Self-Experimentation
Experiments
A curated selection of my self-experiments — the ones I keep coming back to. Each one is a question I asked, a method I used, and what the data revealed.
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I Stopped Using Food Trackers. I Built This Instead.
Question: can a personal AI food coach actually do what no tracker, app, or dietitian can? Method: built one inside a Claude Project, used it for two months, documented what it caught.
28 April 2026
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My Body Says I'm 25 — My Passport Says 34
Question: does my body have a different age than my chronological one? Method: use klemera-doubal method to calculate biological age from biomarkers.
16 March 2026
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Heart Rate Before Sleep and Sleep Quality: Insights From 195 Nights of Data
Question: does resting heart rate before sleep predict sleep quality? Method: 195 nights of Oura Ring data, correlation analysis.
15 January 2026
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How I Consistently Reach 97+ Sleep Scores on Oura
Experiment: several interventions tested over 6 months and tracked their effect on Oura sleep score. Data: sleep stages, heart rate, and recovery metrics.
1 October 2025
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How I'm Training for the Most Important Decathlon of My Life
Experiment: designed a training protocol around Peter Attia's Centenarian Decathlon framework. Data: strength, endurance, mobility, and recovery metrics.
1 July 2025
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How I Completely Transformed My Body Composition in 6 Months
Question: can body composition meaningfully change in 6 months without extreme intervention? Method: DEXA scans, protein tracking, resistance training.
1 April 2025
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The Surprising Results of My DEXA 6-Month Follow-Up
Experiment: repeated DEXA scan 6 months after baseline. Data: muscle mass, visceral fat, and bone density.
1 January 2025
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I Fasted for 5 Days and This Is What Happened
Experiment: 5-day fast mimicking fasting, documented daily. Data: ketones, energy, cognitive performance, mood and weight.
1 October 2024
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I Treated My Anxiety as a Biology Problem. Here's What Changed.
Question: how much of anxiety is physiological and addressable through biology? Method: tracked HRV, sleep, mental health, and intervention outcomes.
1 July 2024
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My Scale Has Been Lying to Me
Question: how accurate are consumer body composition scales? Method: compared scale readings to DEXA scan results.
1 May 2024
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What I've Learned With My DEXA Scan
Experiment: first DEXA scan baseline. Data: muscle mass, fat distribution, visceral fat, and bone density — what the numbers actually mean.
1 March 2024
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Why I Went From Plant-Based to Omnivore Diet
Question: was my plant-based diet limiting muscle growth and recovery? Method: tracked biomarkers, body composition and energy.
1 January 2024
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My Energy Crashes Weren't Random. They Were Glucose.
Experiment: wore a continuous glucose monitor for 4 weeks. Data: glucose levels, energy, mood, and cognitive performance throughout the day.
1 October 2023
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