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The 4-Hour Body
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The 4-Hour Body (2010) (edit title/settings)

An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman

by Timothy Ferriss (Author) (edit contributors)

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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... read more

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START HERE
- Thinner, Bigger, Faster, Stronger? How to Use This Book

FUNDAMENTALS—FIRST AND FOREMOST
- The Minimum Effective Dose: From Microwaves to Fat-Loss
- Rules That Change the Rules: Everything Popular Is Wrong

GROUND ZERO—GETTING STARTED AND SWARAJ
- The Harajuku Moment: The Decision to Become a Complete Human
- Elusive Bodyfat: Where Are You Really?
- From Photos to Fear: Making Failure Impossible

SUBTRACTING FAT
BASICS
- The Slow-Carb Diet I: How to Lose 20 Pounds in 30 Days Without Exercise
- The Slow-Carb Diet II: The Finer Points and Common Questions
- Damage Control: Preventing Fat Gain When You Binge
- The Four Horsemen of Fat-Loss: PAGG
ADVANCED
- Ice Age: Mastering Temperature to Manipulate Weight
- The Glucose Switch: Beautiful Number 100
- The Last Mile: Losing the Final 5–10 Pounds

ADDING MUSCLE
- Building the Perfect Posterior (or Losing 100+ Pounds)
- Six-Minute Abs: Two Exercises That Actually Work
- From Geek to Freak: How to Gain 34 Pounds in 28 Days
- Occam’s Protocol I: A Minimalist Approach to Mass
- Occam’s Protocol II: The Finer Points

IMPROVING SEX
- The 15-Minute Female Orgasm—Part Un
- The 15-Minute Female Orgasm—Part Deux
- Sex Machine I: Adventures in Tripling TestosteroneSex Machine I: Adventures in Tripling Testosterone
- Happy Endings and Doubling Sperm Count

PERFECTING SLEEP
- Engineering the Perfect Night’s Sleep
- Becoming Uberman: Sleeping Less with Polyphasic Sleep

REVERSING INJURIES
- Reversing “Permanent” Injuries
- How to Pay for a Beach Vacation with One Hospital Visit
- Pre-Hab: Injury-Proofing the Body

RUNNING FASTER AND FARTHER
- Hacking the NFL Combine I: Preliminaries—Jumping Higher
- Hacking the NFL Combine II: Running Faster
- Ultraendurance I: Going from 5K to 50K in 12 Weeks—Phase I
- Ultraendurance II: Going from 5K to 50K in 12 Weeks—Phase II

GETTING STRONGER
- Effortless Superhuman: Breaking World Records with Barry Ross
- Eating the Elephant: How to Add 100 Pounds to Your Bench Press

FROM SWIMMING TO SWINGING
- How I Learned to Swim Effortlessly in 10 Days
- The Architecture of Babe Ruth
- How to Hold Your Breath Longer Than Houdini

ON LONGER AND BETTER LIFE
- Living Forever: Vaccines, Bleeding, and Other Fun

CLOSING THOUGHTS
- Closing Thoughts: The Trojan Horse

APPENDICES AND EXTRAS
- Helpful Measurements and Conversions
- Getting Tested—From Nutrients to Muscle Fibers
- Muscles of the Body (Partial)
- The Value of Self-Experimentation
- Spotting Bad Science 101: How Not to Trick Yourself
- Spotting Bad Science 102: So You Have a Pill …
- The Slow-Carb Diet—194 PeopleThe Slow-Carb Diet—194 People
- Sex Machine II: Details and Dangers
- The Meatless Machine I: Reasons to Try a Plant-Based Diet for Two Weeks
- The Meatless Machine II: A 28-Day Experiment

BONUS MATERIAL
- 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 Bodyfat Set Point and Tricking the Hypothalamus

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  1. Timothy Ferriss (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Crown Archetype
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-307-46363-0
Page Count: 567

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