{"id":1713,"date":"2017-03-30T22:58:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T20:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taoofstefan.com\/blog\/?p=1713"},"modified":"2017-03-30T23:08:55","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T21:08:55","slug":"personal-letter-ben-greenfield-biohacked-day-ben-greenfield-cost-serious-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taoofstefan.com\/blog\/main\/lifestyle\/personal-letter-ben-greenfield-biohacked-day-ben-greenfield-cost-serious-money\/","title":{"rendered":"A Personal Letter to Ben Greenfield, My Biohacked Day, And How Ben Greenfield Cost Me Serious Money"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Ben<\/a>, you smart cookie,<\/p>\n

Only moments after I got into podcasts<\/a>, I had to stumble over yours, of course<\/a>. It was as if you had this light shining around you. But this might have been only a hallucination from the mushroom coffee<\/a> I had consumed earlier. You are supposed to take just any mushroom, boil it in instant coffee and drink it, right?<\/p>\n

Or maybe not.<\/p>\n

Getting up, HRV, Yoga and Stuff<\/h1>\n

After hours and hours of listening to you and your amazing guests, who are all also smart cookies, you inspired me to change a few things in my life. Unfortunately, that was the trap you set. Because of you, I had to spend a lot of money, simply to get my day started\u2026 at 4:25 in the morning.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when I get up and check my HRV with the eliteHRV<\/a> app (Android<\/a> – Apple<\/a>) and this POLAR HR sensor<\/a> (and there goes some money). The app tells me that I am good to go and hit the gym hard (or if I should rest). But that has to wait. First I do some yoga<\/a> to get things flowing and afterwards I meditate and keep thinking about the juicy drink that is going to hit my mouth soon, with lots of greens and supplements (and there goes some more money).<\/p>\n

\"Ben<\/a>

Ben Greenfield – ATP + HMB<\/p><\/div>\n

After you talked about the benefits of lean muscle gains in athletes having ATP<\/a> and HMB<\/a> as part of their supplement regimen, I totally went crazy and gave it a go. I lost a lot of money here and gained a solid 2,5 kg \u2013 of lean muscle mass, that is. On the way to my gym, I am sad because I don\u2019t have the latest Nike gear to bring me to the fitness edge, but that\u2019s fine because I can still monitor my HRV and that\u2019s cool.<\/p>\n

\"Ben<\/a>

Ben Greenfield: Quantified Self<\/p><\/div>\n

Actually, I don\u2019t have any idea what I am doing and my e-mail account thinks the same way and suggests that I join the eliteHRV online class<\/a>. Of course, I hit the \u201cI\u2019m in\u201d button instantly when I see you\u2019re part of this group of exclusive endorsers. And there goes another paycheck. Thank you, Ben, now I still don\u2019t know what I am doing, I feel stressed and that weird get fit guy<\/a> tells me to breathe in 666 different versions\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Ben<\/a>

Ben Greenfield: HRV<\/p><\/div>\n

Plants are your friends!<\/h1>\n

The amount of stress and all the inflammation caused by ongoing physical and mental stress can be relieved. All I need is some schizandra<\/a>, rhodiola<\/a> and of course ashwagandha<\/a>. I totally fell into that trap, too, but I am all relaxed and chill. It could also be the combined yoga-sauna<\/a> session after my workout that has that effect, who knows, but it doesn\u2019t kill me<\/a> (yet), so that\u2019s a win. I am not so sure if the 3 minute cold shower that I am about to take will be so much win, though.<\/p>\n

\"Ben<\/a>

Ben Greenfield: Plant Power<\/p><\/div>\n

Thanks to you, people look even weirder at me than already. While at work, I listen to brain wave altering songs to get into flow and do plenty of work. My colleagues hate me for it, as I get things actually done and miss calls because I can\u2019t hear a thing. HRV is running and looking funky, but flow is flow.<\/p>\n

Cooking for Health<\/h1>\n

At home all I want to do is have some food<\/a>, I am really deep into nutrition<\/a> and just want to fry my skinny chicken in canola oil until I remember that I can\u2019t\u2026 so I have some\u00a0chicken liver with lots of mushrooms and grass-fed butter instead. To be on the safe side I do some ancient yogi work and add turmeric and black pepper<\/a>\u00a0to the recipe. There goes the rent, but it\u2019s totally worth it as I know I will feel great when I get up tomorrow, running through my day, listening to podcasts, getting better, smarter, fitter on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

The worst thing about it isn\u2019t even that you cost me all that money and that it works, but that you make me crave cookies!<\/p>\n

Thank you, Ben, thanks a lot. There goes my diet\u2026 but I still love you!<\/p>\n

#bengreenfieldiscrazy<\/p>\n

\"Ben<\/a>

Ben Greenfield: Smart Cookie<\/p><\/div>\n

\n

FULL DISCLOSURE<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

While I don’t get anything from this article, I have affiliate links to Amazon. If you buy through those links I will get some kickback payments. This helps me to keep this blog up and running.<\/p>\n

Besides that this article was inspired by Ben Greenfield who published a contest on Facebook<\/a>. He asked to get smashed in the face in a funny and uplifting way. What you just read is my attempt to that and to win this contest of course! In the end, it was also a parody on myself and I enjoy taking myself not too seriously.<\/p>\n

I hope you liked it and had a few giggles here. Winning or not, I enjoyed writing this article and with all the weird craziness of Ben. He seems – from afar – like a super cool guy and he really knows his stuff.<\/p>\n

Feel free to share this article everywhere. Let Ben and the rest of the world know that you want me to win because I am amazing. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Ben, you smart cookie, Only moments after I got into podcasts, I had to stumble over yours, of course. It was as if you had this light shining around you. But this might have been only a hallucination from the mushroom coffee I had consumed earlier. You are supposed to take just any mushroom, boil it in instant coffee and drink it, right? 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