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How much water you really need
How Much Water You Really Need |
An enormous number of studies have shown that even a slight state of dehydration, even 2% dehydration, can lead to a significant, negative, that is a negative impact on our endurance, strength, our cognitive performance, including memory, focus, and creative thinking... - AH Hydration is important. I don't understand organic chemistry enough to explain it. But the gist is, your cells need fluid. There are also chemical receptors that sense when you're dehydrated. If you are, attention is diverted from your brain so you get brain fog. To calculate how much you need. Weight (in lbs) ÷ 30 = ounces. Or, weight (in kgs) ÷ 2 = X liters Or just follow this. So I need to get 2.45. Write down yours somewhere. It's your protocol for eternity. If you're unsure about weight, sweat, etc., Huberman recommends 2.4 Liters (82 ounces) as a general protocol. Yeah, I'm definitely not getting that. Are you hitting your baseline? If not, it's fine. Let's work on it. We're going to play a game. Today, all of us will try to hit our minimums. If you want to go for 2.4, sure. Here's one way to make this a lot easier. Keep a bottle or two in your bag or on your desk. This makes you sip on them without much thought. And sooner or later, you'll find you hit your target without much effort. So if you can, go fill up 1 or 2 bottles and put them next to you. You'll get a massive head start. 2.4 Liters in one day. Let's go Reader. Challenge starts now ⏳🏆 |
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Breathe With Your Nose This tool serves many purposes. Maybe you're a bit tense or down at the start of your day. Relax. When the weather is hot/humid. There's less air so it's hard to breathe well passively. And if you're sitting or standing with bad posture right now, then your nasal pathways are closed. So to fix all those, take a deep nasal breath. This works like a drug. Here's what Huberman said about nose breathing. It warms and moisturizes the air that you bring into your lungs, which...
Resist The Instant Gratification Huberman: For every bit of dopamine that's released, there's also a circuit that creates a downward deflection in pleasure. So, after feeling pleasure, you feel pain. Dopamine is a neuromodulator. It's a chemical in your body that controls motivation. When you have a lot of it, you start to pursue and create. When it's low, you feel lazy. All of us have 'baseline dopamine'. It's our constant level of dopamine. It's genetic. And we also have so-called 'dopamine...
Cold showers. Do them. Huberman: "Temperature is a powerful stimulus on our nervous system and every organ and system of our body. Cold in particular can be leveraged to improve mental health, physical health, and performance." Cold is good for you in every way possible. The gist is, the cold shower helps you if you are: Tired, lazy, distracted Unmotivated Recovering from a workout Trying to beat your personal best Feeling unhealthy Battling with anxiety and negative thoughts Feeling...