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Learned in depth from Wim Hof (breath holds, ice water).

It's a continuation of Scott's book, What Doesn't Kill Us.

What can we accomplish when there are no true human limits? During our discussion, you'll discover: -What exactly “The Wedge” is…18:00 All of this in service of trying to understand what we're really capable of. He meets masters of mental misdirection in the heat of a Latvian sauna, experiments with breathing routines that bring him to the cusp of transcendence, searches his mind in sensory deprivation tanks, and ultimately ends up in the Amazon jungle with a shaman who promises either madness or universal truth. He confronts fear at a cutting-edge neuroscience laboratory at Stanford, and learns about flow states by tossing heavy weights with partners. In this thrilling exploration of the limits and potential of the human body, Carney searches the globe for people who understand the subtle language of how the body responds to its environment.

At the core of those methods is a technique called The Wedge that can give a person an edge in just about any situation. It gave him superhuman levels of endurance and quieted a persistent autoimmune illness. While writing the book, Carney submerged himself in ice water and learned breathing techniques from daredevil fitness guru Wim Hof. In an explosive investigation into the limits of endurance, in The Wedge, Scott discovers how humans can wedge control over automatic physiological responses into the breaking point between stress and biology.

While incremental genetic adaptations hone the physiology of nearly every creature on this planet, there's another evolutionary force that is just as important: the power of choice. Despite this brutal logic, some species have learned to survive in even the most hostile conditions. Thrive or die: That's the rule of evolution. Today, Scott-a New York Times Bestselling author-is back to discuss his brand new book, which I found to be a thrilling and inspirational read: The Wedge: Evolution, Consciousness, Stress and the Key to Human Resilience. My guest on today's show, an immersive journalist and self-experimenter named Scott Carney, first joined me for the fantastic episode entitled “ What Doesn’t Kill Us: Why Your Body Needs Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude & Environmental Conditioning.“