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Build a Morning Routine

12 episodes

Morning sunlight, cold exposure, caffeine timing, and breathwork. The science behind building a morning stack that sets your circadian rhythm, energy, and focus for the day.

Morning sunlight, cold exposure, caffeine timing, and breathwork. The science behind building a morning stack that sets your circadian rhythm, energy, and focus for the day.

Episodes

1
Huberman Lab
Essentials: Master Your Sleep & Be More Alert When Awake
Huberman Lab Andrew Huberman 2024-11-21

Andrew Huberman provides a comprehensive toolkit for improving sleep quality and daytime alertness, grounded in the two forces that govern sleep-wake cycles: adenosine (the chem...

2
Huberman Lab
Sleep Toolkit - Tools for Optimizing Sleep & Sleep-Wake Timing
Huberman Lab Andrew Huberman 2022-08-08

Get morning sunlight within 30-60 minutes of waking, keep your bedroom at 65-68F, and maintain a consistent wake time. Supplements like magnesium threonate and apigenin can help...

3
FoundMyFitness
#088 The Science of Optimizing Sleep - Special Preview
FoundMyFitness Rhonda Patrick 2024-03-26

Four levers that directly control sleep quality: morning light exposure to set your circadian clock, bedroom temperature for melatonin production, meal timing relative to bedtim...

4
FoundMyFitness
#065 Dr. Satchin Panda on Circadian Insights into Exercise Timing, Melatonin Biology, and Peak Cognition
FoundMyFitness Dr. Satchin Panda 2021-07-05

Most people eat across 15+ hour windows, but restricting to 12 hours or less optimizes circadian function. Melatonin inhibits insulin, so eating near bedtime impairs glucose met...

5
Ben Greenfield Life
An Insider Glimpse Into The Morning Routines, Biohacking Stacks & Relationship-Building Tactics Of A Successful Executive (& What It's Like To Be Coached By Ben!), With Brian McMaster
Ben Greenfield Life Brian McMaster 2025-10-16

Ben Greenfield sits down with Brian McMaster, founder and CEO of M&M Quality Solutions and one of Ben's personal coaching clients, to discuss the daily routines and biohacking s...

6
Ben Greenfield Life
Light As Medicine, Metabolic Typing, COVID Controversies, Polar Bear Fitness, Healing Yourself With Laughter & More With Life Network Expert Dr. Leland Stillman
Ben Greenfield Life Leland Stillman 2026-01-17

Dr. Leland Stillman discusses how environmental factors shape health regardless of diet or exercise. Topics include sunlight as medicine, circadian lighting, EMF exposure, breat...

7
Boundless Life
Sleep, Light, Alarms, Caffeine, Night Shifts, Naps, Sleeping Positions & More With Shawn Stevenson.
Boundless Life Shawn Stevenson 2016-05-04

Ben Greenfield interviews Shawn Stevenson, author of Sleep Smarter, about optimizing sleep quality through light exposure, caffeine management, and circadian rhythm alignment. S...

8
Modern Wisdom
Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain
Modern Wisdom Dr Andrew Huberman 2023-10-30

Dr. Andrew Huberman, neuroscientist and Associate Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, joins Chris Williamson to share his favorite science-backed tools for opti...

9
Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin
Dr. Allison Brager: Improve Sleep Efficiency & Resilience
Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin Allison Brager 2025-03-26

Dr. Andy Galpin interviews Dr. Allison Brager, a neuroscientist specializing in sleep and circadian biology with a background in military performance research, about optimizing ...

10
The Life Stylist
640. Circadian Light Masterclass: Debunking Sunglasses, Sunbathing & Blue-Light Hysteria w/ Matt Maruca
The Life Stylist Matt Maruca 2025-12-16

Luke Storey reconnects with Matt Maruca, founder and CEO of Ra Optics, for a deep dive into circadian biology and the science of light. They explore how light profoundly shapes ...

11
Huberman Lab
Using Caffeine to Optimize Mental & Physical Performance
Huberman Lab Andrew Huberman 2022-12-05

Delay your morning coffee 90-120 minutes after waking to avoid afternoon crashes. Let your natural cortisol peak clear adenosine first, then use caffeine to extend alertness rat...

12
Huberman Lab
Essentials: Using Light to Optimize Health
Huberman Lab 2026-02-26

Andrew Huberman delivers a comprehensive overview of how different wavelengths of light affect human biology. He explains that light is electromagnetic energy absorbed by photor...

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