Welcome to the Get Fit Guys, quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

My name is Ben Greenfield. I'm the Get Fit Guy, and this is part two of our special two-part series on when biohacking fitness goes too far.

In last week's episode, episode 311, we talked about things like hypoxic training and electrical

muscle stimulation, engineered foods, compression, cryotherapy, and heat therapy.

And you can get access to last week's episode by just going to quick and dirty tips.com

and doing a search for episode number 311. So as you learn in last week's episode, I've

lately been called out quite a bit about my fringe, nerdy, technology-obsessed biohacking

shortcuts to achieve body and brain performance. And in that episode, I presented natural alternatives

to modern biohacks like cryotherapy and electrical

muscle stimulation and hypoxia. And in this episode part two, I'm going to give you more

examples about how and when biohacking can cross the line and smarter, more natural, more

ancestral alternatives to the current crazes of things like cryotherapy and digital meditation and

neutropics and strapping prosthetics to your body.

So let's start with something called a vibration platform.

Now, devices that shudder and shake as you stand on them may seem convenient, cool,

and a highly technological new way to exercise or to be able to recover faster, lift more weight,

or sprint faster, all of which vibration has been shown to be able to recover faster, lift more weight, or sprint faster,

all of which vibration has been shown to be able to do. And sure, these vibration platforms,

and they're slightly less sexy cousins, rebounding trampolines, definitely do do things like increased limp flow and blood flow. But running in place and exercises like jumping

jacks can offer very similar benefit and be a great alternative if you don't have a vibration

plate nearby or you simply want one less item plugged into an electrical outlet in your home

or a little bit more cash in your wallet. And yet you can just bounce up and down with no fancy biohacks required.

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