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PUBLISHER’S DISCLAIMER

The material in this book is for informational purposes only. As each individual situation is unique, you should use proper discretion, in consultation with a health care practitioner, before undertaking the diet, exercises, and techniques described in this book. The author and publisher expressly disclaim responsibility for any adverse effects that may result from the use or application of the information contained in this book.

ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS

I am not the expert. I’m the guide and explorer.

If you find anything amazing in this book, it’s thanks to the brilliant minds who helped as resources, critics, contributors, proofreaders, and references. If you find anything ridiculous in this book, it’s because I didn’t heed their advice.

Though indebted to hundreds of people, I wish to thank a few of them up-front, here listed in alphabetical order (still more in the acknowledgments):

Alexandra Carmichael

Andrew Hyde

Ann Miura-ko PhD

Barry Ross

Ben Goldacre MD

Brian MacKenzie

Casey Viator

Chad Fowler

Charles Poliquin

Charlie Hoehn

Chris Masterjohn

Chris Sacca

Club H Fitness

Craig Buhler

Daniel Reda

Dave Palumbo

David Blaine

Dean Karnazes

Dorian Yates

Doug McGuff MD

Dr. John Berardi

Dr. Justin Mager

Dr. Lee Wolfer

Dr. Mary Dan Eades

Dr. Michael Eades

Dr. Ross Tucker

Dr. Seth Roberts

Dr. Stuart McGill

Dr. Tertius Kohn

Dr. Timothy Noakes

Dustin Curtis

Ellington Darden PhD

Eric Foster

Gary Taubes

Gray Cook

Jaime Cevallos

JB Benna

Jeffrey B. Madoff

Joe DeFranco

Joe Polish

John Romano

Kelly Starrett

Marie Forleo

Mark Bell

Mark Cheng

Marque Boseman

Marty Gallagher

Matt Brzycki

Matt Mullenweg

Michael Ellsberg

Michael Levin

Mike Mahler

Mike Maples

Nate Green

Neil Strauss

Nicole Daedone

Nina Hartley

Pavel Tsatsouline

Pete Egoscue

Phil Libin

Ramit Sethi

Ray Cronise

Scott Jurek

Sean Bonner

Tallulah Sulis

Terry Laughlin

The Dexcom Team

(especially Keri Weindel)

The OneTaste Team

The Kiwi

Thomas Billings

Tracy Reifkind

Trevor Claiborne

Violet Blue

William Llewellyn

Yuri V. Griko PhD

Zack Even-Esh

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THINNER, BIGGER, FASTER, STRONGER?

How to Use This Book

Does history record any case in which the majority was right?

—Robert Heinlein

I love fools’ experiments.

I’m always making them.

—Charles Darwin

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA, 10 P.M., FRIDAY

Shoreline Amphitheater was rocking.

More than 20,000 people had turned out at northern California’s largest music venue to hear Nine Inch Nails, loud and in charge, on what was expected to be their last tour.

Backstage, there was more unusual entertainment.

“Dude, I go into the stall to take care of business, and I look over and see the top of Tim’s head popping above the divider. He was doing f*cking air squats in the men’s room in complete silence.”

Glenn, a videographer and friend, burst out laughing as he reenacted my technique. To be honest, he needed to get his thighs closer to parallel.

“Forty air squats, to be exact,” I offered.

Kevin Rose, founder of Digg, one of the top-500 most popular websites in the world, joined in the laughter and raised a beer to toast the incident. I, on the other hand, was eager to move on to the main event.

In the next 45 minutes, I consumed almost two full-size barbecue chicken pizzas and three handfuls of mixed nuts, for a cumulative total of about 4,400 calories. It was my fourth meal of the day, breakfast having consisted of two glasses of grapefruit juice, a large cup of coffee with cinnamon, two chocolate croissants, and two bear claws.

The more interesting portion of the story started well after Trent Reznor left the stage.

Roughly 72 hours later, I tested my bodyfat percentage with an ultrasound analyzer designed by a physicist out of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Charting the progress on my latest experiment, I’d dropped from 11.9% to 10.2% bodyfat, a 14% reduction of the total fat on my body, in 14 days.

How? Timed doses of garlic, sugar cane,