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Huberman Lab · Mar 25, 2025 · 13 min read
Fitness Toolkit: Protocol & Tools to Optimize Physical Health

Andrew Huberman lays out his seven-day fitness template covering endurance, resistance training, heat and cold, HIIT, stretching and real-world setbacks.

Huberman Lab · Mar 24, 2025 · 11 min read
LIVE EVENT Q&A: Dr. Andrew Huberman Question & Answer in Seattle, WA

Andrew Huberman answers a Seattle audience on his daily protocols, memory, creativity, psychedelic therapy, supplements, ADHD, and life in science.

Huberman Lab · Mar 24, 2025 · 9 min read
Focus Toolkit Tools To Improve Your Focus Concentration

Andrew Huberman's toolkit for focus: binaural beats, 90-minute bouts, fasting, caffeine, cold, meditation, visual training and supplements.

Huberman Lab · Mar 24, 2025 · 14 min read
Dr. Erich Jarvis: The Neuroscience of Speech, Language & Music

Dr. Erich Jarvis explains why vocal learning is rare, how songbirds mirror human speech, and why dancing and moving may keep the brain sharp.

Huberman Lab · Mar 24, 2025 · 12 min read
What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health

Andrew Huberman explains how even moderate drinking affects the brain, stress, gut, hormones and cancer risk, plus what helps a hangover.

Huberman Lab · Mar 24, 2025 · 12 min read
LIVE EVENT Q&A: Dr. Andrew Huberman Question & Answer in Portland, OR

Huberman answers a Portland audience on brain injury, lowering dopamine, morning light, Wim Hof breathing, red light, ice baths and fear.

Huberman Lab · Mar 23, 2025 · 11 min read
Sleep Toolkit: Tools for Optimizing Sleep & Sleep-Wake Timing

Huberman's practical sleep toolkit: morning and evening light, temperature, caffeine timing, supplements, NSDR and fixes for jet lag and shift work.

Huberman Lab · Mar 23, 2025 · 11 min read
Optimize & Control Your Brain Chemistry to Improve Health & Performance

Andrew Huberman explains the four major neuromodulators and a toolkit of behaviors, foods and supplements to shift focus, energy, motivation and mood.

Huberman Lab · Mar 23, 2025 · 12 min read
Dr Peter Attia Exercise Nutrition Hormones For Vitality Longevity

Peter Attia on backcasting from your last decade: blood work, bone density, VO2 max, strength, hormone therapy and apoB for a longer, better life.

Huberman Lab · Mar 23, 2025 · 10 min read
The Science & Treatment of Bipolar Disorder

Andrew Huberman explains bipolar I and II, the story of lithium, how treatments act on brain circuits, and the link between mood and creativity.

Huberman Lab · Mar 23, 2025 · 11 min read
Dr. Emily Balcetis: Tools for Setting & Achieving Goals

NYU psychologist Emily Balcetis explains how narrowing your visual focus, planning for obstacles and tracking real data help you reach goals.

Huberman Lab · Mar 22, 2025 · 13 min read
Improve Flexibility with Research-Supported Stretching Protocols

Huberman explains the reflexes and brain circuits behind flexibility and the study-backed way to stretch: 30-second holds, five days a week, gently.

Huberman Lab · Mar 22, 2025 · 10 min read
Dr Wendy Suzuki Boost Attention Memory With Science Based Tools

Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki explains how memories form and how exercise, meditation, sleep and affirmations improve memory, focus and mood.

Huberman Lab · Mar 22, 2025 · 9 min read
The Science & Process of Healing from Grief

Andrew Huberman explains grief as a state of yearning, how the brain maps loved ones in space, time and closeness, and tools for grieving adaptively.

Huberman Lab · Mar 22, 2025 · 10 min read
Ido Portal: The Science & Practice of Movement | Huberman Lab Podcast #77

Movement teacher Ido Portal and Andrew Huberman explore movement as a way of living: play, variety, the squat, vision, touch and endless exploration.

Huberman Lab · Mar 21, 2025 · 12 min read
Using Deliberate Cold Exposure for Health and Performance

Huberman explains how deliberate cold boosts dopamine and resilience, builds brown fat, aids recovery, and how to cool your palms for better performance.

Huberman Lab · Mar 21, 2025 · 11 min read
Using Light (Sunlight, Blue Light & Red Light) to Optimize Health

Huberman explains how specific wavelengths and timing of light affect hormones, pain, mood, immunity, skin, vision and brain health, with protocols.

Huberman Lab · Mar 21, 2025 · 11 min read
The Science & Health Benefits of Deliberate Heat Exposure

How sauna and other deliberate heat exposure improve heart health, cortisol, growth hormone, mood and metabolism, with specific protocols.

Huberman Lab · Mar 21, 2025 · 10 min read
Dr Rhonda Patrick Micronutrients For Health Longevity

Rhonda Patrick explains sulforaphane, omega-3s, vitamin D and magnesium, plus how cold, intervals and sauna build resilience and longevity.

Huberman Lab · Mar 20, 2025 · 12 min read
Dr. Justin Sonnenburg: How to Build, Maintain & Repair Gut Health

Stanford microbiologist Justin Sonnenburg explains the gut microbiome, why fermented foods cut inflammation, and what fiber, probiotics and cleanses really do.

Huberman Lab · Mar 20, 2025 · 10 min read
Controlling Sugar Cravings & Metabolism with Science-Based Tools

Huberman explains the three brain pathways that drive sugar cravings and tools to blunt them, from fiber and lemon juice to omega-3s, glutamine and sleep.

Huberman Lab · Mar 20, 2025 · 12 min read
Dr. David Spiegel: Using Hypnosis to Enhance Health & Performance

Stanford psychiatrist David Spiegel explains what clinical hypnosis does in the brain and how it helps with pain, stress, sleep, phobias and trauma.

Huberman Lab · Mar 20, 2025 · 14 min read
Dr. Andy Galpin: How to Build Strength, Muscle Size & Endurance

Exercise scientist Dr. Andy Galpin gives clear protocols for strength, hypertrophy and endurance, plus breathing, hydration, cold, heat and supplements.

Huberman Lab · Mar 19, 2025 · 10 min read
Dr. David Sinclair: The Biology of Slowing & Reversing Aging

Harvard geneticist David Sinclair explains aging as lost epigenetic information and shares his fasting, supplement and measurement habits.

Huberman Lab · Mar 19, 2025 · 12 min read
Using Play to Rewire & Improve Your Brain

Why low-stakes play is a lifelong portal to neuroplasticity, how it works in the brain, and how adults can use an hour of play a week.

Huberman Lab · Mar 19, 2025 · 12 min read
Dr. Jack Feldman: Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance

Breathing pioneer Jack Feldman explains how the brain makes each breath, why we sigh, and how breath practice can change fear and mood.

Huberman Lab · Mar 19, 2025 · 12 min read
Optimizing Workspace for Productivity, Focus, & Creativity

Andrew Huberman's science-based checklist for a better workspace: lighting by time of day, screen height, ceiling height, 40 Hz binaural beats and standing.

Huberman Lab · Mar 19, 2025 · 11 min read
Dr. Alia Crum: Science of Mindsets for Health & Performance

Stanford's Dr. Alia Crum shows how beliefs about food, exercise, stress and side effects change hunger hormones, health and performance.

Huberman Lab · Mar 18, 2025 · 12 min read
Time Perception & Entrainment by Dopamine, Serotonin & Hormones

Andrew Huberman explains how dopamine, serotonin and light-driven hormones shape how fast time feels, with ten tools for work and life.

Huberman Lab · Mar 18, 2025 · 11 min read
Dr. David Berson: Your Brain’s Logic & Function

Neuroscientist David Berson tours the nervous system: circadian light cells, color vision, balance, motion sickness, reflexes, plasticity and connectomes.