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4 Hour Body Review: Good Quality Research With Some Minor Exceptions

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Today Timothy Ferriss' 4 Hour Body bestseller was released in the United Kingdom. Interest in the book has jumped since its release on 14th December thanks to the appearance of Tim on many of the big U.S. talk shows (including The View, Dr. Oz). It has shot to #1 on both the Amazon.com and New York Times bestseller lists within a month and looks set to sit there comfortably for a while. The goal of the book is to reveal some of the latest science on our bodies so that we can take control of them. Become fitter, healthier and pursue other goals. Does it live up to that goal? As a fitness professional I can say that for at least 90% of it it does.

The 4-Hour Body: Which of the 592 Pages Should You Read?

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Tim Ferriss' new bestselling book on health and fitness the 4-hour body topped the New York bestsellers list quickly after its launch. Currently with two books in the top seller's list (the 4 hour work week is still at #10), he has established himself as a successful author. The 4 Hour Body is an excellent read, with lots of valuable information. Lots of people are clearly buying the book (the bestsellers list are based on sales volume), however that doesn't always mean that lots of books are getting read. The fate of many large books is not to get read. It can be quite intimidating to see a large book on your bedside, and it's easy to put off starting to read it for another day.

The 4 Hour Body and a Mistake That Has Endured in the Fitness Industry for Over 40 Years

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The 4 Hour Body by Tim Ferriss is a recent #1 bestseller on the New York Times. It is for good reason, because it is one of the best fitness books to be published in a very long time. It challenges and overturns many of the largest fitness mistakes people are making in gyms today. Having said that, there is one mistake that the book doesn't address in a lot of detail and that has existed since 1968. In 1968 Dr. Kenneth Cooper invented a new word. The word was "Aerobics" and for most people it has become synonymous with becoming fit.

The Most Important Concept The 4-Hour Body Is Going to Popularize

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The 4-Hour Body is a groundbreaking book from Tim Ferriss that contradicts a lot of popularly held beliefs on fitness and health. Some of these Ferriss uncovered himself, however the vast majority of the concepts he discusses have been around for decades. The great achievement of this book is that it is taking some of the best information from sources such as scientific research, professional athletes and innovators in medicine and pushing them to the masses thanks to its rise to the bestseller list on the New York Times. Now, what is the most important concept it will popularize?

The 4-Hour Body by Tim Ferriss - Clearing the Way for the Next Fitness Generation

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It was with great expectation that I and many others awaited the release of the 4 Hour Body. I didn't expect to find a lot of innovative science or fitness advice in there though, what I did expect was that Tim Ferriss was about to make public the knowledge that has been out there but so far to find.

The 4-Hour Body by Tim Ferriss - The Tipping Point of a Revolution in Fitness Practices?

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The launch of Timothy Ferriss' book, The 4-Hour Body is an exciting moment for myself and many other fitness professionals. It offers a spark of hope to revolutionize and break free from many fitness practices that are both time wasting and damaging for our health, but that have become so ingrained in society and the fitness industry that they have been difficult to move. Tim Ferriss will be introducing many new approaches to fitness that are for more effective, safer and efficient in the 4-hour body. The most important of these include:

Introducing a New Concept - Fitness Productivity

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For many years people have been chasing fitness. Our focus on fitness started in the late 1960s when Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper published a book named "Aerobics". Since that time health and fitness has become an increasing part of our day to day concerns. At the same time the health of the average American man and woman has declined steeply. It seems that even though we hear and read about health and fitness all day long in the media, on TV, on the news and from the thousands of diet, fitness and health books - the situation is just getting worse. The average American is get less healthy, not more healthy. How is it possible?