Author, podcaster, and early-stage investor
Tim Ferriss is an author, host of The Tim Ferriss Show, and early-stage technology investor. He is best known for The 4-Hour Workweek and for interviews that examine the tools, routines, and decisions of high performers.
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Kettlebell swings, deadlifts and Cossack squats from his accounts of strength and mobility work.
5–6 repetitions per side, 2–3 sets
Paper planning, a morning and evening journal, and periodic fear-setting to work through difficult decisions.
before the first computer session
5 min per session · morning and evening
at least quarterly, often monthly
Tim Ferriss's first-person medication list as of September 2025: febuxostat (Uloric) for uric acid, Nexlizet for lipids given family cardiovascular history, and over-the-counter famotidine (Pepcid) for experimental reasons he described. Ferriss explicitly warned listeners not to copy these choices and to involve their doctors.
A dated September 2025 recovery snapshot following elbow surgery: oral BPC-157 as a self-described hedge; collagen, whey protein, and vitamin C before elbow loading or stretching; Marc Pro electrical stimulation; lymphatic drainage; and blood-flow-restriction work with Kelly Starrett, alongside multiple physical therapists. Ferriss repeatedly said this was not medical advice.
before elbow straining, training, or stretching
before elbow straining, training, or stretching
before elbow straining, training, or stretching
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His bed-temperature system, preferred earplugs and sleep supplements, including occasional use and changes in products.
at night during post-surgical elbow pain
at night during post-surgical elbow pain
nightly
daily · night (implied by the sleep portion of his roll call)
during sleep
Tim Ferriss described a time-restricted eating pattern with an eight-hour target window, generally 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. and often compressed to roughly 2–3 p.m. through 9 p.m., with two larger meals plus one or two whey shakes. He stated no weight-loss goal; this captures his timing only.
daily eating window in the September 2025 snapshot · generally 2–10 p.m.; often compressed to roughly 2–3 p.m. through 9 p.m.
Tim Ferriss's first-person supplement stack from his September 2025 roll call (alpha-lipoic acid, NAC, green tea and garlic allicin extracts, AREDS 2, fish oil, maca, ketone monoester) plus items he confirmed in August 2025 (creatine, Qitone ketone diester, Thorne curcumin phytosome) and in 2024 affiliate posts (Momentous whey, Seed DS-01). Prescriptions, surgical-recovery items, the sleep stack and fasting sit in separate protocols.
morning between meals
with first meal around 2–3 p.m.
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