The Human Operating Manual

Boundless: Upgrade your brain, optimize your body, and defy aging

Boundless: Upgrade Your Brain, Optimize Your Body, & Defy Aging Author: Ben Greenfield Topics: Sleep, nutrition, exercise, productivity, neuroscience, physiology All information is attributed to the author. Except in the case where we may have misunderstood a concept and summarized incorrectly. These notes are only for reference and we always suggest reading from the original […]

Biohacker’s Handbook: Upgrade yourself and unleash your inner potential

Biohacker’s Handbook: Upgrade Yourself and Unleash Your Inner Potential Authors: Olli Sovijärvi, Teemu Arina, Jaakko Halmetoja Topics: Sleep, nutrition, exercise, productivity, neuroscience, physiology All information is attributed to the authors. Except in the case where we may have misunderstood a concept and summarized incorrectly. These notes are only for reference and we always suggest reading from […]

Circadian Rhythm Resources

Circadian Rhythm Resources Asprey, D. (2019). Super Human. Newbury House Publishers, U.S. Breus, M. (2016). The Power of When: Discover Your Chronotype and Maximise Your Potential. Random House. DiNicolantonio, J., & Land, S. (2020). The Immunity Fix: Strengthen Your Immune System, Fight Off Infections, Reverse Chronic Disease and Live a Healthier Life. Independently published. DiNicolantonio, J., […]

The Ultimate Sleeping Cheat Sheet

The Ultimate Sleeping Cheat Sheet Contents Sleep Stages Wakefulness Meditative N1 N2 N3 REM How Much Sleep Do You Really Need? Sleep Needs by Age Changes in Sleep Habits that Can Occur as You Age Circadian Rhythm A “Typical” Circadian Rhythm Timing Chronobiology Tools for Upgrading Sleep Setting Up Your Bedroom Darken, bed quality, electromagnetic […]

The Circadian Rabbit Hole

The Circadian Rabbit Hole To be explored… Topics listed below are ideas that are yet to be summarized.  Dreams. Lucid dreaming. As fun as it may be, I find it hard to believe that training your brain to have greater executive function and control during a period of rest is conducive towards a well-rested sleep. […]

Sleep Optimization

Sleep Optimization What follows are suggestions from Matthew Walker, Andrew Huberman, Ben Greenfield, Metabolic Autophagy & The Immunity Fix (Siim Land and James DiNicolantonio) and the Biohacker’s Handbook (Olli Sovijärvi, Teemu Arina, Jaakko Halmetoja). Feel free to pick and choose examples from this list to try improving your sleep quality and sleep schedule.   Matthew Walker and Andrew […]