saw it and just took a jump to help me commit and bought the year sub. Since having done so my life has drastically changed! The breathing gives me spiritual revelations every time i do it. Truely life changing! Even the free version is enough to help people get on track and start a habit of this. The challenges are amazing and forgiving to expand ones practices and healty routines.

All that being said i do have a request to the devs if this is an appropriate medium to ask: i am having some trouble with the timer, if i accidentally trigger it it is not possible to go back and delete breathing times after one submits them. Could you add that option? Also a voice activated start and stop for the timer would be really helpful. Thank you so much devs and wim hof!!!!

by ConradIII

I started listening to Wim a few years ago and was a fan from the start but have only grown in my admiration for him personally and for his team. One of the first things I did was download WimHofMethodBreathingCold and it helped me so much. I still use WimHofMethodBreathingCold even though I do not really need it. One thing I want to say is that I am very happy that when they updated WimHofMethodBreathingCold they thought about the people who started using it when it was new. They did not forget about us!!!! All my info was still there AND they even “gave me” credit for my badges earned based on what I did in the past. They also did not try the BS of telling me my past purchases did not count because this is a new app. Thank you for being true to your followers and practicing what you preach. Keep going Wim. I want to celebrate your 100th birthday with you!!!!

by TikTokisannoying

How is it that you’re taking away WHAT I PAID FOR??? That’s gotta be illegal... you can’t just all of a sudden make me re pay for something I already paid for. I get that y’all need to make money, but I should be GRANDFATHERED IN SINCE I PURCHASED YOUR CONTENT YEARS AGO!!!!! Come on Wim, that’s not cool to do to your followers that have supported YOU FOR MANY YEARS. That was a low ball move. I have no idea how you are getting away with doing this. I love your content and am a persistent follower.. I really hope you will reconsider and look a all those who have followed you for so long and give us back what WE PAID FOR.

by Katzer70

This is one of the more expensive, flat-fee apps out there. While it does work, the functionality is quite limited and the content is light. As other reviewers have mentioned, the info is available for free online, but it is nice to have everything bundled into one place.

Cons:

1. If you navigate to another app while the timer is running, the timer stops until you go back to the page.

2. I haven't found a way to edit or delete errors. Sometimes I would like to get rid of a round that I accidentally started.

Pros:

1. It's nice to have the videos as a guide. Sometimes I find myself breathing too fast so having Wim talk me through is a great option.

2. The interface is pretty simple to navigate and is laid out in 3 areas of breath, cold, commitment (yoga stretches).

Suggested improvements:

1. As others have mentioned, it would be nice to have graphs or charts to compare days. As is, I have to click on each day to see how I'm doing.

Overall:

I wouldn't really recommend WimHofMethodBreathingCold at its current price unless they add more functionality and more content. What I would recommend instead is a basic habit tracker with a timer ,coupled with Wim's free videos online. You'd have the same setup and a habit tracker could also let you track other things than just the 3 within WimHofMethodBreathingCold.

by S_Maeder

I began doing wim hof method before he was on joe rogan years ago. I’ve seen WimHofMethodBreathingCold change over the years.

The first app version was my favorite. Lots of good feeling wim videos, totally unprofessional and unpolished- you can see his pure heart. Smiling, all you ever needed. I wish i could see the video of him teaching breathing to the skinny kid in sweatpants again 😂

I understand his children got involved, I feel it has suffered immensely since then. Very gimmicky making money app now. Cheesy beyond.

All he wanted to do back then was share his gift with the world, teach it to impoverished folks who need help w disease...but not it’s $300 to see him in a stadium w a thousand other people 😂

it’s all good , i hope it gets folks interested in this... but in the beginning- he said to not let your breath all the way out, now he does... a little confusing there. also you used to hold in your final 30th breath... retention... a little confusing.

I’m glad I learned it 4-5 years ago, it has helped me immensely. Unsure of what it is today. Wim is a great man, I appreciate what he has taught me.

by AliceSays

WimHofMethodBreathingCold is great except you can’t exit WimHofMethodBreathingCold once you’ve started it. There’s no way to just stop or reset the session. Once started, the only options available in the UI are to start the next breathing round or save the session, both of which don’t make sense if you want to start over or just cancel and return later.

by Madhatter40

I love WimHofMethodBreathingCold but would like to suggest a few changes. 1st you should add a timer for the cold showers. As a beginner I set a timer outside WimHofMethodBreathingCold for 30 seconds. I would like to see this added please. 2nd is there a way to incorporate a blog into WimHofMethodBreathingCold? That would be a great way for all of us to post successes and share little nuggets of helpful learnings

Thank you

by Bells In My Head

If you truly stick with it, then you will find what you are looking for. Do not go into this half assed. It works, it truly works, but you must stick with it! As Wim says, the cold is out warm friend, and that could not be more true. I started doing this method regularly about a year ago and it has aided in helping me lose weight, and come out of a two year depression. If I feel tired or depressed then I simply do a round of breathing and hop in a cold shower, and then poof, next thing you know I’m singing and dancing around the house with my dogs. Thank you Wim for sharing the method with the world.

by Hercermuh

WHM breathing has become my morning routine. Don’t be discouraged that the premium features aren’t available without subscription. There is more than enough here to get your body in good breathing and health condition. If you can give it 5 or even 20 minutes in the morning you will feel great immediately and probably won’t want that coffee. Amazing method and I’ve had for many months and am only scratching the surface, lots to unpack in here. Do the breathing before strength(push-ups or pull-ups) and watch your performance increase measurably.

by Schermoa

WimHofMethodBreathingCold is now free and I really love it. Has all the basic videos and explanations plus a stopwatch and tracker for breathing and cold shower!
The one-on-one section (10week course member access only) however does not work yet. each time I try to open a week WimHofMethodBreathingCold crashes. I hope this will work soon!
Also I think that all the essentials should work without internet connection to enable exercising in the cold woods while listening to Wim.
Still great so far - way to go!!

by Dhrhhdss

Just getting started and I’m pumped to have found Wim’s method. I’ve always been a good starter and bad finisher. I feel upbeat because results are noticeable quickly upon beginning. I only have a week in and will do the 30 day audible training first and continue of results continue to be positive. Right On. 😎❤️
P.S. I hardly ever write reviews so that signals to me my positive emotion. Fully In 🙏

by Oneillman

If you are just starting out on your magical hoffing journey I highly recommend WimHofMethodBreathingCold. It has everything all in one place. The timer is great and keeps track of all your retention times so you can see how the breathing exercise actually does work and track your progress over time.

by Snellings383

I downloaded WimHofMethodBreathingCold in search of a different way to battle my anxiety depression and just help my all around fitness and so far I’ve seen a big difference and can’t wait to see exactly where this can go with the help of WimHofMethodBreathingCold. Thank you guys and gals so much for WimHofMethodBreathingCold and the help it brings people.

by Autodidact8911

WimHofMethodBreathingCold , now that there is an expansion pack, seems comprehensive. It has all of the basic elements of the Wim Hof Method which for the money is a good deal. The Fundamentals course provides the depth, the lesson plans, the order, the progression. WimHofMethodBreathingCold leaves this to our own ingenuity and intuition how to progress and connect more deeply to our bodies.

by Scot Lowry

I heard about this on several podcasts and was guided on how to do it by a friend that went to a retreat with Wim. WimHofMethodBreathingCold has a ton of info and is super easy to use. I love seeing my progress. Already getting results, more calm and when I do this before my meditations I go much deeper fast.

by Akempton

Very simple and easy app. The last update created a glitch where sometimes all of my progress and past stuff doesn’t show up, but if you wait a minute it is there. Not sure why this is happening, but other than that it’s a great app!!

by AG4C

I use WimHofMethodBreathingCold daily and it’s a great way to do the exercises without counting in your head, like Wim Hof himself recommends, especially on the Apple Watch. Edit: the latest update makes the Apple Watch app crash every time I open it.