Harnessing the Power of Intermittent Fasting for Optimal Health and Performance

Physical Wealth Weekends:Stories from my personal Bio-hacks

As I near my 49th birthday, I’ve been on a transformative journey that has changed the way I approach health, nutrition, and overall performance. I have tried (off-and-on) the concept of intermittent fasting and enjoyed the way I felt, but hadn’t committed to it on a full-blown habit change until recently. On July 19th, 2024, I was driving across the country to Nashville for our Bitcoin2024 events with a Mercedes Sprinter worth of AV equipment and art, and one of my venture partners, Justin Calvino. During the first day discussions we began talking metabolic hacks and Justin gave me his 8/8//8 intermittent fasting regimen and I adopted it as an experiment while we worked 20-hour days most of that week. Upon my return, I was feeling so good, that I committed to optimizing my intermittent fasting (I.F.) schedule to achieve my goal of 9% or less body fat by mid-October (my birthday), while maintaining muscle mass and addressing key lifelong inherited health risks, such as high triglycer…