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Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D.

@hubermanlab

Sep 26

Thanks for the birthday wishes! I feel better at 50 than at 21 & I felt great then. I’m not special. Every 24hrs strive for: solid sleep, am sunlight, exercise, (mostly) clean eating, great people, hard work & prayer. I don’t claim wisdom but I put a few recent lessons below.

The big one for me was realizing that humans and the human brain are amazing, but very prone to having our thinking controlled by where we place our attention and the inputs we get there. A recent guest on the podcast (not out yet) basically explained thinking as a progressive layering of different sensory modalities on a seed event. Once you realize that your thinking is more under your control than you thought and that you have to be careful to not let those cascades take you down unhealthy and unproductive paths, all the business of discipline and careful contemplation becomes much easier. If this seems vague, I should probably just do a podcast about it but there’s real science to back it up. I wish it for everybody because it gives you a real sense of internal calm. You can really start to formulate your thoughts and actions in the best possible way. Life gets so much easier.

The other is that dog breeds w/different shaped heads are predictive of their demeanor and intelligence. And while I don’t! believe in Phrenology I now do pay some attention to how the shapes of peoples heads relates to their intellect and steadiness, or lack thereof.

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Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D.

@hubermanlab

Jul 3

The ability for your brain to modify itself is its most spectacular feature. Some circuits can change a lot. Others very little. The most striking neuroplasticity finding ever IMO is pairing of nucleus basalis (cholinergic) stimulation + experience = massive & rapid plasticity.

It’s clear that greater neuroplasticity is possible with brain-machine interface than pharmacology alone. Eg the work of Edward Chang MD @NeurosurgUCSF @neuralink etc but for available & legal OTC pharmacological approaches cholinergic stimulation is very promising.

@NeurosurgUCSF @neuralink And it’s no surprise to me that nicotine (which binds nicotinic ACh receptors) and huperzine and Rx drugs that stimulate dopamine and nicotine (apomorphine bromocriptine etc) are starting to enter center stage for serious application towards cognitive enhancement.

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Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D.

@hubermanlab

May 21

After reading on habits of the greatest creators of the last 150 years it’s clear: getting up early, working for 3 solid hours before lunch, walks, cold baths (!) & amphetamines (do not recommend!) fueled much of the most important art, music & literature. Alcohol far less so.

There were a few that relied on alcohol to sleep, but only because they had to and notably, they died early.

Fun book. Thank you @tferriss for reminding me about this one.
Although habits differ, it’s clear that people stuck to their schedule.

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Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D.

@hubermanlab

May 7

The most effective health & longevity protocol= the levers that make 90% of the difference: sleep, cardio & weight training, light in am/day, dim/dark at night, stress control, eating unprocessed quality foods & real connection should be done 90%* of your remaining days.

* of course sometimes we catch a cold or a crisis emerges and we can’t do all these things. That’s just normal. Also: 1-2 off days from exercise per week can be very beneficial if you training intensely.

And of course, real connection is subjective, but y’all know what it is for you.

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Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D.

@hubermanlab

May 4

After 30+ years of resistance training to failure (training each body part directly 1X per week; 3-8 work sets per muscle), I took Pavel Tsatsouline’s advice & now stop 1 rep shy of (strict form) failure most sets. 3-7rep range = PRs galore, lean mass up 3lbs, BF down 2%. Age 49.

I mention this in case your progress has stalled and you want to try something new. All the above said, my focus on each repetition is 100% (making the target muscles do the work). This is key IMO.

I’ll occasionally take a set to failure or do a quick drop set but it’s rare. Pavel is onto something.

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Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D.

@hubermanlab

Apr 15

Best health protocol kit for time spent =

1st 90 min of day: hydrate, sunlight (or other bright light if no sun), 1-3min cold*, caffeine, exercise.

Last 90min: dim/darken lights, 1-5min physiological sighs (deep nasal inhale, 1 quick addl. inhale, then to-lungs-empty exhale).

The physiological sigh effects on HR and sleep etc were published in @CellRepMed study I ran with colleague David Spiegel MD. Details cell.com/cell-reports-m…

The reason I confidently say best here is because this combination will have the greatest outsize effect on daytime, mood, focus and alertness and nighttime sleep, and overall levels of stress, and as a consequence, long-term benefits have done consistently. Of course can be combined with family, reading, movies etc.

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