As we get older, the conversation in our head goes from “How can I gain more muscle?” to “How long does it take to recover?”.
If you can recover faster after a workout, you will be able to work out more and achieve your fitness goal in a shorter time.
Many people think recovery is just about resting and taking it easy on a sore muscle. In reality, rest matters—but it’s only a piece of the whole picture.
Here I will discuss five things that I do to allow me to play competitive soccer, run, and lift each week without wrecking my body.
Psycho-logic is the operating system of the mind. Understand this will make it easier for you to access and 'program' yourself to exercise more.
Starting strength training in your 40s can feel overwhelming. Most beginners make the same mistakes that slow progress, increase soreness, or even cause injury. Here are the 5 common mistakes to avoid.
If you constantly struggle with motivation, can’t find the time to stay healthy, or can’t stay consistent with your habits, I want to show you how to use first-principles thinking to solve these challenges.
Everyone loves rice, bread and pasta. But too much of them isn’t great for you, especially in your 40s. Those constant spikes can quietly mess with your health in a bunch of ways.
Most people don’t fail their health goals because of discipline. They fail because of decision fatigue. Here are 3 questions I ask myself to stop decision fatigue from draining my health and energy
Arisu - the main protagonist in Alice in the Borderland manage to escape many life and death thanks to his ability to stay calm and logical under extreme stressful conditions. Here are how you can be like him.
How to use temptation bundling and minimum threshold to convince yourself to cross the line to exericse.
The contrast effect: How to make hard things feel easy by shifting your baseline.
Reverse insulin resistance by getting rid of ultra processed foods, exercise, intermittent fasting, and managing stress.
My weird trick to avoid junk food using gamification, shifting time horizon, and focus on pain.
If you have to eat a lot to gain muscle, the issue probably has nothing to do with your eating.
We all know about the marshmallow experiment - kids who resisted the temptation went on to become more successful in life. But not for the reason you might think.
Framing and identity are two sides of the same coin. Each strengthens the other.
In this episode, I explains what is insulin, what causes insulin resistance, and how does that lead to heart disease and stroke.
Practical strategies to quickly recover from mental fatigue, learn what commonly drains your mental energy, and how to build a lasting buffer for better brain health and resilience.
The secret to staying consistent with exercise isn’t about having more willpower—it’s about needing less of it. Here are 4 willpower-free strategies.
5 high leverage health ideas that gives you the maximum return on your time and energy.
There are many advice on how to build better discipline. But that is doing things the hard way. Here are 4 ways to build habits without relying on discipline.
You increase your risk of type 2 diabetes if you do these 3 things