Ben Button Adventures

YOU ARE A MACHINE.
I damaged my knee badly while sprinting on a track.
An injury like this can put a runner out for weeks - sometimes months.
But I did something that might sound completely counterintuitive.


I kept running.

Not every day. I would run, then rest for one, two or sometimes three days. I stretched, monitored the knee carefully and adjusted what I was doing according to how my body responded.

About three weeks later, my knee felt completely healed.
Now here's where things get interesting.
After decades of running, I've developed a theory about my own body.
Human beings are extraordinary self-repairing biological machines. We evolved to survive injury, stress, hunger and physical danger.

So I've often wondered:

What happens when an injured body is asked to move?
Imagine our ancestors running while injured.
Running could mean only a few things:

Food.
Escape.
Survival.

Your body doesn't know you're running around a track in 2026. It receives biological signals: movement, load, stress, pain.

Could carefully controlled movement activate or influence some of the body's repair processes?

I don't know.

And that's the important distinction.

This is my hypothesis - not established science.
What I do know is what I've repeatedly observed in myself: complete inactivity isn't always when my body seems to recover best. Carefully managed movement, followed by recovery, has sometimes worked remarkably well for me.

But different injuries are different. Running through certain injuries could make them considerably worse, so I'm absolutely not suggesting that everyone should run through pain.

What fascinates me is the bigger question:
How much of our body's ancient repair machinery do we actually understand?
Maybe the human body isn't fragile.
Maybe the human body isn't fragile.

Maybe it's an extraordinarily sophisticated machine that we've only begun to understand.

Let's challenge what we assume is inevitable.

BEYOND HUMAN LIMITS: Your Body Says Stop

This is where my experiment begins.
https://youtu.be/5Cf--1xamdA

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I've just had an idea.
It might be brilliant.
It might be completely stupid. 😂
But if I can make the numbers work, Guess My Age is about to leave my home town of Bratislava.
I'm giving myself a maximum budget of €150.
Flights.
Accommodation.
Transport.
Food.
Everything.
I've already found somewhere I could go.
I'm not telling you where. 😏
Ben Button Adventures is about to become an actual adventure.
🌍 Where in the world do you think I should take "Guess My Age?"

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I missed my deadline.
The €1000 "Guess My Age" challenge should have happened already.
It didn't.
London pulled me out of my routines.
Client work pulled me further away.
And before I knew it, 20 days had passed.

Less running.
Less focus.
Less discipline.
I can feel it.

The funny thing is, I now realise why these community posts are so important.
When I stop posting them, I start drifting.
They are not content anymore.
They are accountability.

Today I posted a new 4-minute "Guess My Age" video.
The first video on Ben Button Adventures since 7th April.
It is not perfect.
But it is movement.
And movement beats standing still.
https://youtu.be/FoNQ2cyLXkU



Tonight I will try to run.
The day after, I will try again.
The challenge may be delayed.
But I am not done.
Not even close.

This is the battlefield, remember?

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DAY 40 - BACK TO THE STREETS
This weekend, I went back into the streets again.
To test something.
Am I still young-looking?

I played the game again:

"For £500, can you guess my age?"

I wanted to test the progress.
Not online.
Not through a camera.
In real life.

GOING HOME
I am travelling home now.
But where is home?
After nearly 8 years away from Britain,
I realise something strange:
I now have two homes.
Slovakia changed my life.
But the UK still lives inside me.
And when I hear British voices,
something wakes up in me.
I feel alive again.

THE PROBLEM
Playing this game in London is dangerous for me.
Because people here know me.
Not personally.
But culturally.
We grew up in the same environment.
The same language.
The same energy.
The same references.
It is much harder to hide your age from your own people.
And that is what shocked me.

THE RESULT
The reactions this weekend were unbelievable.
Much stronger than I expected.
And now I have even more questions.

THE EXPERIMENT CONTINUES
40 days in.
15 days remain.
Now things become serious.
(To be continued)

FIELD NOTES - DAYS 37, 38, 39
All rules went out of the window.

I was too focused on building and working for my clients to properly maintain my own anti-ageing routines.
But this is also part of my own development.

Building. Creating. Helping others grow.
That is also life energy.
Sometimes the system bends.
The important thing is returning to it.

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DAY 35

I am travelling to London tomorrow, but by the time I post this, it will already be tomorrow ☺️. I will go now and prepare for that tonight, Tuesday night, May 12th. I have media clients in London.

€1,000 "Guess My Age" is coming.
This is the preparation.

Sleep: 03:00 → 06:00
Very short sleep.

Work: 7 lessons
Another heavy day.

10:00 - coffee

Fasting: 00:00 → 18:00 (~18 hours)
Strong.
Food:
18:00 - scrambled eggs, tomatoes, canned mackerel, bread
20:00 - gnocchi at a restaurant

Running: no
Not a running day.

Meditation: none

Whole-food nutrition capsules - NOT taken

Bed: 00:30

Summary:
Very low sleep.
System incomplete.
Recovery needed.

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DAY 34 - THE HARDEST DAY
21 days remain.
This feels like a turning point.

THE HARD DAY
This was one of the hardest days of the last month.

Sleep: 00:00 → 08:00
Up. Ready. Straight into work.

5 lessons back to back
08:55 → 13:30
Then a 30-minute travel to the next lesson.

Cancellation message.
Relief.

Home. Quick reset. Collect lunch.
Next lesson: 15:45

First meal: 17:00
Next lesson: 17:30

Slovak lesson: 19:00

Home around 21:00

THE STATE
At this point:
Not enough food
Not enough water
Completely exhausted
I went running anyway.
Came back.
Bathroom unavailable.
Family time. Real life.
And then reality hit:
I am behind.
Field notes.
Posts.
About two days behind.
THE PUSH
I showered.
Sat down.
Tried to catch up.
00:00 — hunger hit. I ate.
01:30 — extreme fatigue.
I was close to finishing Sunday’s post…
But I couldn’t continue.
I stopped.
Watched reality TV instead.

Went to bed at 03:00

THE FEELING
I felt like a failure.

THE MORNING
06:00 — woke up.
Posted.

THE TRUTH
This is what it looks like sometimes.
Not perfect.
Not clean.
Not controlled.
Just effort.

THE TURNING POINT
21 days left.
Now it becomes about something else:
Not chasing perfection.
But staying in the game.

(To be continued)

FIELD NOTE - DAY 34 - Monday 11th May
€1,000 "Guess My Age" is coming.
This is the preparation.

Sleep: 00:00 → 08:00
Solid sleep.
Work: 9 lessons
Heavy day.
09:00 - coffee
Fasting: 20:00 → 17:00 (~21 hours)
Strong.

Food:
16:00 - pasta and chicken
18:40 - pasta and chicken
00:00 - sourdough bread and butter (homemade)

21:30 - run

Running day completed.
Meditation: completed
Whole-food nutrition - Taken
Bed: 03:00

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DAY 33 - CONNECTION
The more I write these daily diary posts,
the clearer life becomes.


Everything is starting to connect.
So now I focus more.


Principle No.11 - Meditation

But how do you actually meditate?
You connect to the Big 4:

time
space
energy
matter


You feel your body.
That is energy and matter.
You feel where you are.
That is space.
You feel the moment you are in.
That is time.
That is it.
That is connection.

No noise.
No distraction.
No thinking about the past or the future.
Just awareness.
Big topic.
Not for today.


(To be continued)

FIELD NOTE - DAY 33 - Sunday 10th May
€1,000 "Guess My Age" is coming.
This is the preparation.

Sleep: 01:30 → 09:30
Long recovery sleep.
Work: none
No lessons.
Coffee: none
Fasting: 20:30 → 16:00 (~19.5 hours)
Strong.
Food:
16:00 - pasta and chicken
20:20 - corn flakes
Running: no
Not a running day.
Meditation: none
Whole-food nutrition - Taken
Bed: 00:00

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DAY 32 - DO NOT LIE
I live by 12 principles.
These are the areas of life I focus on every day.
It is not easy.
But the fight to live by these principles
is the very thing that helps me win.
I started living this way at 17.
No one gave me a rule book.
Life handed it to me.

Principle No.10 - Do not lie

This is one of the hardest principles.
And one of the most underestimated.

I remember my mother.
She used to tell me how my father lied.
How it made her life miserable.
I saw it.
I felt it.
I cried for many days watching her suffer.
That stayed with me.
So I made a decision early in life:
I will not live that way.
At first, it was simple.
I believed that if I did not lie,
I would have a happier life.
But as I got older,
I realised something deeper.

THE TRUTH ABOUT LYING
If you lie,
your mind knows.
And when your mind knows,
it stops trusting you.
So when you say:

"I can do this"
"I am strong"
"I will get better"

Your mind answers:
"No, you won't."

Not because it is impossible.
But because it does not believe you.

THE COST
Lying creates resistance.
Inside you.
You have to fight yourself
just to move forward.
That drains energy.
That drains focus.
That drains your health.
Everything is still possible.
But everything becomes harder.

THE ADVANTAGE
When you tell the truth,
your words carry weight.
When you say:
"I will do this"
your mind believes you.
And when your mind believes you,
you follow through.

You run when you said you would run.
You fast when you said you would fast.
You rest when you said you would rest.

It is easier to do
what you say you're going to do.

And that consistency…
is what keeps you strong,
healthy,
and younger-looking.

Principle No.10 - Do not lie


Save your energy.
Use it to build.
Use it to repair.
Do not waste it
fighting yourself.
Because some goals
are already hard enough.
Do not make them harder.

benbuttonadventures.com/the-building-blocks

FIELD NOTE - DAY 32 - Sat 09 May
€1,000 "Guess My Age" is coming.
This is the preparation.

Sleep: 01:00 → 06:45

07:30 - run
Back to sleep → 14:00
Running day completed.

Coffee: none
Fasting: 23:00 → 16:30 (~17.5 hours)
Food:
16:30 - cheesy pasta, chicken, tomatoes (leftovers)
18:00 - repeat meal

Meditation: none
Environment too noisy.

Bed: 01:30

Summary:
Early run.
Split sleep.
Recovery adjustment.

Conclusion:
Day 32 - still moving forward.

benbuttonadventures.com/the-building-blocks

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DAY 31 - NO DISCIPLINE FRIDAYS

I like Fridays.
No rules.

In fact, I can feel myself
deliberately trying to break them.

This is not weakness.
This is strategy.
Because stepping away
helps me reset.
It clears the mind.
It removes pressure.
It brings balance.
And when I return…
I come back stronger.

Today is not about discipline.
Today is about family.
THE BALANCE
If you want to stay consistent long-term,
you cannot be extreme all the time.
You need moments to breathe.
Moments to reset.
This is mine.
Tomorrow, I go again.
(To be continued)

FIELD NOTE - DAY 31
€1,000 "Guess My Age" is coming.
This is the preparation.


Sleep: 11:00 → 06:45

Work: none.
No lessons.

Coffee: coffee soda

Fasting: 22:00 → 12:00 (~14 hours)
Short. Not a true fast.

Food:
12:00 - cake + cold coffee soda
17:00 - cheesy pasta, chicken, tomatoes
22:30 - sourdough toast, honey, warm water

Running: no

Meditation: none

Bed: 01:00

No rules day.
System relaxed.

Day 31 - reset.

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DAY 30 - BELIEF SYSTEMS
Real success comes from feeding your mind with as much self-belief and positivity as possible.
That is not easy.
You open your eyes, look around, and the world can fill your mind with negativity.
So what do you do?


You switch it off.
And you switch on to something that builds you.

We are talking about how to stay young-looking, young-feeling, and young-behaving.
This post will make more sense if you have read Parts 1 to 3.

PART 1
youtube.com/post/Ugkx6p6kCGPz2l7_2WD1GNdhdp4THcYUb…

PART 2
youtube.com/post/UgkxFvaDOJqv0ApCczIZEZrS6D2gHUpv8…

PART 3
youtube.com/post/UgkxNB5_uQ-ufdcgtO6LymwNfUBlfWaZT…

When I was bankrupt and homeless, I had to rebuild my life.
So I created a character I could believe in.
I became that character when things were difficult.
I called it HulkRising.
That belief helped me act.
It helped me move.
It helped me rebuild.

Also, during the pandemic, I lost that edge again.
I felt my body deteriorating faster than normal.
So I had to rebuild my belief system.
This time, I chose something different.
I chose a symbol.
A product I could believe in.

A plant-based, whole-food nutrition supplement recommended by a family member.
Today, this product represents something important to me:
REBUILDING

My mind believes I am giving my body what it needs.
Support.
Strength.
Repair.

This is not just about what is in the product.
It is about what it represents.
It is a token of belief.
And belief changes behaviour.
Behaviour changes results.
As long as it does no harm, this is powerful.

I have researched it.
I have used it for nearly 3 years.
And I believe I made the right decision.

THE POINT
You must find something you believe in.
Something that strengthens your mind.
Something that supports your actions.
Because without belief,
nothing else lasts.
Here is what I use:
benbuttonadventures.com/the-building-blocks

FIELD NOTE - DAY 30
€1,000 "Guess My Age" is coming.
This is the preparation.
Sleep: 23:30 → 05:30
Woke naturally. No alarm.
06:00 - run
Running day completed.
Work: 3 lessons (from 14:45)
Coffee: none
Fasting: 22:00 → 17:00 (~21 hours)
Strong.
Food:
17:00 - Parmesan cheese sandwich, egg and chive sandwich
21:30 - sourdough bread, beef stew
Meditation: completed
Bed: 23:00
Early run.
No caffeine.
System strong.

Day 30 - locked in.

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