The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman

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Author: Timothy Ferriss

ISBN-10: 030746363X

ISBN-13: 9780307463630

Category: Exercise - General

Thinner, bigger, faster, stronger... which 150 pages will you read?\ Is it possible to:\ Reach your genetic potential in 6 months?\ Sleep 2 hours per day and perform better than on 8 hours?\ Lose more fat than a marathoner by bingeing?\  \ Indeed, and much more. This is not just another diet and fitness book.\ The 4-Hour Body is the result of an obsessive quest, spanning more than a decade, to hack the human body. It contains the collective wisdom of hundreds of elite athletes,...

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Thinner, bigger, faster, stronger... which 150 pages will you read? Is it possible to: Reach your genetic potential in 6 months? Sleep 2 hours per day and perform better than on 8 hours? Lose more fat than a marathoner by bingeing?   Indeed, and much more. This is not just another diet and fitness book.The 4-Hour Body is the result of an obsessive quest, spanning more than a decade, to hack the human body. It contains the collective wisdom of hundreds of elite athletes, dozens of MDs, and thousands of hours of jaw-dropping personal experimentation. From Olympic training centers to black-market laboratories, from Silicon Valley to South Africa, Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The 4-Hour Workweek, fixated on one life-changing question: For all things physical, what are the tiniest changes that produce the biggest results? Thousands of tests later, this book contains the answers for both men and women.From the gym to the bedroom, it’s all here, and it all works. YOU WILL LEARN (in less than 30 minutes each): How to lose those last 5-10 pounds (or 100+ pounds) with odd combinations of food and safe chemical cocktails.* How to prevent fat gain while bingeing (X-mas, holidays, weekends) * How to increase fat-loss 300% with a few bags of ice * How Tim gained 34 pounds of muscle in 28 days, without steroids, and in four hours of total gym time * How to sleep 2 hours per day and feel fully rested * How to produce 15-minute female orgasms * How to triple testosterone and double sperm count* How to go from running 5 kilometers to 50 kilometers in 12 weeks * How to reverse “permanent” injuries * How to add 150+ pounds to your lifts in 6 months * How to pay for a beach vacation with one hospital visit         And that's just the tip of the iceberg.  There are more than 50 topics covered, all with real-world experiments, many including more than 200 test subjects.You don't need better genetics or more discipline. You need immediate results that compel you to continue.That’s exactly what The 4-Hour Body delivers.

Start Here\ T$inner, Bigger, Faster, Stronger? How to Use This Book 2\ Fundamentals-First and Foremost\ The Minimum Effective Dose: From Microwaves to Fat-loss 17\ Rules That Change the Rules: Everything Popular Is Wrong 21\ Ground Zero-Getting Started and Swaraj\ The Harajuku Moment: The Decision to Become a Complete Human 36\ Elusive Body Fat: Where Are You Really? 44\ From Photos to Fear: Making Failure Impossible 58\ Subtracting Fat\ Basics\ The Slow-carb Diet I: How to Lose 1.4 st (9kg) in 30 Days Without Exercise 70\ The Slow-carb Diet II: The Finer Points and Common Questions 79\ Damage Control: Preventing Fat Gain When You Binge 100\ The Four Horsemen of Fat Loss: PAGG 114\ Advanced\ Ice Age: Mastering Temperature to Manipulate Weight 122\ The Glucose Switch: Beautiful Number 100 133\ The Last Mile: Losing the Final 5-101b (2.3-4.5kg) 149\ Adding Muscle\ Building the Perfect Posterior (or Losing 7 + st/45 + kg) 158\ Six-minute Abs: Two Exercises That Actually Work 174\ From Geek to Freak: How to Gain 2.4st (15.4kg) in 28 Days 181\ Occam's Protocol I: A Minimalist Approach to Mass 193\ Occam's Protocol II: The Finer Points 214\ Improving Sex\ The 15-minute Female Orgasm-Part Un 226\ The 15-minute Female Orgasm-Part Deux 237\ Sex Machine I: Adventures in Tripling Testosterone 253\ Happy Endings and Doubling Sperm Count 264\ Perfecting Sleep\ Engineering the Perfect Night's Sleep 275\ Becoming Uberman: Sleeping Less with Polyphasic Sleep 287\ Reversing Injuries\ Reversing "Permanent" Injuries 294\ How to Pay for a Beach Holiday with One Hospital Visit 319\ Pre-hab: Injury-Proofing the Body 324\ Running Faster and Farther\ Hacking the NFL Combine I: Preliminaries-Jumping Higher 347\ Hacking the NFL Combine II: Running Faster 354\ Ultra-endurance I: Going from 5K (3 miles) to 50K (30 miles) in 12 Weeks-Phase I 367\ Ultra-endurance II: Going from 5K (3 miles) to 50K (30 miles) in 12 Weeks-Phase II 386\ Getting Stronger\ Effortless Superhuman: Breaking World Records with Barry Ross 406\ Eating the Elephant: How to Add 45 kg (100 lb) to Your Bench Press 424\ From Swimming to Swinging\ How I Learnt to Swim Effortlessly in 10 Days 434\ The Architecture of Babe Ruth 444\ On Longer and Better Life\ Living Forever: Vaccines, Bleeding and Other Fun 454\ Closing Thoughts\ Closing Thoughts: The Trojan Horse 465\ Appendices and Extras\ Helpful Measurements and Conversions 470\ Getting Tested-From Nutrients to Muscle Fibres 472\ Muscles of the Body (Partial) 477\ The Value of Self-experimentation 478\ Spotting Bad Science 101: How Not to Trick Yourself 485\ Spotting Bad Science 102: So You Have a Pill … 495\ The Slow-carb Diet-194 People 499\ Sex Machine II: Details and Dangers 505\ The Meatless Machine I: Reasons to Try a Plant-based Diet for Two Weeks 514\ The Meatless Machine II: A 28-Day Experiment 530\ Bonus Material 545\ Spot Reduction Revisited: Removing Stubborn Thigh Fat\ Becoming Brad Pitt: Uses and Abuses of DNA\ The China Study: A Well-intentioned Critique\ Heavy Metal: Your Personal Toxin Map\ The Top 10 Reasons Why BMI Is Bogus\ Hyperclocking and Related Mischief: How to Increase Strength 10% in One Workout\ Creativity on Demand: The Promises and Dangers of Smart Drugs\ An Alternative to Dieting: The Body Fat Set Point and Tricking the Hypothalamus\ Acknowledgements 547\ Photo and Illustration Credits 549\ Index 551