The Four Hour Body Review (Part 1 – Introduction)
One of my favorite hobbies is to snuggle up with a cup of tea and a great book! Most of the time I like to read post-apocalyptic or dystopian novels. But I pretty much love action and adventure books, anything that could take me away to another place!
In general, I’ve found it pretty hard to get into self-help books because the material is just so freaking dry! Though I have made it through a few books like The Goal, the Lean CEO, The 7 Habits, Good to Great, etc. most of them still were kind of like pulling teeth for me. I guess it’s partially because my interests in business are limited, but even after reading a TON of lean engineering related books (Taiichi Ohno, The Shop Floor Series, Creating a Lean Culture, the Toyota Way, etc.) you’d think I’d find one that I could read through without falling asleep. Now I’m not saying that these books aren’t good or that they don’t have extremely valuable information – they absolutely do and I would recommend pretty much all of them. But I personally have a really hard time finding the information presented to me in these books as exhilarating as a great novel.
That was until I decided to read my first health-related book – the Four Hour Body by Tim Ferriss. I have to admit the book was daunting looking… I thought when I purchased it that the book would be small! I mean it’s called the Four Hour Body for goodness sakes…
So simply because of the sheer SIZE of the book I’m going to write another mini-series on it (I know ANOTHER ONE!!!) I plan to break this out into the sections the book emphasizes and the diets/fitness regimes that I try in according to the section – as follows:
- Introduction & Going into this prepared (this post!)
- Subtracting Fat & Adding Muscle
- Getting Stronger
- Other Super Awesome Stuff
Fortunately, it’s meant to be used as a textbook, so you shouldn’t sit down and read it cover to cover. In the very beginning Tim Ferris mentions to pick on goal at a time, so for this mini-series, I’ll pick one goal and stick with it for 6 weeks and will track my progress! So definitely keep an eye out for my first post on subtracting Fat!
Just a quick PSA: due to the time constraints around doing this study, this mini-series will be spread out more than my other ones have been. Next week you should see an immediate post on subtracting fat and adding muscle, but after that, this mini-series will be mixed in with other posts. I recently switched jobs so I’m trying to keep my writing going while also trying to balance my work and health! Please bear with me as I get my life together 🙂
As always thanks for reading!
Love,
Francesca Nicole
