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Bob does one annoying job exceptionally well.
Bob scans business cards, then saves them to iPhone Contacts.
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Want to improve your mood? Change your physiology.
I think the science is strongest for these strategies:
- Move your body (even briefly) and get outside.
- Make your days bright and your nights dark.
- Cover your nutritional bases, and consider omega-3s, magnesium, and creatine. They support pathways involved in inflammation, the stress response, and brain energy metabolism.
- Use sauna and other forms of deliberate heat exposure strategically.
I’ve been saying this for years (mostly to my wife) but @AdamSandler you need to remake the great Fiddler on the Roof! I can’t unsee you doing this. Chaim Topol, I believe, would approve. #lchaim@netflix
A rational approach to pre-sleep nutrition. Short take: it’s true that you don’t want to go to sleep on a stuffed belly. But going to sleep too hungry— especially if you exercised hard that day, can disrupt sleep as much as going to sleep overfed. Avoid extremes. Sleep well.
There are 4 key principles that make exercise effective for anyone—no matter your starting point...
That most people overlook or neglect.
Want them? Here they are…
1. Leverage Expert Coaching.
Success in health & fitness isn’t about willpower—it’s about strategy. The people who see real, meaningful results work with expert coaches who create plans tailored to their unique context, lifestyle, goals, etc. No more guessing (why waste them time?). Just results.
2. Focus on Recovery as Much as Training.
It’s not just about working harder—it’s about balancing stress and recovery so you can stay consistent, avoid injury, (allow time for adaptation) and actually enjoy the process.
3. Follow a Plan, Not Random Workouts.
Jumping from workout to workout won’t get you anywhere (and it never will). The people who see real, meaningful progress follow a structured program, track what’s working, and adjust over time.
4. Use Data, Not Guesswork.
The best track their progress, adjust their plan, and proceed accordingly. You can’t optimize what you don’t measure (and make sure what you are measuring is meaningful and contextual to the outcome you desire)
#health #longevity #humanperformance
My take on measurable metrics to track and influence overtime to achieve meaningful health and longevity outcomes:
1. 💪 Strength & Power Qualities - contextual to client and setting
2. ❤️ Aerobic Capacity - VO2 Max via method deemed appropriate for client
3. ⚖️ Bodyweight & Body Composition - DEXA ideally
4. 🤯 Stress Management - more subjective here but HRV is a great window
✅Agree or 🚫Disagree?
Different take? Let us hear it.
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#health #longevity #humanperformance
Elite athletes and everyday professionals aren’t so different—we all want to thrive, excel, and perform at a high level within our own context and lives.
So why do so many people believe they aren’t worthy of training like an elite athlete?
Why do they believe these same principles and methods of exercise science don't also apply to the outcomes they to desire?
I think about this twice a day.
Every morning when I sit down to read & again when I begin to work, I say to myself,
“Accept the initial agitation.”
When you try to focus, Andrew Huberman explains, “the brain circuits that turn on first are of the stress system.”
Meaning:
“The agitation and stress that you feel at the beginning of something—when you’re trying to lean into it and you can’t focus: you feel agitated and your mind’s jumping all over the place—that is just a gate. You have to pass through that gate to get to the focus component.”
There’s a common misconception, @hubermanlab continues: “the misunderstanding around how these brain circuits work has led to this idea...a kind of obsession with the idea that we have to feel good in order to be productive.”
“And nothing could be further from the truth.”
The truth is it’s the reverse: we have to be productive—we have to start working, we have to lean in and get going, accepting the initial agitation—in order to feel good.
So along with “accept the initial agitation,” sometimes—when I don’t feel especially good, motivated, interested, or energized—I say to myself,
“Forget how you feel right now.”
“It will feel good,” Huberman says, “but there’s a whole staircase in which it feels kind of lousy...The early stages of hard work and focus are always going to feels like agitation, stress, and confusion.”
“Remember: there’s a gate of entry. You have to wade through some sewage before you can swim in clear water. That’s the way I always think about it.”
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“Mood follows action.” — @richroll
The clip below is from Andrew’s 2020 interview on Rich’s podcast (https://t.co/HqdLeNKTxm)