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4 Hour Body Notes

10 Jan 2011

Tim Ferris has recently released his 4 Hour Body book. As is typical of me, I read it through for any cutting edge info I may be able to extract (and that could be backed up by some real science). Overall the book read very much like a bunch of random blog posts jammed together. Eg in one chapter he would tell you not to eat before going to sleep, and then in another he would tell you that having some sugar before going to sleep led to better sleep. Ive written up notes that summarizes the book:

GROUND ZERO
Elusive Body Fat Body fat: DEXA, then BodPod

SUBTRACTING FAT
The Slow-Carb Diet I/II Slow Carb Diet: 1. No white carbs 2. Same Meals 3. Do not drink calories 4. Do not eat fruit 5. Once a week have a cheat day When Cheating: 1. First meal of day should not be binge. High in protein and fiber (eg legumes) 2. Flat line blood glucose by having a bit of fructose (eg orange juice, grapefruit juice, etc) 3. Multivitamins! 4. Consume some citric juices (lemon, lime, and grapefruit) 5. Do a bit of exercise before (~10 minutes) and then after (~90 minutes). Eg 40 air squats or 40 wall pushups. Activates more GLUT-4 Damage Control GLUT-4 (glucose transporter type 4) helps push calories into muscle. Working out brings more, and thus eating after = better. Do 30-50 reps of air squats, wall presses, or chest pulls before each meal and 90m after each meal CQ (cissus quadrangularis) take 2.4 grams 30 minutes before meal. Gut Bacteria: Splenda kills it

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Get fermented stuff. Kimchi, kefir, sauerkraut, yogurt. The Four Horsemen of Fat-Loss Four Horsemen of Fat Loss PAGG Stack: Policosanol: 20-25mg Helps lower cholesterol Alpha-lipoic acid: 100-300mg Antioxidant and free radical scavenger Green tea flavanols: 325mg (at least 325mg EGCG) EGCG is a catechin and flavanol found in green teas Increases GLUT-4 recruitment Garlic extract: 200mg AGG before each meal, PAGG before bed time Make sure you get enough B-complex vitamins when on PAGG Ice Age Forcing your body cold forces your body to burn more calories (to generate heat) Ice pack on back of neck and upper traps for 30 minutes = helps fat loss. Do it during night when insulin sensitivity is at its lowest Consume ice cold water when you wake up Take 5/10 minute cold shower before breakfast Short-term cold exposure leads to fatty acid release. It can help recruit GLUT-4 Increases adiponectin levels and glucose uptake Increases immunity Can help vs depression The Glucose Switch DexCom SEVEN Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) to track glucose level Glucose from food hits you about 90-120 minutes later Eat fat earlier in the meal (eg appetizer) can help suppress glucose jump Stabilized glucose does notnecessarily mean more fat loss 3 tbsp of lemon juice helps suppress glucose response Cinnamon helps stabilize glucose ~4g (1.5 tsp) per day max. Saigon is best, ceylon close, cassia shit Slow the fuck down when eating

ADDING MUSCLE
Building the Perfect Posterior Kettleball swings = huge T-Handle (page 180) for instant kettleball with plates. One 0.75 x 12 long pipe nipple. Two 0.75 x 4 long pipe nipples for handles. One 0.75 pipe T to connect all 3 together One 0.75 floor flange to keep plate one One spring clamp to keep plates from drifting Get a new T pipe every ~6 months for wear and tear Ideal men waist-to-hip ratio is 0.8-0.9 and waist-to-shoulder ratio of 0.6
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Six-Minute Abs Cat Vomit Ab Workout: 1. Get on all fours (like back stretch) 2. Forcefully exhale from mouth. Your abs should contract 3. Hold your breath for 8-12 seconds and pull belly towards spine 4. Inhale fully through nose Take one normal breath cycle to rest, then repeat x10 Bicycle crunch also good for abs Fix pelvic tilt with hip flexor stretches (page 187) From Geek to Freak Colorado Experiment: Negative-only sets Supersets (eg leg extension) to prefatigue and then compound (squats) Occams Protocol Sarcoplasmic hypertrophy more water around muscle fibers Myofibrillar hypertrophy more muscle fibers

IMPROVING SEX
The 15-Minute Female Orgasm [all graphical, so skipped] Sex Machine Protocol #1 for Sex [Long Term]: Fermented cod liver oil + vitamin-rich butter fat 2 capsules upon waking and before bed Vitamin D3 3000-5000 IU upon waking and before bed Short cold showers 10 minutes upon waking and before bed Brazil nuts (aka filberts) 3 nuts upon waking and before bed Protocol #2 for Sex [24 Hours Sex]: Before Bedtime Day before Sex: 800mg cholesterol (4+ eggs) Four Hours before Sex: 4 Brazil nuts (helps selenium) 20 raw almonds 2 capsules of fermented cod/butter combo

PERFECTING SLEEP
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Engineering the Perfect Nights Sleep 200mg of huperzine-A 30 minutes before sleep helped REM 20-50%. More than 2 glasses of wine within 4 hours of sleep decreases deep-wave sleep 20-50% Two tbsp of almond butter on celery before bed eliminated 50% of the feel like shit in the morning. Possibly due to low blood sugar. To Improve Sleep: Sleep with 67-70 F temperature Eat a large fat/protein dominated meal within 3 hours of bed. 800mg of cholesterol (4+ eggs) and 40g protein. Use light cues, eg Philips goLITE Iso-lateral (one arm or leg) movements. The more stabilization the better Cold bath one hour before bed Ultrasonic humidifier Nightwave pulse light Becoming Uberman [skipped]

REVERSING INJURIES
Reversing Permanent Injuries Four Stages of Injury Recovery: Stage 1: Movement Correcting posture/biomechanics through specific movements Stage 2: Manipulation Correcting soft-tissue damage using tools/pressure Stage 3: Medication ingest, injection, application Stage 4: Mechanical surgical repair Stage 1: Movement: Shoe heel removal, use vibrams/barefeet. Fixes: lower back Egoscue. Fixes: cervical/neck and mid-back Static Back Lie on back, legs up on block/chair, arms out at 45 degrees, open palm, thumbs touching floor. 5 minutes Static Extension on Elbows. On knees, push forward, butt up, back arched, on your upper arms, thumbs up, fists, heads down 60 seconds Shoulder Bridge with Pillow Bridge up, arms out, pillow between legs while pressing together. Only tense legs 60 seconds Active Bridges with Pillow Like shoulder bridges, but keep moving hips up and down 3 sets of 15 reps Air Bench Wall squat, 95 degrees 2 minutes Stage 2: Manipulation: AMIT (Advanced Muscle Integration Therapy). Part of MAT (Muscle Activation Techniques)

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Fixes: pecs, glutes, calves Works on proprioception (how CNS controls muscles) The master is Craig Buhler in Kaysville, aka Dr. Two Fingers ART (Active-Release Technique). Fixes: Shoulder internal rotators Painful Can eliminate scar tissue Works for 70% of people Stage 3: Medication: Prolotherapy. Fixes: left knee, right wrist Mixture of irritants are injected into tendons, ligaments, and inside joints to stimulate tissue repair Biopuncture. Fixes: infraspinatus, achilles tendon Bunch of injections from small needles How to Pay for a Beach Vacation with One Hospital Visit Medical Tourism: Patients Beyond Borders by Josef Woodman comprehensive guide on medical tourism http://www.imtjonline.com/resources/patient-guide/ http://www.bumrungrad.com/ http://www.medretreat.com/ http://www.medtrava.com/ Injury-Proofing the Body Most likely cause of injury is not weakness or tightness. It is imbalance Designed to identify left-right imbalance (asymmetry) and motor control (wobbling and shifting) Test using the following five: 1. Deep squat 2. Hurdle Step 3. In-line lunge 4. Active straight leg raise 5. Seated rotation Four main corrective exercises for fixes: Chop and lift Turkish get-up (best) nine discrete moves Two-arm single-leg deadlift Cross-body one-arm single-leg deadlift Imbalance is not just a strength problem, but also a motor control problem

RUNNING FASTER AND FURTHER

Hacking the NFL Combine Jumping: Use your shoulders to jump. Throw your arms down Pull extended arm back (retract) at the apex When squatting to jump, feet just inside hips and back flat Stretch out hip flexors (lunge with knee on floor, then rotate. Hold 30s) Sprinting:

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Short distances at 95%+ effort. No 75-95% effort (higher volume too hard to recover from in 24h) 80% of training on 10 yard dashes Stance: Like an NFL lineman. Weaker foot one foot behind line Stronger leg behind, upper thigh straight down, lower leg bent, toes on. Hip width between legs Stronger almost arm straight down. Balance on index, middle, thumb. Weaker arm close to hips, 90 degree at elbow Shoulders slightly forward. This lets you push with your stronger arm instead of lifting it Running: When starting, target strong leg to land one yard in front of weaker leg toe Eyes where first step will land (3 feet in front of weaker leg) Ensure knees ahead of toes Keep chin tucked (forces your torso upright) Upper body ahead of lower Take fewest steps possible (will make you feel slower). Hamstring exercise: bodyweight glute-ham raise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlalgTN1dgA Ultra-Endurance For more endurance, work on short distances to build up aerobic capacity For long distance, run 4x400m at 95% effort with 90s rest in each. Then 10mins of 100m sprints with 10s rest between Need to have your ligaments, tendons, and small muscles of feet and ankles developed Jog barefeet on grass 30 min x 3/week to strengthen feet/ankles Biomechanically Efficient Running: 1. Use gravity for forward motion 2. Land on balls of feet and have feet land under your center of gravity 3. Never fully straighten legs 4. Pull each foot off ground towards buttocks (instead of pushing off). Use hamstring as it passes center of gravity 5. Target 180 total steps per minute 6. Short contained arm movement Decreases load on knees, increases on ankles. Change into this slowly Muscle soreness in long distance is from weak sodium-potassium pump If you can run a 10K, you have the base for a 50K Likes the Inov-8 shoes (like I wear!) If your shins hurt, you are dorsiflexing. Keep foot/lower leg at >= 90 degrees Should not hear stomping when running Target consuming one gram of carb per kg of bodyweight per hour while running Gulp water, not sip

GETTING STRONGER
Effortless Superhuman Use dynamic stretching One kg of skeletal muscle can produce enough force to support 44kg of mass Cause of speed drops is due to inability of fibers to supply sufficient tension (not reduction in fuel

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supply) When doing deadlift, drop weight at top (when at knee) to prevent hamstring injury Straight back, as if pinching a wallet between shoulder blades Time under muscular tension should be < 10s to minimize lactic acid production Lactic acid delays recovery Competition Conditioning: Walk as fast as possible (near jog) for 15 minutes, 3x a week After four weeks = baseline conditioning Maximal Strength: 1 set of 2-3 reps at 95% RM, then 1 set of 5 reps at 85% RM, 5 minutes between sets Bench and deadlift 3x a week Use global compound exercises (eg deadlift or bench press) Lift 3x a week, with conditioning/supplementary on other days Do sports-specific skill 6x a week Take one day off completely Sets of two or three reps, with roughly 10 total reps per exercise Never to complete failure Five minute rest between sets Save fatigue for your sport Chronobiology is the science of investigating time-dependent changes in physiology Eating the Elephant Muscle strength and short-term power peaks in the early evening (4-6pm) Coincides with daily max body temperature and highest pain tolerance Based on a wake time of roughly 8am, so peak is 8-10 hours after waking

FROM SWIMMING TO SWINGING

How I Learned to Swim Effortlessly in 10 Days The Total Immersion (TI) method on swimming There are videos on YouTube Eight Newbie Tips: 1. Focus on shoulder roll and keeping body horizontal 2. Keep head in line with your spine look completely down 3. Think of freestyle as alternating sides. You want to push your hip into it 4. Penetrate water with your fingers angled down (45 deg) and fully extend arm well below head. Extend it lower than you think Dont need to lift arms too high. Arms should be naturally out, not crowded towards body 5. Focus on increasing stroke length, not stroke rate 6. Stretch your extended arm and turn your body to breath You should feel the stretch in your lats When starting off, breathe on every stroke, working up to every three strokes Remember to exhale underwater 7. Visualize process. Hard to remember when in action 8. Focus on practice, not numbers. Most train CNS for counterintuitive movements 9. Board shorts drag you down. Get streamlined 10. Get good goggles. Recommends Aqua Sphere Kaiman

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The Architecture of Babe Ruth [skipped] How to Hold Your Breath Longer than Houdini Disclaimer: For informative purposes only, do under supervision Definitions: Deep Breathing Big breath through mouth, hold 1s, exhale for 10s through mouth with tongue on lower teeth Purging Strong/quick exhalation followed by big & faster inhalation Semi-Purging between the two others Process: 1. 1:30 deep breathing 2. 1:15 purging (if you feel like passing out, decrease intensity) 3. Hold breath up to 90s, no more 4. Three semi-purge breaths 5. 90s deep breathing 6. 90s purging 7. Hold breath up to 2:30, no more 8. Three semi-purge breaths 9. 2:00 deep breathing 10. 1:45 purging 11. Hold breath up to maximum 12. After exhalation, 3-10 hard semi-purge breaths until you recover Moved finger slightly every 30s to let them know you are okay Go through A to Z, visualizing friends with that letter to help pass time. Distract yourself Dont check time, or it will go much slower

ON LONGER AND BETTER LIFE

Living Forever Focuses more on how quality of life can go down with most techniques Calorie restriction (30%) elongates life Less ejaculation could prolong life Protocols being used: 1. 5-10g of creatine 2. Intermittent Fasting and Protein Cycling 3. Blood Letting / Bleeding

CLOSING THOUGHTS
Closing Thoughts To improve inner game, improve outer game Most people have resigned themselves to a partial completeness Your body is almost always within your control

APPENDICES AND EXTRAS

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