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In my experience diet is WAY more important than exercise. I bike to work about 3 miles so I get some moderate exercise but not a great deal. What really changed my body is when I decided to go vegan. I eat far healthier than I ever have and literally feel like my body can breathe again. I recommend everyone try to get more vegetables and fewer animal products into their diets, even if they don't really want to make…
Exercising for 30 minutes every morning has certainly had a good impact on my life I think. And because I do it in the morning it means that no matter how poorly the day goes, at least I've managed to do something positive for myself. Conversely, though, I am very very grumpy when I don't get to exercise in the morning for whatever unavoidable circumstance.
Since blood pressure is higher in the morning, it's better to do exercise in the afternoon.
I have to add a second priority: get enough sleep. For me sleep is more important to my productivity than exercise (though of course exercise helps with sleep). I don't know if everyone is as dependent on a good night's sleep as I am, but I feel the effects of waking up even 30 minutes too early. Its like night and day (intended).
The difference in productivity between a day preceded by a good night's sleep and one where I stayed up late then got up early are probably 50-75% for me.
Diet, exercise, weight loss, meditation, walking, music, etc. etc. etc... nothing has as much an effect on my mood and mental performance as sleep does.
I can literally eat butter until my knees buckle and as long as I get a good night sleep I'm good to go the next day.
I know none of this is cool like the people that are energized by a quick 13 mile run or 40 mile bike ride at lunch time... I'm not sure why I was dealt the hand of "sleep is the best thing ever", but I've learned to optimize for that and it has helped a lot.
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Hate to burst anyone's bubble but Tim Ferriss is selling snake oil. The 4 Hour Body is roundly and deservedly mocked on bodybuilding forums. Its claims are completely delusional. Among them: # 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 triple testosterone and double sperm count # How to go from runn…
Tim is very much a promoter and a sensationalist but you really should read the book before you knock the claims. He was pretty careful to document how he did the muscle growth thing, including weigh ins with a professor at SJ State. http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/29/from-geek-to...
In my experience diet is WAY more important than exercise. I bike to work about 3 miles so I get some moderate exercise but not a great deal. What really changed my body is when I decided to go vegan. I eat far healthier than I ever have and literally feel like my body can breathe again. I recommend everyone try to get more vegetables and fewer animal products into their diets, even if they don't really want to make…
Processed white flour has always been the worst for me.
I can't exercise as much now because of health reasons, so I find that doing little things also helps like parking further away which forces me to walk more or taking low intensity exercises or group exercises which are more social as well.
I have to add a second priority: get enough sleep. For me sleep is more important to my productivity than exercise (though of course exercise helps with sleep). I don't know if everyone is as dependent on a good night's sleep as I am, but I feel the effects of waking up even 30 minutes too early. Its like night and day (intended).
Couldn't click "Up" enough times on this. The difference in productivity between a day preceded by a good night's sleep and one where I stayed up late then got up early are probably 50-75% for me. Diet, exercise, weight loss, meditation, walking, music, etc. etc. etc... nothing has as much an effect on my mood and mental performance as sleep does. I can literally eat butter until my knees buckle and as long as I get…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hate to burst anyone's bubble but Tim Ferriss is selling snake oil. The 4 Hour Body is roundly and deservedly mocked on bodybuilding forums. Its claims are completely delusional. Among them: # 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 triple testosterone and double sperm count # How to go from runn…
Tim is very much a promoter and a sensationalist but you really should read the book before you knock the claims. He was pretty careful to document how he did the muscle growth thing, including weigh ins with a professor at SJ State. http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/29/from-geek-to...
Did you look at the pictures on that page?
Note how many tricks there are:
* Tanning
* Shaving
* Different lighting
* Flexing vs. not flexing
...and the #1 trick: STANDING CLOSER TO THE CAMERA
It's just flat obvious in the back double-biceps pose. He's not flexing on the left; he IS flexing on the right, and he's about 8 feet tall in comparison. He's also closer to the camera in the first pic, making his biceps appear larger.
Then in the next two, his "after" photo is further away, making a direct comparison more difficult. Possibly as a misdirection, after firmly establishing the larger "after" pictures in the first two examples. But in the arms down pic, he's clearly standing with his arms and shoulders flexed in the after pic. Also note the pulled-up shorts which is worthless for comparing quads because it's only done in the after pic.
You'd think "careful documentation" would at least get the only photographic evidence done right. I checked the book and the sizing discrepancy wasn't nearly as bad but was still present, and always in favor of the after shots, including the side chest pose.
As for the claims of having someone at SJU do the weighings, you only have his word for it, AND you have no way to coordinate these pictures with those numbers. Or any verification of his workouts or diet. Or any testing for steroids (you can always trust an athlete's word on that one!).
In addition, hydrostatic weighing can be gamed by not exhaling for the "before" weight, which increases buoyancy and will make the bodyfat estimate too high. In addition, the hydrostatic method is known to underestimate bodyfat in muscular individuals.
See http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~ens304l/uww.htm
This whole thing is the equivalent of Cosmopolitan or teen magazines for girls. They use airbrushing and photoshopping to sell makeup to females at the equivalent of $5,000/gallon.
Muscle magazines do the same for teen boys. They use bodybuilders on huge stacks of anabolics pretending that protein powder did it! to sell to males.
(And 4 Hour Workweek is the same principle except for entrepreneurs.)
The general tenor of the discussion I recall was that his "after" pictures look a few pounds heavier, bodyfat is not noticeably different (note waist INCREASED 3.5 inches), and the rest is flexing, tanning, lighting, etc.
I have to add a second priority: get enough sleep. For me sleep is more important to my productivity than exercise (though of course exercise helps with sleep). I don't know if everyone is as dependent on a good night's sleep as I am, but I feel the effects of waking up even 30 minutes too early. Its like night and day (intended).
Couldn't click "Up" enough times on this. The difference in productivity between a day preceded by a good night's sleep and one where I stayed up late then got up early are probably 50-75% for me. Diet, exercise, weight loss, meditation, walking, music, etc. etc. etc... nothing has as much an effect on my mood and mental performance as sleep does. I can literally eat butter until my knees buckle and as long as I get…