Maximizing Productivity, Physical & Mental Health with Daily Tools
Why Hacker News recommends it
Commenters credit it for practical routines, such as morning walks and circadian timing, and for helping with burnout recovery.
What it is
A long Huberman Lab episode laying out science-based daily tools for focus, sleep, exercise and mental and physical health, organized around a 24-hour day.
Recommended by 3 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2021 to 2023.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec musesum · 2022-01 · on “Ask HN: Burned Out. What Now?”
I've gone through two burnouts in my career. The first time around, I tried CBT (Cognitive Behavior Therapy), with limited results. Recently, I followed the Huberman protocol for sleep [1] and daily tools [2], with profound results. Recovery time was respectively 12 months (CBT) and 3 months (Huberman). YMMV [1] [LINK] [2] [this video]
Recommends Prdikt · 2022-01 · on “Biohacking: Temp minimum suggests your most productive time”
Temp minimum and productivity are regulated by your circadian rhythm and there are many works on the topic. E.g., [LINK] , [LINK] . You also may want to listen to Dr. Andrew D. Huberman, a neuroscientist and tenured professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He perfectly describes how it works in one of his YouTube videos: [this video] Will be great to hear back if you try this approach!
Recommends pigcat · 2023-01 · on “Ask HN: How do you work on your mental health?”
I'll start with things that really worked for me last year: I began every day with a short daily walk in the morning. 15 minutes. It's a fairly easy goal so it's possible to stick to it, and it made a surprising difference in my mood. Got this one from this episode of the Huberman podcast [1]. Then I changed from doing hot yoga/HIIT three times a week to doing it daily at 6:30am, which requires going to bed at 10pm. This was harder to get in to, but I suffered for a couple weeks and it's now a habit. This year, I'm continuing with the above but adding cold showers. Note that these are all physical rather than mental improvements, but their impact on my mental health has been huge. [1] [VIDEO
Cites erano · 2021-07 · on “Why is standing more tiring than walking? [audio]”
The most recent episode[1] of the Huberman Lab Podcast[0] talked about this briefly, in the context of alertness and focus: ...I haven't figured out yet how to develop a workstation where the computer is above me. I think the only way to really do that is actually to tilt one's body back, but actually that's not a good idea either. They have done studies recording from areas of the brain associated with alertness. Areas like locus coeruleus in the so-called reticular activating system. What they found is that depending on how reclined you are or upright you are, you will decrease with reclining and increase with sitting forward your levels of alertness. So body posture and whether or not you