These are the best seller book on Amazon :The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman [Hardcover]
This review is from: The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman (Hardcover)
I enjoyed the book. I'm not going to claim that the book is perfect or
earth-shattering or anything like that. I did find it entertaining to
read all the stuff Tim Ferriss put himself through. I've also benefited
from some of his recommendations (though not all). Here's what's in the
book so you can make your own decision. I've read all 571 pages and
tried most of the strategies (I had my copy for a while because I got my
hands on an advanced copy).
Ferriss spent more than a decade researching, monitoring, and noting
the progress of his own mind and body. He served as his own laboratory
genea pig and also played the role of a doctor, physical therapist, and
coach to prepare for this book. Like a school boy, Ferris teaches you
how to get your classwork done fast so you can go out and play. He asks
you to be skeptical of the book and try only that which you think will
help you.
Here's what's in it:
Chapter 1: Fundamentals--First And Foremost
* Ferriss describes the "Mininum Effective Dose" (doing the bare minimum to gain the most desired outcome).
Chapter 2: Ground Zero--Getting Started and Swaraj
* Uses Mahatma Gandhi reference to make the case that only we can govern our body and destiny by what we purposely choose to do.
Chapter 3: Subtracting Fat
Five rules for cutting body fat:
1. Avoid "white" carbohydrates
2. Eat the same few meals over and over again
3. Don't drink calories
4. Don't eat fruit
5. Take one day off per week
* The Lost Art of Bingeing: Specific steps to minimize fat gain while splurging
Chapter 4: Adding Muscle
* Building the Perfect Posterior
* Ferriss turns the table for readers who wish to gain weight by
offering strategies on how to gain 34 pounds in 28 days with exercises
like the Occam's Protocoli, the Bike-Shed Effect, and GOMAD (Gallon of
Milk a Day).
Chapter 5: Improving Sex
* Ferriss tells a story about a promise he made to a female yoga
instructor who have never experienced an orgasm in her life that he
"would fix her inability to orgasm"
* the women has to bring herself "there."
* men need to change the angle and pressure during penetration.
* The 15-min Female Orgasm
1. Explain to partner that you will touch her
2. Get into position
3. Find the Upper-Quadrant Point of the Clitoris, and Stroke Lightly--for 15 minutes.
Chapter 6: Perfecting Sleep
How to Fall Asleep Faster:
* Focus on getting to sleep
* 67ºF to 70ºF is the best room temperature to fall asleep
* Eat a large fat-and protein-dominated meal 3 hours before bedtime
* Use low light in the bedroom
* Take a cold bath an hour before bed
* Use a humidifier to generate cool mist
* Try to sleep in the half-military crawl position
How to Sleep Less and Feel Great
* Learn how to manipulate the sleep cycle to stay in REM sleep longer
* Take frequent 20-min naps throughout the day
Chapter 7: Reversing Injuries
* The $10,000 Fix: Ferriss cured his "permanent" injuries by
receiving a concoction of chemicals (i.e. Platelet-rich plasma, Stem
cell factor, Bone morphogenic proteint-7, Insulin-like growth factor 1)
via injection.
The Cheaper Fix in Stages:
* Stage 1: Movement
* Stage 2: Manipulaiton
* Stage 3: Medication
* Stage 4: Surgery
Chapter 8: Running Faster and Farther
* Jumping Higher: Joe DeFranco, a renowned trainer of the NFL
Scouting Combine, worked with Ferriss on his shoulder drive, arm
position before the jump, squat stance and hip flexors that allowed
Ferriss to jump vertically three inches higher in 48 hours.
* Running Faster: Joe DeFranco also coached Ferriss on how to run
the 40-yard dash faster by correcting Ferriss's line-and-arm position at
the start line. Ferriss was advised to keep his head down, his knee
head of his toes, chin tucked and upper body head of lower body, and to
take few steps. Ferriss improved his 40-yard dash by .33 seconds in 48
hours.
* Running Further: Ferriss trains by running 400-meter repeatedly
(over and over again) while monitoring quantity of repeats, maximum
effort percentage, and rest time. Ken Mierke, a world-champion
triathlete helped Ferriss with his stride rate, lean position, and arm
movement. With preparation, biomechanics, and training, Ferriss was able
to increase his running distance of 5K to 50K in 12 weeks.
Chapter 9: Getting Stronger
The gems in this chapter to become stronger as experimented by Ferriss include:
* Dynamic stretching
* Bench press, push-ups, deadlift to knees
* Static Stretching
* Keep "time under tension" while lifting under 10 seconds to avoid muscle burn.
* "Lift heavy but not hard"
* Keep training times (day or night) consistent.
Chapter 10: From Swimming to Swinging
* Ferriss learned how to swim effortlessly within 10 days
* How to swing a bat like Babe Ruth
* How to hold breath longer Houdini, and David Blaine
Chapter 11: On Longer and Better Life
* Take 5-10 grams of Creatine Monohydrate per day
* Fasting and Protein Cycling
* Donate blood
Sexy Forever: How to Fight Fat after Forty [Hardcover]
This review is from: Sexy Forever: How to Fight Fat after Forty (Hardcover)
It's true, Suzanne Somers saved my life. Let me begin at the
beginning....First, I am 68 years old, no spring chicken but no dray
horse ready to be put out to pasture or to sleep, either. On March 22,
2010, I weighed 267 pounds. My life was nearly unbearable: I was taking
infusions once a month for rheumatoid and osteo-arthritis, I was using
inhalers and nebulizers daily for COPD, my sleep was sporadic at best,
and I was stuck like a hamster on a wheel between eating and thinking
about eating, eating and thinking about my next food "reward." I
believe if my life hadn't changed that day (why that day out of all the
days of my life? I have no idea) if my life hadn't changed that day, I
was destined to die a slow, miserable death, just as I had been living a
slow, miserable life.
March 22 was the day I gave up, the day the worst part of me, the
self-destructive part of me, died. It was on that day I began a
life-altering change in thinking, nutrition and exercise that has given
me life once again, that has brought me to better health than I enjoyed
20 years ago, and has restored my will, my confidence and my gratitude
for the wonderful life we have available to us if we choose to live it.
On that day, after talking with Suzanne Somers, I committed to a
complete overhaul of the way I lived. I began to take supplements to
replace the life-giving and enhancing elements which had been absent
from my diet, I stopped eating whatever and whenever I pleased and
started eating 5 small meals daily, and I began to walk every day, at
least one mile to begin with, as long as it took to complete. I got rid
of the starches and carbohydrates that made me fat and sluggish. I
shelved potatoes, rice, pasta and bread, all of which I dearly "love." I
no longer eat sweets, including the ice cream that I consumed by the
half gallon, if I bought it I ate it, and the candy and cookies I
craved. And I haven't been deprived. I eat meat, vegetables, salads,
berries, and more foods than I can name, and I don't spend afternoons
and evenings partially asleep as my body struggles to digest the burden
placed upon it as by those former meals eaten in a former time.
From a mile per day with three to four stops for pain and shortness
of breath, I have increased my exercise to more than three miles per
day, recently completing a 10 kilometer walk, 6.2 miles, at an average
speed of four miles per hour, without stopping once. I am no longer
receiving infusions, nor do I require a nebulizer or inhalers. My
doctors are thrilled; they ask me what my secret is. I tell them:
Suzanne Somers.
In short, I have reborn as the result of my efforts in implementing
the suggestions so graciously and generously offered to me by Suzanne,
the same general plan presented in Sexy Forever. What is that change
worth to me? Beyond measurement in dollars and cents. I hit the
lottery. And, if you're willing to make a commitment to your life and
better health, you can, too.
Oh, by the way, on my birthday in November, I weighed 186 pounds.
Down 81 pounds in 8 months. And I maintain that weight today. My
commitment is firm.
If you're trying to decide whether to buy this book, buy it. It just might save your life.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People [Paperback]
Amazon.com Review
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change was a ground breaker when it was first published in 1990, and it
continues to be a business bestseller with more than 10 million copies
sold. Stephen Covey, an internationally respected leadership authority,
realizes that true success encompasses a balance of personal and
professional effectiveness, so this book is a manual for performing
better in both arenas. His anecdotes are as frequently from family
situations as from business challenges. Before you can adopt the seven
habits, you'll need to accomplish what Covey calls a "paradigm shift"--a
change in perception and interpretation of how the world works. Covey
takes you through this change, which affects how you perceive and act
regarding productivity, time management, positive thinking, developing
your "proactive muscles" (acting with initiative rather than reacting),
and much more. This isn't a quick-tips-start-tomorrow kind of book. The
concepts are sometimes intricate, and you'll want to study this book,
not skim it. When you finish, you'll probably have Post-it notes or
hand-written annotations in every chapter, and you'll feel like you've
taken a powerful seminar by Covey. --
Joan Price Outliers: The Story of Success [Hardcover]
Amazon.com Review
Amazon Best of the Month, November 2008: Now that he's gotten us talking about the viral life of ideas and the power of gut reactions, Malcolm Glad well poses a more provocative question in
Outliers:
why do some people succeed, living remarkably productive and impact ful
lives, while so many more never reach their potential? Challenging our
cherished belief of the "self-made man," he makes the democratic
assertion that superstars don't arise out of nowhere, propelled by
genius and talent: "they are invariably the beneficiaries of hidden
advantages and extraordinary opportunities and cultural legacies that
allow them to learn and work hard and make sense of the world in ways
others cannot." Examining the lives of outliers from Mozart to Bill
Gates, he builds a convincing case for how successful people rise on a
tide of advantages, "some deserved, some not, some earned, some just
plain lucky."
Outliers can be enjoyed for its bits of
trivia, like why most pro hockey players were born in January, how many
hours of practice it takes to master a skill, why the descendents of
Jewish immigrant garment workers became the most powerful lawyers in New
York, how a pilots' culture impacts their crash record, how a
centuries-old culture of rice farming helps Asian kids master math. But
there's more to it than that. Throughout all of these examples--and in
more that delve into the social benefits of lighter skin color, and the
reasons for school achievement gaps--Gladwell invites conversations
about the complex ways privilege manifests in our culture. He leaves us
pondering the gifts of our own history, and how the world could benefit
if more of our kids were granted the opportunities to fulfill their
remarkable potential. --
Mari Malcolm The 7: Seven Wonders That Will Change Your Life
Product Description
Radio and television host Glenn Beck has experienced the rollercoaster
of life like few others. From the suicide of his mother when he was
just thirteen, to his eventual alcoholism, depression, divorce,
unemployment, and health scares—Glenn has weathered life’s darkest
storms.
Any one of those struggles could’ve ruined him, yet Glenn was
able to keep moving forward. He saw past the darkness into the light;
past his grief and addictions and into what his life could be.
YOU CAN DO IT TOO
The
process of finding happiness through personal redemption was not easy,
but it left Glenn with a blueprint for how to confront future
adversity. Glenn is living proof that these steps—he calls them wonders—don’t just work on paper. They helped transform his life and can they can help to transform yours as well.
THE 7 WONDERS
Glenn
Beck and Dr. Keith Ablow—two of the most popular and influential
personalities in American media today—have joined forces to present a
powerful guide to personal transformation and fulfillment that is as
unique as their own unlikely partnership. They are called the “7
Wonders” and they can be used by anyone who has made the decision that
they are ready to change their life.
After the television talk
show host and the bestselling psychiatrist struck up a fast friendship
they realized that their experiences with life’s struggles were
complementary. What Keith had studied, Glenn had lived. What Keith had
counseled patients on for years, Glenn had suffered through for
decades.
The deeply personal insights they shared brought them to
realize that their life stories had seven key principles in common;
seven wonders that seemed to be essential ingredients for anyone
attempting to transform their life.
Where does the courage to
persevere come from when everything seems hopeless? Why is it nearly
impossible to succeed without faith? How much do family and friendships
matter in our journey? How do we break down our walls and reveal our
inner truths? What does having compassion really mean? How do you tell real friends apart from those who are holding you back? If there’s no one to
blame for my past, what do you do with your anger and resentment?
These
kinds of questions are the starting point toward fundamentally changing
how you view past damaging relationships, toward breaking the
debilitating grip of addiction and depression, toward injecting life
with new meaning and purpose and toward helping you embark on a new
journey based on hope, strength, and personal empowerment.
As you
unwrap each of the seven wonders for yourself, you’ll discover exactly
what Glenn Beck found as he transformed his own life from darkness to
light, from dead ends to endless possibilities, from addiction to
freedom: it doesn’t take a superhero to find the strength to change—it
just takes the courage to take the first step.
This book, which
was only possible by combining together decades of personal struggle
with world-class professional experience, can be that first step for
you.
The 7 Wonders grows out of a unique friendship that we’ve developed over the last five-years. It is unique because it brought together a psychiatrist who naturally
burrows toward the truth, and a recovering addict who spent decades
running from it.
As we spent more time together we began to let
our guards down. Over time we reached a level of honesty with each
other that is rare. As a result, we learned that the principles that
have guided the well-honed healing techniques of one of us are precisely
the same principles that instinctively guided the other to replace nearly unbearable pain with genuine happiness.
We
believe that it was God’s plan for us to meet; that it was God’s plan
for us to speak so openly with one another; and it was God’s plan that
we share with you the seven wonders we discovered together.
We also firmly believe that it was God’s plan that this book now finds you at this exact moment in your life.
—Glenn Beck & Dr. Keith Ablow
About the Author
Glenn Beck, the nationally syndicated radio and Fox News television show host, is the author of six #1
New York Times bestsellers:
An Inconvenient Book,
The Christmas Sweater,
Glenn Beck’s Common Sense,
Arguing with Idiots, the children’s version of
The Christmas Sweater, and
The Overton Window.
America’s March to Socialism is available now from Simon & Schuster Audio or downloadable from Simon & Schuster Online. He is also the author of
The Real America and publisher of
Fusion magazine. Visit www.glennbeck.com.
KEITH
ABLOW, M.D., serves as the Fox News expert on psychiatry and a
contributing editor at both Good Housekeeping and Men's Fitness. He was
the host and executive producer of The Dr. Keith Ablow Show and has
appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, the Today Show, Good Morning
America, the O'Reilly Factor and Larry King Live. Dr. Ablow is the
New York Times bestselling author of
Living the Truth: Transform Your Life Through the Power of Insight and Honesty. Visit www.keithablow.com.
The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal [Kindle Edition]
Amazon.com Review
Amazon Exclusive: Kevin Spacey on The Accidental Billionaires Kevin Spacey’s films include Superman Returns, Beyond the Sea, The Usual Suspects, American Beauty, Swimming with Sharks, Seven, L.A. Confidential, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Negotiator, Hurlyburly, K-Pax, and The Shipping News. He will next be seen in Men Who Stare at Goats opposite George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, and Jeff Bridges, as well as Nick Moran’s film Telstar opposite Colm O’Neil and Pam Ferris. Read his exclusive Amazon guest review of The Accidental Billionaires:
I first met Ben Mezrich when I produced and starred in 21, the film adaptation of his great bestseller Bringing Down the House. Ben has a gift for finding high-energy, strange-but-true tales and The Accidental Billionaires is no exception.
You
may think you know the story of the Facebook phenomenon, but you
haven’t heard the whole story and never like this. Recreating the
unbelievable rise of the world's biggest social network—not to mention
the planet's youngest billionaire, Mark Zuckerberg—Ben tells a
captivating story of betrayal, vast amounts of cash, and two friends who
revolutionized the way humans connect to one another—only to have an
enormous falling out and never speak again.
Eduardo Saverin
and Mark Zuckerberg were two geeky, socially awkward Harvard undergrads
who wanted nothing more than to be cool. While Eduardo chose the more
straightforward path of trying to gain acceptance into one of the
school's ultra-posh, semi-secret Final Clubs, Mark used his computer
skills by hacking into Harvard's computers, pulling up all the pictures
of every girl on campus to create a sort of "hot-or-not" site exclusive
to Harvard. Though the prank nearly got Mark kicked out of college, he
and Eduardo realized that they were on to something big. Thus, the
initial concept of Facebook was born; what happened next, however, was
right out of a Hollywood thriller.
The Accidental Billionaires is the perfect pairing of author and subject. It's pure summer fun—a
juicy, fast-paced, unputdownable Mezrich tale that adds to his canon of
lad lit. And Hollywood has come calling again: I'm currently working
with Dana Brunetti, Scott Rudin, Mike Deluca, and Aaron Sorkin on the
movie adaptation of
The Accidental Billionaires. If the book is any indication, the film is going to be a must see.
—Kevin Spacey