Show me your habits, and I’ll show you your future.” Or so the saying goes. It begs an urgent question: Are your daily lifestyle habits giving you more life, leaving you stagnant, or are they slowly killing you? You are the product of your daily habits. Your entire life is the result of the thousands…
Brain fog sucks. Our brain power is the most important biological asset we possess. It controls our thoughts, cognition, and perception of the world. It’s no wonder we spend so much time and resources optimizing brain function and eliminating brain fog. Nootropics and brain supplements have been becoming all the rage lately. While there is…
A morning routine and ritual are mainstays in the self-help and entrepreneur space. Proponents rave about how successful people always have a morning routine to “win the day” or to get them centered. Make your bed. Coffee. Journal. Express gratitude. Exercise. Read. Meditate. I get it. Focus is a scarce resource these days. If you’re…
Popular media has essentially cemented the idea that smoking weed is harmless to the human body and brain. While cannabis does not seem to be as harmful as other illicit drugs, this notion is spoken almost like fact when the body of evidence is scarce. There is emerging evidence that suggests that there are plenty…
People often use cannabis as a sleep aid, saying that it allows them to fall asleep faster. Until recently, we didn’t have a good understanding of how weed affects sleep. However, emerging evidence shows that using cannabis as a sleep aid could be detrimental to sleep. Former pot heads always tell me about how much…
With winter fast approaching, the weather is getting colder and wetter. The sun is in the sky for less and less time, and with that, there are some problems that we can anticipate will happen. Lack of sunlight causes a wide variety of problems. Our circadian rhythm is synchronized to the rising and setting of…
Show me your habits, and I’ll show you your future.” Or so the saying goes. It begs an urgent question: Are your daily lifestyle habits giving you more life, leaving you stagnant, or are they slowly killing you? You are the product of your daily habits. Your entire life is the result of the thousands…
Morning rituals and routines are the trendy things to do. Every self-help guru and “entrepreneur” can’t stop talking about their importance. Wake up before the rest of the world. Meditate. Journal. Read a book. Go on a walk and listen to a podcast. A lot of it is just horseshit and busy work. Morning routines…
Jet lag is awful. I’m writing this at 5am after returning to California from Japan. Yesterday I woke up at noon. This morning I woke up at 3am and couldn’t fall back asleep. Jet lag typically hits hardest when you travel east and cross two or more timezones. The resulting chaos on your circadian rhythm…
A morning routine and ritual are mainstays in the self-help and entrepreneur space. Proponents rave about how successful people always have a morning routine to “win the day” or to get them centered. Make your bed. Coffee. Journal. Express gratitude. Exercise. Read. Meditate. I get it. Focus is a scarce resource these days. If you’re…
With winter fast approaching, the weather is getting colder and wetter. The sun is in the sky for less and less time, and with that, there are some problems that we can anticipate will happen. Lack of sunlight causes a wide variety of problems. Our circadian rhythm is synchronized to the rising and setting of…
Modern society has gifted us with many miraculous advancements. We can instantly send messages across the world, access an unprecedented amount of information (and misinformation), and darkness is no longer a large part of our natural selection. However, this modernity has robbed us of a vital part of our health… Sleep.
Being fit, strong, and healthy is hard work. You work hard at the gym, lift heavy, and run hard. It would be such a shame to have the gains from all of that hard work robbed from you. And you might be doing just that with these bad habits. Here are 3 things that could…
Jet lag is awful. I’m writing this at 5am after returning to California from Japan. Yesterday I woke up at noon. This morning I woke up at 3am and couldn’t fall back asleep. Jet lag typically hits hardest when you travel east and cross two or more timezones. The resulting chaos on your circadian rhythm…
People often use cannabis as a sleep aid, saying that it allows them to fall asleep faster. Until recently, we didn’t have a good understanding of how weed affects sleep. However, emerging evidence shows that using cannabis as a sleep aid could be detrimental to sleep. Former pot heads always tell me about how much…
With winter fast approaching, the weather is getting colder and wetter. The sun is in the sky for less and less time, and with that, there are some problems that we can anticipate will happen. Lack of sunlight causes a wide variety of problems. Our circadian rhythm is synchronized to the rising and setting of…
Modern society has gifted us with many miraculous advancements. We can instantly send messages across the world, access an unprecedented amount of information (and misinformation), and darkness is no longer a large part of our natural selection. However, this modernity has robbed us of a vital part of our health… Sleep.
Look at any fitness magazine, blog, Instagram influencer, and you will be inundated with dozens of new “discoveries” that claim to be the next best thing, promising to bolster your health and “optimizing” your wellness with gimmicks and hacks. It might be a new diet trend, soft tissue gun, apparel, supplement, or god forbid, another…
Being fit, strong, and healthy is hard work. You work hard at the gym, lift heavy, and run hard. It would be such a shame to have the gains from all of that hard work robbed from you. And you might be doing just that with these bad habits. Here are 3 things that could…
This question will inevitably cross a beginner’s mind at some point. If a program says to do 5 sets of 5 on the incline bench press, do the warm up sets count towards those 5 sets? Simple. No. You only start counting the 5 sets once you get up to your working weight. You can…
Everyone wants to get jacked but no one knows where to put forth their time and energy. The 80/20 rule remains true for fitness. A vast majority (about 80%) of your gains will come from about 20% of what you do. This means that there are endless gimmicks in the other 80% that will distract…
If you’ve lifted weights for any amount of time, then you know that progressive overload is the thing you need to be pursuing. This is one of the fundamental tenets of strength. If you don’t lift heavier weights or do more work over time, you will not get stronger. The Problem Sounds easy enough. However,…
Popular media has essentially cemented the idea that smoking weed is harmless to the human body and brain. While cannabis does not seem to be as harmful as other illicit drugs, this notion is spoken almost like fact when the body of evidence is scarce. There is emerging evidence that suggests that there are plenty…
With winter fast approaching, the weather is getting colder and wetter. The sun is in the sky for less and less time, and with that, there are some problems that we can anticipate will happen. Lack of sunlight causes a wide variety of problems. Our circadian rhythm is synchronized to the rising and setting of…
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Show me your habits, and I’ll show you your future.” Or so the saying goes. It begs an urgent question: Are your daily lifestyle habits giving you more life, leaving you stagnant, or are they slowly killing you? You are the product of your daily habits. Your entire life is the result of the thousands…
Brain fog sucks. Our brain power is the most important biological asset we possess. It controls our thoughts, cognition, and perception of the world. It’s no wonder we spend so much time and resources optimizing brain function and eliminating brain fog. Nootropics and brain supplements have been becoming all the rage lately. While there is…
A morning routine and ritual are mainstays in the self-help and entrepreneur space. Proponents rave about how successful people always have a morning routine to “win the day” or to get them centered. Make your bed. Coffee. Journal. Express gratitude. Exercise. Read. Meditate. I get it. Focus is a scarce resource these days. If you’re…
Popular media has essentially cemented the idea that smoking weed is harmless to the human body and brain. While cannabis does not seem to be as harmful as other illicit drugs, this notion is spoken almost like fact when the body of evidence is scarce. There is emerging evidence that suggests that there are plenty…
People often use cannabis as a sleep aid, saying that it allows them to fall asleep faster. Until recently, we didn’t have a good understanding of how weed affects sleep. However, emerging evidence shows that using cannabis as a sleep aid could be detrimental to sleep. Former pot heads always tell me about how much…
With winter fast approaching, the weather is getting colder and wetter. The sun is in the sky for less and less time, and with that, there are some problems that we can anticipate will happen. Lack of sunlight causes a wide variety of problems. Our circadian rhythm is synchronized to the rising and setting of…
Morning rituals and routines are the trendy things to do. Every self-help guru and “entrepreneur” can’t stop talking about their importance. Wake up before the rest of the world. Meditate. Journal. Read a book. Go on a walk and listen to a podcast. A lot of it is just horseshit and busy work. Morning routines…
Jet lag is awful. I’m writing this at 5am after returning to California from Japan. Yesterday I woke up at noon. This morning I woke up at 3am and couldn’t fall back asleep. Jet lag typically hits hardest when you travel east and cross two or more timezones. The resulting chaos on your circadian rhythm…
Modern society has gifted us with many miraculous advancements. We can instantly send messages across the world, access an unprecedented amount of information (and misinformation), and darkness is no longer a large part of our natural selection. However, this modernity has robbed us of a vital part of our health… Sleep.
Being fit, strong, and healthy is hard work. You work hard at the gym, lift heavy, and run hard. It would be such a shame to have the gains from all of that hard work robbed from you. And you might be doing just that with these bad habits. Here are 3 things that could…
Look at any fitness magazine, blog, Instagram influencer, and you will be inundated with dozens of new “discoveries” that claim to be the next best thing, promising to bolster your health and “optimizing” your wellness with gimmicks and hacks. It might be a new diet trend, soft tissue gun, apparel, supplement, or god forbid, another…
This question will inevitably cross a beginner’s mind at some point. If a program says to do 5 sets of 5 on the incline bench press, do the warm up sets count towards those 5 sets? Simple. No. You only start counting the 5 sets once you get up to your working weight. You can…
Everyone wants to get jacked but no one knows where to put forth their time and energy. The 80/20 rule remains true for fitness. A vast majority (about 80%) of your gains will come from about 20% of what you do. This means that there are endless gimmicks in the other 80% that will distract…
If you’ve lifted weights for any amount of time, then you know that progressive overload is the thing you need to be pursuing. This is one of the fundamental tenets of strength. If you don’t lift heavier weights or do more work over time, you will not get stronger. The Problem Sounds easy enough. However,…
