Caveman Klaus

Startup Weekend Southampton

Klaus Bravenboer — Fri, 03 May 2013 08:10:12 +0000

My last post was about hackathon’s, why they are valuable and how it’s an opportunity for anyone to participate. This weekend I’m heading along to Startup Weekend Southampton to get involved! I have a specific idea at the intersection of Health + Technology + Psychology which I will pitch. A good hackathon has a balance of [...]

What is a hackathon?

Klaus Bravenboer — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:37:31 +0000

A hackathon is a weekend long burst of creative energy. It can be a mix of software development, design, product validation, making prototypes, building apps and solving problems. Any activity that brings something useful or cool into the world. This can take the form of a product, service, charity, or even an artwork, there are [...]

Bulletproof Coffee for breakfast

Klaus Bravenboer — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:07:59 +0000

What’s the best breakfast to increase energy, increase productivity and lose fat? As an entrepreneur I’m always looking for tips and tricks to hack my health, energy, accelerate performance and productivity. I’ve been a big fan of the quantified self movement, bio and self-hacking trends. I first discovered this while reading Tim Ferriss’s - The 4-hour work week and then [...]

Converge UK at Innovation Warehouse

Klaus Bravenboer — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 22:50:57 +0000

Converge UK is a series of events to foster communication, collaboration and creation at the intersection of Design, Business & Technology. We are running our 2nd event at Innovation Warehouse Wednesday October 3rd Please get your tickets here. The concept was co-founded by a diverse group of London professionals working in lot’s of different disciplines with [...]

4 minute workout to boost metabolism and lose fat using Tabata, Interval Training

Klaus Bravenboer — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:58:26 +0000

How can you get in a fast and effective workout in 4 minutes? and do it anytime, anywhere, no excuses? Use Tabata or HIIT: High Intensity Interval Training, I’ll explain exactly what it is and how you can use it below. Let’s be honest, you are wasting your time going out for long runs, cycles [...]

Movember and #SocialMo month, lifting all boats with Blog World Expo #BWELA

Klaus Bravenboer — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:06:22 +0000

Today I want to talk about Movember, what is it? Why it is awesome to get involved and how you can help raise money for prostate cancer and awareness of men’s health. What is Movember? Movember started in 2003 in Australia and has raised over $80m US dollars for prostate cancer and men’s health. It [...]

Caveman Cure Challenge – Fight the number 1 Killer – Jamie Oliver’s TED Speech Food Revolution

Klaus Bravenboer — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:19:23 +0000

Yesterday I watched something shocking. It was Jamie Oliver’s TED speech on obesity and his Food Revolution: What’s the number 1 killer in America? Answer: Heart disease and other health related diseases as a result of obesity. This killer so preventable it’s ridiculous! and it’s within our own power to stop. This killer is entirely preventable [...]

Moving from London to San Francisco

Klaus Bravenboer — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:31:59 +0000

I made the decision to come out to San Francisco and undertake the 90 day transformation mission September 22nd, this left me 2 weeks to furiously prepare and arrange everything. I don’t think it really sunk in till the second week the enormity of what I had decided; then it was cancelling all my utilities, [...]

How to take an ICE Bath – what are the benefits?

CavemanKlaus — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:01:51 +0000

I’ve just completed the 30 day Caveman cold shower challenge and to celebrate this milestone I took an ICE bath. Am I mad? Why take an ICE bath? Benefits of an ICE bath: promotes weight loss by igniting brown adipose tissue (brown fat) into burning white fat accelerates muscle recovery increase sperm production increase libido [...]

The 30 day Caveman cold shower challenge – building mental toughness and improving health

CavemanKlaus — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:45:07 +0000

I have a challenge for you which I hope you’ll give a try. I’m currently on day 26 and am feeling great! So what have I been doing? Every morning as the first action of my day I blast myself with a cold shower. Woah, hang on a minute you might be thinking, Klaus, are you [...]