The 4-Hour Body
Self-experimentation manual for fat loss, strength and sleep
Slow-carb diet, minimum effective dose training, cold exposure, sleep hacking: Tim Ferriss's grab-bag of body experiments, written as protocols you can run on yourself. It is uneven and unapologetically n-of-1, and it is where a lot of people first encountered self-quantification. Read it as a menu of experiments rather than as medicine.
People on record
Sorted by strength of stance
Does it: documented as part of their own routine. Recommends: explicitly advises other people to do it. Discusses: covered it substantively without clear personal adoption; this can include criticism or disagreement.
- Tim FerrissRecommends
Author · The Tim Ferriss Show
Collects his own self-experiments on fat loss, strength, sleep and recovery, written as protocols to test rather than prescriptions.
Source: tim.blog: books page - Hugh JackmanDiscusses
Actor · Wolverine and The Greatest Showman
He credits Tim Ferriss's book for two things. One is the cold baths he used through the Wolverine films. The other is a broader view of what actually works in a gym, formed over three years working in one, watching members train five days a week without changing.
Source: The Tim Ferriss Show #444 transcript
Aimed at the same thing
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Kettlebell Simple & Sinister
Pavel Tsatsouline's minimal kettlebell program built on two lifts
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 recommends it - Book$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
ROAR
Training, fueling and racing built on female physiology, not male data
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 recommends it - Book$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Serve to Win
Novak Djokovic on the gluten-free switch he credits for his 2011 season
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 recommends it - Book$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
The Quick and the Dead
A short kettlebell power protocol built on swings, snatches and generous rest
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 recommends it - Protocol$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Resistance training
Lifting weights 2-4 times a week to build and hold muscle
On record from 43 of 62 tracked people: 37 do it, 4 recommend it, 2 have discussed it - HabitFREE, no cost
Daily walking
A long walk most days, often without headphones
On record from 19 of 62 tracked people: 14 do it, 5 recommend it
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