Jason sent me this article in Mens Journal a while back; While it doesn’t get into all the same specifics as Tim Ferriss’ 4 Hour Body, it certainly has the same flavor.  The author again proposes that most of modern fitness is designed to “sell” something, rather than to make actual results. It’s a pretty [...]

This won’t be my usual excessively verbose review, as I haven’t really had a chance to dive into the subject matter yet, but I picked up the new Barry Eisler short-story  (and preview of this upcoming book) last night, and wish I’d have known about Smashwords sooner. Smashwords’ claim to fame is “Your ebook, your [...]

Being a Saturday, I was a bit late weighing in this morning (and, of course, my routine was off), but I think I’ve come to an interesting result.  For the second day in a row, I weigh 149.5 (+/- 0.1 on retry) and have a BF% of 17.0 (down from 18.4 to 17.6 about 2 [...]

As we enter Week 2 of the project, things are back on track.  Sunday marked the second trial of my reduced weight and set sizes. Right now, I’m doing sets of 10 (instead of 12), at 35# (instead of 45#) and I think I’ve finally zeroed in on the proper level of exertion (for me). [...]

I’ve spent the long weekend continuing to read The 4-Hour Body, and have begun to formulate some goals and ideas.  My general purpose, so far ( expect to set some more objective goals soon), isn’t to lose weight or “get buff”, but rather to become “more healthy” and generally recompose some fat as muscle (thus [...]

Last night, I picked up Tim Ferriss’ new book The 4 Hour Body, as I’d been planning to do for a while.  I was a pretty big fan of his first book (The 4 Hour Workweek) and do think that his ideas, if not his particular examples, have really shaped my thinking.  I’m not a [...]

Becky recently got a Borders Kobo, and it got me thinking about the trade-offs, as compared to real books.   eReaders have a big advantage in that you can store a whole shelf of books in a space half the size of a single book; They’re light, easy to carry, and many models have the [...]

Love him or hate him, Tim Ferris (author of the Four Hour Work-Week) has some pretty unique ideas on business, life and finance.  Generally, his ideas involve throwing away the societal norms, and experimenting with things.  Reinventing the system, if you will.   For example, he once won a kickboxing title by finding a way [...]