Experimenting With My 4-Hour Body
I’m a fan of Tim Ferriss. I loved The 4-Hour Workweek and its message encouraging people to find a way to make more time in life today to do the things they’re passionate about instead of waiting to retire at an old age. The book inspired me to take a month off work in May 2010 and take a trip to Buenos Aires.
Since I’m such a fan of Tim’s work, you can imagine that I’m also super-psyched about his second book, The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman, which hits stores on December 14.
The basic premise of the book is that, through self-experimentation, Tim has come up with a compendium of a ton of small changes that you can make in your life in order to get big results. The back cover of the book makes some pretty crazy promises, claiming that it will teach you how to “increase fat-loss 300% using temperature manipulation” or how to “sleep 2 hours per day and feel fully rested”.
Believe me, I’ve got a pretty good bullshit detector, and I’d be lying if I didn’t say that the claims Tim makes about this book seem a bit out-there. On the other hand, The 4-Hour Work Week was such an inspiration that I feel obligated to give everything this guy says at least a fair shake. When I read a guest post on Tim’s blog about the Paleo Solution Diet, I tried cutting grain from my diet and adding no extra exercise, and managed to drop an impressive 20lbs. in under 2 months. Maybe this guy is on to something.
My Plan
When the 4-Hour Body comes out on December 14, I’m going to forage through its pages for tasty experiments of my own to try. I’ve got plenty of pudge left to spare, and I certainly could get a lot more done if I was only sleeping 2 hours per night. I’m not completely sure of what to expect since I don’t have a copy of the book in my hands yet, but I’ve read the first chapter at Tim’s website and it looks like it’s going to be a fascinating read.
Check back here soon for my review of the book, along with the play-by-play of whatever crazy body experiments I decide to subject myself to.
Let’s go! :)
