Have you been training hard, eating clean, doing everything you're supposed to do...but still not getting the fitness results you want? Marc McLean, author of the top-selling Strength Training 101 book series, reveals 21 highly-effective strategies that can help you change all that in 'Fitness Hacking'.
After years of struggling with his weight, Ryan Kulp finally cracked the code to achieving a high level of personal fitness - and it had nothing to do with science, working out every day, or cardio.In this book, told through the lens of a software developer's approach to health, you'll learn simple strategies that build the habits required to look great, without giving up. In classic hacker fashion there are data models, if/given/when charts, before and after benchmarks, and even a Trello board (kanban) strategy to keep your new fitness routine organized.If you've never (seriously) worked out before, the photo annotated chapter on the A/B gym routine and accompanying videos will help you master every lift. If you travel full-time and don't have access to a gym, there are workarounds for that too. And if you can't figure out what to eat, Ryan will share his exact diet, down to calories and scheduling, to show you what's possible."Fitness for Hackers" is the fitness book for analytical-minded men who have tried (and failed) other programs. It's for engineers, developers, and coders. And it's for anyone who read "Four Hour Body" and didn't see results (don't worry, you're not alone).Inside "Fitness for Hackers" you'll find: - lazy-proof workout plans that will give you more energy throughout the day- idiot-proof nutrition advice that you can stick to (and won't leave you feeling sluggish)- a complete data model and everything you need to troubleshoot yourself, your mindset, and your fitness results.(reminder: this is a book for hackers)
Table of Contents Prelude Identifying Fitness Bio-hacking Chapter # 1: Nutrition, Exercise & Sleep Chapter # 2: Muscle Growth Chapter # 3: Fat Loss Chapter # 5: Increased Strength Factors Affecting Endurance Conclusion Author Bio References Publisher Prelude Biohacking is the science, or more specifically an art, that is based upon the hacker ethic whose aim is to maximize the potentials of your body so you can live a longer, healthier life. The whole concept if biohacking lies on the foundations of do-it-yourself so you won’t be able to gain success until and unless you are willing to engage your body in self-experimentation. With respect to fitness, biohacks are a tad bit complex, in a sense that they would be pretty much personal to everyone and one generic hack would hardly apply to each individual. A little deeper and it would mean that biohacks would depend on the topic of interest, which could either be increased power, muscle, or fitness. The whole methodology of biohacks is threefold, which is explained in the subsequent paragraphs. If you’re really on a quest for better, healthier lifestyle, the foremost thing that you need to have evaluated is yourself. A number of people are wizards in pointing out all things one shouldn’t do but fail to list all the things they should do. The best way to do so is by tracking your progress and noting every worthwhile detail like sleeping patterns, exercise plans, etc. The next thing you should consider is change. Change is vital for life in a sense that it must keep some excitement in life. You must be able to tweak the details and routines of your life. Change your diet plan, sleeping patterns, an anything else that makes you more comfortable. If you can track it, you can change it. What might work for one person might not work for you; you have to realize this much. You need to know that not every person has the same physical and chemical characteristics as the other and to achieve optimal health you must have an open mind that could induce flexibility in your thinking. The last three paragraphs are the basic ground rules that should be in your mind if you plan on transforming your health into something worth showing off. The exact techniques to do this have been explained in the book, so read on.
Skip the gym and improve your physical and mental fitness in just minutes with these 300 quick and easy ways to add movement to your day! Being active and in shape helps you sleep, keeps you strong and healthy, and improves balance, your social life—and even your sex life! We all know exercise is good for us, but time, money, age, and inertia often keep us stuck on the couch. But you don’t need to join a gym—or even leave your house—to get fit and healthy! In Fitness Hacks for over 50, you’ll discover quick and attainable tips and strategies to maintain (or increase) your fitness and strength at any point in your life. These simple, easy-to-do movements and activities that just take a few minutes a day makes it easy and friction-free to look and feel better, regardless of your age and abilities. It’s never too late to get started! Let Fitness Hacks for over 50 put you on the path to a healthier lifestyle and a longer life that you can enjoy!
Unlock your athletic potential and get into the best shape of your life with Krista Stryker’s HIIT and bodyweight workouts—all of which can be done in just minutes a day! If you’ve ever thought you couldn’t get results without spending hours in the gym, that you’d never be able to do a pull-up, or that it’s too late to get in your best shape ever, The 12-Minute Athlete will change your mind, your body, and your life. Get serious results with high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workouts that can be done in just minutes a day. Give up the excuses and learn to use your own bodyweight and a few basic pieces of portable equipment for short, incredibly effective workouts. Reset your mindset, bust through mental blocks, and set meaningful goals you’ll actually accomplish. You can finally ditch the dieting and enjoy food as fuel with simple eating guidelines to the 80/20 rule. In The 12-Minute Athlete you’ll also find: –A guide to basic calisthenics and bodyweight exercises for any fitness level –Progressive exercises to achieve seemingly “impossible” feats like pistol squats, one-arm push-ups, pull-ups, and handstands –More than a dozen simple and healthy recipes that will fuel your workouts –Two 8-week workout plans for getting fitter, faster, and stronger –Bonus Tabata workouts –And so much more! The 12-Minute Athlete is for men and women, ex-athletes and new athletes, experienced athletes and “non-athletes”—for anyone who has a body and wants to get stronger and start living their healthiest life.
Cardio exercises. Weight training. Calorie counting. You're hitting the gym five days a week and eating healthy, balancing a busy career and family responsibilities, but your workout isn't working out. Despite the hours spent pedaling, running, and lifting, the lean, muscular, six-pack body you've been sweating to attain and maintain remains stub- bornly out of reach. Let fitness guru Jay Kim show you how to optimize your workout routine and nutritious food preparation to get maximum results in minimum time. In Hack Your Fitness, Kim shares his goal-winning formula-a combination of intermittent fasting, carb cycling, macronutrients, and compound exercise training-that helped him lose fat and gain muscle, while only spending three hours a week in the gym. This regimen isn't a quick-fix solution for people looking to drop pounds without changing their habits. It's a simple, but not necessarily easy, lifestyle design that will help you get slim and trim-for life-if you're committed to the patience and persistence required in sustaining your body's health. Featuring step-by-step exercise routines and nutritious meal plans, Hack Your Fitness presents a streamlined, time-saving workout plan that will get you in and out of the gym and back to your life.
We live in a world where there is a new fad diet, superfood, supplement or nutrition theory every month. There are so many tricks to optimizing workouts, peak performance, burning fat, living longer, sleeping better and biohacking your immune system. Wellness has become a part of mainstream discourse like never before, and the result is an overwhelming barrage of seemingly contradictory information. But here's one simple truth: good health impacts every aspect of life, be it productivity at work, interpersonal relationships or a balanced family life. In Hacking Health, Mukesh Bansal takes on the mammoth task of demystifying the science, simplifying the research and tracing the story of our relationship with our body. Through a combination of personal experience and cutting-edge science, this is a book that draws from ancient wisdom and also debunks unscientific myths to help you make smart choices in pursuit of good health. From nutrition and fitness to sleep and immunity, weight management and mental health to ageing and longevity, this book delves into the breadth and depth of holistic health and helps you navigate the lines between science and pseudoscience. Can we use science to hack the human body's functioning and be our most efficient, fittest and happiest selves? Hacking Health takes a 360-degree approach to answer this very question and help you unlock your body's potential.
The bestselling guide to the vagus nerve, now in 20+ languages: unlock the self-healing power of Stephen Porges’s Polyvagal Theory Vagus exercises for reducing anxiety, healing trauma, and rebalancing your autonomic nervous system This comprehensive guide offers an easy-to-understand overview of the vagus nerve—and helps you unlock your body’s innate capacity to heal from stress, trauma, anxiety, and injury. Dr. Stanley Rosenberg, PhD, dispels long-held myths about the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and offers up-to-date research on how our physical health, emotional wellness, and the vagus nerve are all interconnected. Most importantly, he shows how these insights can help you heal your ANS—and live a less stressed, more balanced, and emotionally regulated life. This book offers: An in-depth overview of Stephen Porges’s Polyvagal Theory Step-by-step self-help techniques for regulating the vagus nerve Vagus exercises to relieve emotional, psychological, and physical symptoms Real-life case studies and stories from the author’s clinical practice Insights into the vagus nerve’s role in social behavior An overview of what happens in our bodies when we get stuck in stress states—and how to heal them Simple, research-backed recommendations for initiating deep relaxation, improving sleep, healing from trauma, and stimulating recovery from illness and injury Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve is written for therapists, bodyworkers, trauma survivors, parents, and anyone struggling with chronic stress. Grounded in neurobiology research, clinical stories, and easy-to-follow exercises, this book gives you the tools to bring your body back into a state of safety, balance, and optimal functioning.
In an effort to keep up with a world of too much, life hackers sometimes risk going too far. Life hackers track and analyze the food they eat, the hours they sleep, the money they spend, and how they're feeling on any given day. They share tips on the most efficient ways to tie shoelaces and load the dishwasher; they employ a tomato-shaped kitchen timer as a time-management tool.They see everything as a system composed of parts that can be decomposed and recomposed, with algorithmic rules that can be understood, optimized, and subverted. In Hacking Life, Joseph Reagle examines these attempts to systematize living and finds that they are the latest in a long series of self-improvement methods. Life hacking, he writes, is self-help for the digital age's creative class. Reagle chronicles the history of life hacking, from Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack through Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Timothy Ferriss's The 4-Hour Workweek. He describes personal outsourcing, polyphasic sleep, the quantified self movement, and hacks for pickup artists. Life hacks can be useful, useless, and sometimes harmful (for example, if you treat others as cogs in your machine). Life hacks have strengths and weaknesses, which are sometimes like two sides of a coin: being efficient is not the same thing as being effective; being precious about minimalism does not mean you are living life unfettered; and compulsively checking your vital signs is its own sort of illness. With Hacking Life, Reagle sheds light on a question even non-hackers ponder: what does it mean to live a good life in the new millennium?