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The Minimalist Guide To Rapid Life Change Living Life the Tim Ferris Way
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How Tim Ferriss Cuts Back on Sugar Cravings (and builds muscle) While on Slow Carb
Sep 1, 2015Tap to summarizeYou know you’re in a war, right? It is you versus your sugar cravings, and sugar is both armed and extremely dangerous. After a few months on the slow carb diet, you will start to build some leverage against sugar, but early on it is a dog eat dog world. So how do you win the fight? In a recent episode of The Tim Ferriss Show while interviewing Naval Ravikant of AngelList Tim broke away from the conversation and introduced two novel ways to cut back on sugar cravings while on the slow carb diet. Here is the audio excerpt from the show: You can download the audio file here. As Tim points out: “With sugar craving for people who wish to cut back on simple sugars. Two things are surprisingly effective for combating sugar cravings particularly if you have just gone onto a slow carb, low carb, paleo or ketogenic diet.” Two Ways to Cut Back and Eliminate Sugar Cravings While on the Slow Carb Diet Sodium: “Make sure you are getting enough sodium (salt). A lot of people who go on a lower carb diet (because e...
Transcribe →Occam’s Protocol + The Slow Carb Diet = a Match Made in Heaven
Apr 8, 2015Tap to summarizeAre you several weeks or months into the slow carb diet looking to expand your 4-Hour Body repertoire? Maybe you have lost a bit of body fat, are interested in adding muscle mass, experimenting with Tim’s tripling testosterone protocol or 4-Hour Body sleep hacks. It’s time to take the next logical step. Finding Balance in a Sea of Supplements If you have read the 4-Hour Body beyond the Slow Carb Diet you may have noticed that there is quite a bit of overlap, as well as several contradictions, among the protocols. Especially from a supplement and dietary standpoint. It can become a very confusing mess! Here is the good news: if you are already familiar with the Slow Carb Diet you can use this as the foundation of any of Tim’s protocols. It is not only extremely effective, but a recommended way to create a healthy “4-Hour Body lifestyle.” Over the next several weeks I am going to detail some excellent “4-Hour combinations” that you can use to your benefit. We will start today by discussing one of my personal favorites: Slow Carb + Occam’s Protocol As I have discussed before on the blog combining Occam’s and the Slow Carb Diet is one of my favorite combinations. Let’s look at ho...
Transcribe →Tim Ferriss Prison Day 6: Convict Conditioning: Handstand Pushups – Healthy and Powerful Shoulders
Oct 20, 2014Tap to summarizeThis is day 6 of our Tim Ferriss prison series where we will finish covering the 6 core movements of Convict Conditioning. Here is a summary of the 6 “Core Movements” with links to what we have covered so far. Pushups Squats Pull Ups Leg Raises Bridges Handstand Pushups Today, we are going to focus on the sixth and final movement of “The Big Six Movements”: Movement Six: Handstand Pushups This is meant to be a supplement to Convict Conditioning as it is imperative to understand the correct implementation of each movement and the history behind them. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-full wp-...
Transcribe →Tim Ferriss Prison Day 5: Convict Conditioning – The Bridge (Bulletproof Your Spine)
Oct 1, 2014Tap to summarizeWhat workout would Tim Ferriss do if the feds found “Brain Quicken” to be a scam and sentenced him to 25 years to life? This is day 5 of our Tim Ferriss prison series where we will continue to progress through the 6 core movements of Convict Conditioning. Here is a quick summary of the 6 “Core Movements” and links to what has already been covered. Pushups Squats Pull Ups Leg Raises Bridges Handstand Pushups Today we are going to focus on the fifth of “The Big Six Movements”: Movement Five: Bridges This is meant to be a supplement to <a title="Convict Conditioning on Amazon" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0938045768/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=17...
Transcribe →Carlsons and Kerrygold – A Better 4-Hour Body Sex Machine Protocol?
Jul 28, 2014Tap to summarizeCan I tell you my worst nightmare? It is being trapped on the vitamin and supplement isle at Costco, or worse yet, GNC. And the only thing stinkier than a bottle of rancid fish oil is trying to figure out what fish oil to take. EPA, DHA, Omega 3, and how about K2 and D3? Ahhhhhh!!!! Today, I am going to simplify one thing and that is the high vitamin butter oil / cod liver oil conundrum. Today we will discuss: An alternative (and cheaper) approach to Blue Ice Royal Butter / Fermented Cod Liver Oil to replicate Tim Ferriss’ Tripling Testosterone protocol. Zach writes in: “I have a question, in the 4-Hour Body Tim says you can substitute the Blue Ice Royal Butter Oil/Fermented Cod Liver Oil Blend with Carlson Super 1000 mg Cod Liver Oil and take it the same time with the Kerry Gold Irish Butter. My question is if we go this route do we still take 2 capsules in the morning/evening of the Carlson Cod liver oil as we would do with the Blue Ice Brand? And how much of the Kerry Gold Irish butter do we take with it?” To answer this question, it is best to review the standard protocol once again briefly. In the 4-Hour Body Tim presents two protocols that include High Vitamin Butter Oil: Long-Term and Sustained Short-Term and Fun “Nitro Boost” Tim uses this in combination with fermented Cod Liver Oil as his protocol for boosting testosterone. Abbreviated Tripling Testosterone Protocol – 4 Hour Body <td style="border-bottom: #7ba0cd 1pt solid; border-left: #7ba0cd 1pt solid; background: #d3dfee; border-top: medium none; border-right: #7ba0cd 1pt solid; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 191; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid ...
Transcribe →The Great Cholesterol Hustle Part 1 – Made to Stick
Apr 7, 2014Tap to summarizeThe Great Cholesterol Hustle Hustle 1: Cholesterol is “sticky” so it clogs arteries. Hustle 2: Statin drugs (think Lipitor), the second most prescribed class of drugs worldwide, will lower your “bad” cholesterol and help you live longer. Hustle 3: Eating cholesterol increases cholesterol levels in your blood. Hustle 4: Cholesterol is the leading cause of heart disease. The Truth is Often Harder to Swallow Than a Pill If you have had a physical exam this year, weather voluntarily or through your companies work well program chances are they drew serum cholesterol levels. Chances are they reviewed your LDL-C and HDL-C numbers with you and maybe briefly discussed that other “not so important” lipid level: Triglycerides. They checked briefly to make sure your fasting blood sugars were less than 100. They did a risk analysis on your body weight, made sure you were not smoking and then sent you home with instructions to follow a fairly low fat diet, focusing on “healthy carbs”, more fiber and plenty of fruits and vegetables. You may have even felt good about yourself because you had an LDL-C of 70 and and HDL that was in the 40’s, Triglycerides? Can’t remember. Maybe your blood sugars were “just fine” at 96 and yeah, you had a little belly fat, but we all have some of that. Feeling good, but knowing you could makes some changes you wen’t home, made a goal to drink a bit less alcohol, exercise just a bit more and maybe eat less fried fatty foods. This would have been fine, except it is not. You could be ripe for a heart attack, ready to “kick the proverbial bucket” and not even know about it. Because this physical exam and how they chose to focus on your labs (today we are looking at cholesterol) was pretty much worthless. It is no longer debatable The whole theory that cholesterol causes heart disease was wrong in the first place! A mixture of misinformation, scientifically questionable studies, corporate greed, and deceptive marketing has conspired to create one of the most indestructible and damaging myt...
Transcribe →Occam’s Protocol and The Slow Carb Diet – Why You Need to Do Both Now!
Mar 11, 2014Tap to summarizeI have touted the benefits of Occam’s Protocol since it was first unleashed upon the world by Tim Ferriss in 2010. To me, Occam’s represented the perfect balance of resistance training and time commitment, in other words it seemed like something I could stick with for a long time. And it has been, I have been using Occam’s protocol as the foundation of my weight training program for the last 3 years. Occam’s protocol has been overshadowed by the 4-Hour Body Slow Carb diet and often gets completely overlooked. Yet, they should be approached as a team. Although Tim claims that everyone can have success with slow carb without the addition of exercise, in my experience working with literally 100’s of patients over the past 3 years this has proven not to be the case. The slow carb diet can be improved exponentially with the addition of an effective Occam’s protocol routine. But Occam’s is Complicated! Occam’s protocol seems complicated but once you have determined your starting weights it is really very straight forward. Tim created some confusion in the 4-Hour Body with the addition of an overly complex “adding muscle” section that produced a bit of overlap among his various workout routines. This is most noticeable with his “geek to freak” protocol which is difficult to follow and shares many of the same ideas as Occam’s Protocol. Given the rather complex mix of supplements that Tim recommends throughout the book, the entire adding muscle section can become a red-hot confusing mess. You can see my simplified breakdown of 4-Hour Body Protocols here. Occam’s protocol may thus appear to be a hard corp routine designed solely for professional bodybuilders looking to get “buffed” when in reality, it is an extremely simple routine that just about anybody could do. It is incredibly effective for women who are looking to tone and tighten and it is equally effective for men who may want big arms and 6 pack abs. It can even be an extremely effective workout for seniors. Occam’s protocol i...
Transcribe →Pre-Hab and The 80/20 Functional Movement Screen (For Dummies)
Feb 18, 2014Tap to summarizePre-Hab Gray Cook – Turkish Get Up (TGU What is “Pre Hab” and why is it important? Tim claims that the Pre-Hab Chapter in The 4-Hour Body is: The longest and most difficult chapter in the book and The most important. Pre-Hab is about identifying common imbalances and correcting them to prevent injury. It should be the first step you take before adopting any of the workout routines featured in the 4-Hour Body, including Occam’s Protocol. But, it is commonly overlooked (I have to admit to being guilty here as well) and thus: Sports injuries are now the second most leading cause of doctor visits, behind only the common cold. 70 to 80 percent of casual athletes have had a sports-related injury at some point in their past and most within the last year. By repeating the “No pain, no gain” mantra during a workout, you’re probably doing yourself a disservice and possibly setting yourself up for overuse injuries. The basic premise of “Pre-Hab” The basic premise of “Pre-Hab” is preparing your body to be powerful and injury free for the long-term. When I started running more regularly 4 years ago I remember standing at the starting line before a race and the announcer said: “look to your left and look to your right – One of you will be injured in the next 3 months and may never return to running again.” Hearing that, and thinking about my aching low back, I was realizing that he was probably talking about me. I had spent years inflicting all kinds of physical abuse on my poor body based on inaccurate information about what was the best way to train. I had spent countless hours pushing heavy...
Transcribe →Current Human Culture: A Thought For 2014 – The Law of Diminishing Returns
Jan 1, 2014Tap to summarize[quote cite=”Alan Watts, 1970’s”]What Is Wrong With Our Culture? You rush home to watch an electronic reproduction of life. You can’t touch it, it doesn’t smell, and it has no taste. [/quote] View on YouTube Why is it that we don’t seem to be able to adjust ourselves to the physical environment without destroying it? Why is it that in a way this culture represents in a unique fashion the law of diminishing returns? That our success is a failure. That we are building up – in other words an enormous technological civilization which seems to promise the fulfillment of every wish almost at the touch of a button. And yet as in so many fairy tales when the wish is finally materialized, they are like fairy gold, they are not really material at all. In other words, so many of our products, our cars, our homes, our clothing, our food; It looks as if it were really the instant creation of pure thought; that is to say it’s thoroughly insubstantial, lacking in what the connoisseur of wine calls body. And in so many other ways, the riches that we produce are ephemeral. And as the result of that we are frustrated, we are terribly frustrated. We feel that the only thing is to go on and getting more and more. And as a result of that the – the whole landscape begins to look like the nursery of a spoiled child who’s got too many toys and is bored with them and throws them away as fast as he gets them, plays with them for a few minutes. Also we are dedicated to a tremendous war on the material – basic material dimensions of time and space. We want to obliterate their limitations. We want to get everything done as fast as possible. We want to convert the rhythms and the skills of work into cash, which indeed you can buy something with – but you can’t eat it. And then rush home to get away from work and begin the real business of life, to enjoy ourselves. You know, for the vast majority of American families the – what seems to be the real point of life, what you rush home to get to is to watch an electronic reproduction of life. You can’t touch it, it doesn’t smell, and it has no taste. You might think that people getting home to the real point of life in a robust material culture would go home to a colossal banquet or an orgy of love-making or a riot of music and dancing; But nothing of the kind. It turns out to be this purely passive contemplation of a twittering screen. You see mile after mile of darkened houses with that little electronic screen flickering in the room. Everybody isolated, watching this thing. And thus in real – in no real communion with each other at all. And this isolation of people into a private wo...
Transcribe →A 4-Hour Life 2013 Review – Best Books, Passive Income Streams and Escaping The 9-5 Dreams
Dec 30, 2013Tap to summarizeWhile I wait for the updated 2014 edition of [easyazon_link asin=”0307465357″ locale=”US” new_window=”default” tag=”4hourlife00-20″ add_to_cart=”default” cloaking=”default” localization=”default” nofollow=”default” popups=”no”]The 4-Hour Workweek[/easyazon_link], deconstruct meta-learning from [easyazon_link asin=”0547884591″ locale=”US” new_window=”default” tag=”4hourlife00-20″ add_to_cart=”default” cloaking=”default” localization=”default” nofollow=”default” popups=”no”]The 4-Hour Chef[/easyazon_link] and further refine my nutrition and fitness routines as outlined in [easyazon_link asin=”030746363X” locale=”US” new_window=”default” tag=”4hourlife00-20″ add_to_cart=”default” cloaking=”default” localization=”default” nofollow=”default” popups=”no”]The 4-Hour Body[/easyazon_link] I thought I would create a list post breaking down some of the tools, resources and projects that were an important part of 2013. I hope you enjoy, if there are any resources or projects that defined your 2013, helped you reach your goal of breaking out of the 9-5, attain better health, stronger relationships or a better life in general I would love to hear about them in the comments section. Life makes me so happy! Cheers to 2013 and thanks to all of you who made it an amazing year! 37 Books [easyazon_link asin=”0547884591″ locale=”US” new_window=”default” tag=”4hourlife00-20″ add_to_cart=”default” cloaking=”default” localization=”default” nofollow=”default” popups=”default”]The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life[/easyazon_link] by Timothy Ferriss [easyazon_link asin=”0307956393″ locale=”US” new_window=”default” tag=”4hourlife00-20″ add_to_cart=”default” cloaking=”default” localization=”default” nofollow=”...
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