Ben Greenfield

Ben Greenfield fitness, health expert

Ben Greenfield is a biohacker, Ironman triathlete, obstacle course racer, ex-bodybuilder, human body and brain performance instructor.

Ben was voted by the NSCA as the best Personal Trainer in America, and by

Greatist as one of the top 100 Most Influential People In Health And Fitness.

New York Times bestseller of 13 books including "Beyond training" and "Boundless".

Working as a strength and conditioning instructor with almost two decades of experience , Ben plays in all areas of biohacking like performance improvement, rehabilitation, loss of weight, body metabolism, brain funcion, hormone, sleep...

Ben is an investor, board member and advisor of several companies in the fitness and health industry.

He founded KION, a supplement company which combines superfoods products with the latest scientific discovery in order to achieve maximum performance, to fight aging and thus to make the most of our life.

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What if you could leap out of bed each morning and tackle the day with the extreme ferocity of an excited tiger?

What if your performance, fat loss, recovery, digestion, brain, sleep, hormones, and spirits were fully optimized and firing on all cylinders? What if the ability to age gracefully and perform to the human body’s full capacity was status quo?

- Ben Greenfield

Here are some tips

Ben Greenfield tips

You will find here some tips to help you optimize your mind, body, and spirit in the fastest, healthiest, and safest way possible.

Balance neurotransmitters

100 mg of Theanine or Tulsi to your coffee to balance your neurotransmitters

Read the book ''Dirty genes'' we all have a different genetics and how it affect your metabolism

Free quiz online from Dr. Eric Braverman it's a neurotransmitter quiz that allow you to figure it out what is your neurotransmitter dominance and then you can make lifestyles choices based on it

Fix your brain

Cold shower each day very good for the brain barrier and cleaning it

You can do 20 seconds of cold, 10 seconds of hot, 10 times

You can do the Cryotherapy to achieve the same results

Breathe

Based on longevity studies you want a slightly higher level of carbon dioxide simultaneous to high level of oxygen

Buteyko Breath is perfect for this

Belly breathing is another good form of breathing, kite string can help you a lot

Box breathing 4 seconds count in, 4 seconds count hold, 4 seconds count out, 4 seconds count hold (the number can be higher, it can be 6 seconds for example or more) a very good stress control

Avoid at any processed oils : canola oil, sunflower, safflower, vegetable oils. If you car about your nervous system

Organ meat : good for B12, Taurine and vitamins your body wouldn't normally get large amounts of.

Or you can take supplements

Creatine: very good for the brain, 5 grams/day very good anti-aging

Eating for your mind

Boost your mental abilities

Nicotine toothpick (a microdoses) very good when your are in an airplane and you need to work

Microdose of LSD good for creativity and analytical thinking in the same time (10 to 20 microgram)

Celastrus paniculatus (intellects tree) good for memory and comprehension

Sun gazing or specialized glasses with a green/blue lightwave spectrum, very good for regulating your circadian rhythm and getting the benefit of the sunlight

Biohack for exercising the cells

Pulse electromagnetic therapy (PEMF) it can be for enhance your brain, for relaxation and sleep, for focus, for healing

Hypoxic and hyperoxic training consists of an interval of several minutes breathing hypoxic (low oxygen) air, alternated with intervals breathing ambient (normoxic) or hyperoxic air.

Updade your head

Speed train

Help your nervous system

CNS tap test, this is a free app on your phone where you can track your nervous system

Heart rate viability (HRV) training you can see it on a device like Oura ring or an app on your phone. It will tell you your low versus high frequency (Nature beat app)

Train for explosiveness sport like tennis, basketball, or any sport that you need to move quickly

Deep sleep

Exposure to red light at night help deep sleep, avoid blue light

CBD is a component from marijuana who is non-psychoactive help for deep sleep but without the THC

Foam roller or something like that, that you can roll on your back, legs, chest, before going to bed, like a tissue massage, will help sleep

Fat burning machine

1- Fast 12 to 16 hour everyday (intermittent fasting)

2- Meanwhile in fasted state, 20 to 30 minutes of aerobic exercise like easy swim, easy yoga, walking...

3- and you finish with 2 to 5 min of cold exposure

4- A little dose of caffeine or tea (without anything)

Have an exercise routine that you do 3 times a week - at least

To maintain your fitness year-around

Consistency trumps variety

Own a routine

Clean your gut

Poo like a baby :

Coffee Enema every week to desintox (Glytamin can do similar effect)

Deep tissue psoas work you can use a PSO device to do the deep tissue work

Some form of vibration or peristalsis :

With a vibrating massage tool by doing a massage on your belly

Qigong shaking 2 min

Not worry so much about diet

What diet works best for you ? we are all different, we all respond differently to different type of food

There is a lot of test on the market to find what is best diet for you

Control glycemic variability

One of the best thing you can do to confer longevity is to control your blood glucose fluctuation

How to control before meal :

Consumption of bitters or digestifs

Mint ginger black pepper and herbs with tequila anything that enhances your first phase insulin response

Lemon, ginger, bitter melon, ceylon cinnamon, berberine, a shot of apple cider vinegar

Chewing your food 25 to 40 times per bite

Explosive exercise for 30 seconde like 10 burpees, air squats before eating

Walking 1 hour after eating for 10 to 20 min.

Avoid carbs/lots of vegetables/fats/moderate amounts of protein

Faster recovery

Peptide BPC 157 and TB500

Neural therapy

Stem cells + oxosome to regenerate your body

Fortify immune system

Colostrum (supplement) lot of times during a year

Myer's cocktails Ivs (multivitamins into your bloodstream)

Low level activity : bouncing, vibrating, moving all day long

Hacking your environment

Enhance left and right hemisphere activity of the brain : balanced devices like Fluidstance

Move and work with a sofware like Dragon Dictate, you can talk and he will write it for you.

Coil exercice (stretch technique)

Longevity for the skin

Weekly clay mask.

Golf ball rolling on every part of your body.

Collagen 20 to 40 g/day from supplement or bone broth

Optimize your spirit

The book ''Biology of belief'' explain all the emotion and how they effect your cells

Gratitude practice every day

Using sound for healing, sleeping, etc.

Ex : app on your phone; Sleepstream and Brain.fm, cd music Wholetones

Love for longevity

Love

friendships

relationships

family

Not to be social isolate

Having a healthy sexual life

''What is the #1 thing you can just do to not just live a long time and look good naked, but to be happy forever, to keep you motivated, to keep yourself connected ?

You need to take care of yourself, of your spirit, of your happiness. You need a purpose, a meaning of life (knowing your purpose is what feed your soul).

You need to find the unique reason that you brought to this world. This is one of the bests things you can do for your longevity and for your happiness.''