5 Habits Andrew Huberman Recommends

TLDR: Sunlight, sleep, weight training, physiological sigh, and cold showers

E.T. Plums
2 min readDec 24, 2023

Note: these habits are taken from this youtube video.

1) Sunlight

  • Get sunlight in your eyes in the morning.
  • Make it a pleasurable thing.
  • Go outside on the porch, or whatever works for you.

2) Sleep

  • Get a good amount of sleep.
  • Tips for better sleep, taken directly from this Huberman article:
  • View sunlight by going outside within 30–60 minutes of waking. Do that again in the late afternoon, prior to sunset. This is to ‘wake up’ your circadian rhythm.
  • Wake up at the same time each day and go to sleep when you first start to feel sleepy.
  • Avoid viewing bright lights between 10 pm and 4 am.

3) Weight Training

  • 10 minutes of warm up.
  • 50–60 minutes of working out.
  • 3 days a week resistance training, 3 days a week cardiovascular workout.

4) Physiological sigh

  • Tool for controlling stress.
  • Inhale twice, then exhale.

5) Cold Showers

  • It’s good to have a practice that makes you more resilient.
  • Cold showers are an example of this. They also make you happier.
  • You can do 1–3 minutes in the cold, then turn the shower hot.
  • After you get out of the cold, you get a huge, long-lasting surge in dopamine. This sets your mood and positivity for hours and hours.

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