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Huberman Lab·

How to Build Endurance in Your Brain & Body

Andrew Huberman explains the four kinds of endurance, how to train each, why quitting is neural, and a simple formula for hydrating during exercise.

Fitness
Focus and Productivity
13 min read
Huberman Lab·

How to Lose Fat with Science-Based Tools

Huberman explains how neurons release adrenaline to burn fat, and how fidgeting, shivering, exercise timing and a few compounds speed fat loss.

Nutrition
Fitness
12 min read
Huberman Lab·

How to Learn Skills Faster | Huberman Lab Podcast

Huberman shows why reps and errors per unit time, not hours, drive skill learning, and how rest, metronomes and visualization help.

Focus and Productivity
Fitness
7 min read
Huberman Lab·

Science of Muscle Growth, Increasing Strength & Muscular Recovery*

Andrew Huberman explains how nerves drive muscle growth and strength, with protocols for sets, loads, recovery tests and supplements.

Fitness
Longevity
12 min read
Huberman Lab·

How Our Hormones Control Our Hunger, Eating & Satiety

Andrew Huberman explains the hormones that drive hunger and fullness, from ghrelin and CCK to insulin, plus tools to steady appetite and blood sugar.

Nutrition
Hormones
11 min read
Huberman Lab·

The Science of How to Optimize Testosterone & Estrogen

Andrew Huberman explains how competition, sleep, nasal breathing, light, cold, training order and supplements shape testosterone and estrogen.

Hormones
Sleep
8 min read
Huberman Lab·

The Science of Emotions & Relationships

Andrew Huberman breaks emotions into alertness, valence and inward vs outward focus, tracing them from infancy and puberty to oxytocin and the vagus.

Relationships
Mental Health
9 min read
Huberman Lab·

Tools for Managing Stress & Anxiety

Andrew Huberman explains how the stress response works and gives tools for acute, medium-term and chronic stress, from the physiological sigh to social connection.

Stress
Mental Health
8 min read
Huberman Lab·

How Hormones Shape Sexual Development

Andrew Huberman explains how testosterone, DHT and estrogen shape sexual development, and how herbicides, cannabis, alcohol and phones may disrupt it.

Hormones
Genetics
7 min read
Huberman Lab·

How to Control Your Metabolism by Thyroid & Growth Hormone

Andrew Huberman explains how thyroid and growth hormone set metabolism, and how iodine, selenium, sleep, exercise and sauna support healthy levels.

Hormones
Nutrition
8 min read
Huberman Lab·

How Foods and Nutrients Control Our Moods

Huberman explains how food shapes mood via the vagus nerve, dopamine, serotonin, omega-3s and the microbiome, plus how beliefs change digestion.

Nutrition
Mental Health
11 min read
Huberman Lab·

Learn Faster Using Failures, Movement & Balance

Huberman explains why errors, not flow, trigger neuroplasticity, and how short learning bouts and novel balance work speed adult learning.

Neuroscience
Focus and Productivity
12 min read
Huberman Lab·

Control Pain & Heal Faster with Your Brain

Andrew Huberman explains why pain and injury are different, how the brain shapes pain, and practical steps for healing faster.

Mindset
Fitness
11 min read
The School of Greatness·

Priyanka Chopra Jonas: Create Self-Worth, Find Happiness & Choose Yourself

Priyanka Chopra Jonas on training confidence, voicing insecurity, bouncing back from failure, and her memoir Unfinished.

Mindset
Money and Career
11 min read
The School of Greatness·

How to Master The Law of Attraction (5 Steps To Achieving Anything You Want)

A compilation of five School of Greatness guests on manifesting: heart coherence, beliefs about money, owning your emotions, discipline, and fear.

Mindset
Faith and Spirituality
13 min read
The School of Greatness·

Grant Cardone: Mastering Money, Persuasive Negotiation & Building a Billionaire Mindset

Grant Cardone on building from $100 with equity deals, his sales process, negotiation, good debt, and recovering from addiction.

Money and Career
Mindset
11 min read
Huberman Lab·

How to Focus to Change Your Brain

Andrew Huberman explains how adults unlock neuroplasticity: alertness from epinephrine, focus from acetylcholine, then deep rest and sleep.

Focus and Productivity
Education
10 min read
The School of Greatness·

Candace Parker: Habits & Mindset of Winning, Lessons from Kobe Bryant & Being an Athlete & Mom

Candace Parker on adversity, calm, what Kobe Bryant and Pat Summitt taught her, and raising a daughter while leading a WNBA team.

Mindset
Parenting
11 min read
The School of Greatness·

How To Overcome Negative Emotions: Let Go of Your Identity & Truly Love Yourself

Joe Dispenza explains his morning meditation method for breaking old emotional loops, rehearsing a future self and practicing gratitude.

Mindset
Consciousness
12 min read
Huberman Lab·

How to Defeat Jet Lag, Shift Work & Sleeplessness

Andrew Huberman explains how to use light, exercise, meals and your temperature minimum to beat jet lag, handle shift work and sleep better.

Sleep
Focus and Productivity
10 min read
Huberman Lab·

Using Science to Optimize Sleep, Learning & Metabolism

Huberman answers listener questions on light, red light, seasons, exercise timing, learning in sleep, NSDR, supplements, cold exposure and food.

Sleep
Focus and Productivity
14 min read
The School of Greatness·

Rich Roll: Use Your Flaws for Good, Gain Confidence & Achieve Your Goals

Rich Roll on choosing the right goals, shrinking them to today's task, perfectionism, self-esteem, living lean and a marriage tested by money.

Mindset
Habits
13 min read
Huberman Lab·

Master Your Sleep & Be More Alert When Awake

Andrew Huberman explains the two forces behind sleep and wakefulness and gives tools: morning and evening light, NSDR, naps and a few supplements.

Sleep
Focus and Productivity
10 min read
Huberman Lab·

Understand and Use Dreams to Learn and Forget

Andrew Huberman explains how slow-wave sleep builds motor skills and details while REM sleep strips emotion from hard memories, like built-in therapy.

Sleep
Mental Health
13 min read