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00:00 1. Sleep 03:06 2. Nutrition (get 80% of calories from unprocessed sources) 04:30 3. Movement (endurance & resistance) 05:23 4. Light (maximize natural light early in the day, minimize any light late at night) 05:45 5. Relationships (incl. to self) 05:55 What to do with this Information
This discussion highlights such an important point: foundational practices like sleep, proper nutrition, movement, light exposure, and relationships aren't just 'nice to have'-they’re non-negotiable for true mental and physical resilience. I really resonate with the idea that it's not just about optimizing one area but ensuring that all five pillars are supported every day. It's a reminder that small, consistent actions compound over time. I’ve seen firsthand how missing out on just one of these elements can affect performance, focus, and overall well-being. This approach makes 'self-care' more about strength and effectiveness rather than being soft. Love the focus on building solid, daily habits!
Basically spot on! I would put light under a bigger umbrella that includes environment. Environment is indoor and outdoor and includes air quality. Indoor air quality is more under your control unless you can move more rural. Also the relationships I would just boil down to inner peace.. call it happiness, fulfillment, a deep sense of purpose and love. Whatever it is it isn’t anxiety, depression, jealousy, anger or undue stress over trivial matters. My pillars are movement, nutrition/ hydration, peace, sleep and environment.
this was the clip that made me realize I don't really like Huberman. Takes 11 minutes to say stuff that we all already knew and doesn't really add anything new here. I remember trying to listen to this episode and listening to an intense stressed out dude say sleep, nutrition, movement, etc. It's like going to a therapist and they are like 'yeah, you really should go to bed earlier'...like 'yeah I know this already'
My thoughts? 1. Sleep. Obvious, but the same as breathing. Not worth mentioning because it's too obvious. 2. Quality nutrients. This comes mostly from protein and fat. I say as close to 100 percent as possible. 3. Movements. Intensity is key. Cardio does not give you enough health benefits for the amount of work you put in. Sprint and lift weights intensely so you can maximize recovery and get fit quickly. 4. Light. I would say sun exposure and vitamin D. We evolved in the sun. 5. Relationships. I would say also stress management also, along with a purpose in life. Don't forget the importance of avoiding chemicals. Our ancestors did not have man-made chemicals in their lives.
Now I realized self-care is taking care of yourself like you were your own child... We are told that we have to keep going no matter what... We have to carry on even though we are falling over... I don't see how we can be productive at those those times.... My system seems to work better in spurts.... Productivity fo 30 minutes...rest and contemplating for 15 .... I feel that I cannot stay focused for longer than 30 minutes at a Time...
Managing your emotions and have self-awareness are key to know what nourishes or depletes your overall wellness. E.g. Some people are too zen and others get triggered easily. In Asia we generally eat well but urban living is super stressful.
Thx for outlining the pillars of health. It has reinforced I’m on the right track with where my focus on health is. Everyday is a chance to do better, be better and want better for yourself.
this was the clip that made me realize I don't really like Huberman. Takes 11 minutes to say stuff that we all already knew and doesn't really add anything new here. I remember trying to listen to this episode and listening to an intense stressed out dude say sleep, nutrition, movement, etc. It's like going to a therapist and they are like 'yeah, you really should go to bed earlier'...like 'yeah I know this already'
Thank you, Dr. Andrew Huberman for creating this video on the 5 Pillars of Health and Performance. It's a great resource for anyone looking to improve their overall well-being and optimize their performance. Here are the 5 key points of the video. 1. Our state of mind and body is strongly dictated by previous hours and days. 2. Five foundational things are needed to set the foundation, including sleep, nutrients, movement, light, and social connection. 3. These five things need to be re-upped every 24 hours. 4. You can't maintain focus without tending to these five things. 5. Following first principles of self-care is key to mental health.
5 PILLARS OF HEALTH & PERFORMANCE: Don't optimize until u have these 5 Pillars down. Be resilient & effective. Showup. 1) SLEEP 2) NUTRITION - Marconutrients: 80% of our nutrients should come fr unprocessed/minimal processed sources. - Micronutrients: Supplement what u can't find fr diet. - Hydration. 3) MOVEMENT - Combine Cardio & Resistance Training. 4) LIGHT EXPOSURE - Sunlight in early part/midday. - Minimal Artificial Light in evening/late night hrs. 5) RELATIONSHIPS - Includes Relationship to Self.
Hopefully you see this Tim. I read the 4 hour work week when on holiday 3 years ago and it transformed my life. I redesigned my businesses and changed my mindset. I'm typing this while travelling the south of france, working from my laptop 30 minutes each day. I still gift the book more than any other, and its my go-to book when I need a quick boost. I am visiting Austin again next month, hopefully I'll run into you! Thanks again for the knowledge and inspiration. I'm having a blast!
Tim. I’m working on a draft of the five hour work week. Similar principles to your book except and additional hour of work per week. The math checks out I used a calculator.
Everyone keeps talking how sleeping is critical, and those of us who just became parents, who are not sleeping well for more than a year, find it quite disturbing. If you have demanding baby, say bye bye to sleep for long period of time. Knowing how detrimental for your health it is, makes you depressed, which again you know is bad for your health and you just enforce to downward spiral...
The four pillars of health were someone else’s work, and Andrew added a 5th which he is hellbent on proving. Personally, I tried his method (light) to see if it had any effect on the sleep and noticed no difference. But even if it did, it would be a subcategory of the sleep pillar since he claims it plays a large role on sleep wake cycles.
Yeah, "light" does nest fairly neatly into a pillar called "sleep" or "restoration"... But, to give Andrew his well deserved due, "Light" and the importance of light to regulation etc is a fairly new and unknown topic. So shining a spotlight on it via giving it its own category make sense, (for now).
Solid vid. On the nutrition point - Human carnivores are almost never full carnivore because they don't identify their morality with it (at least not yet). They just are seeking the best diet. They don't believe that vegetable are evil, and veggie farmers are all propagandists controlled by right wing ideologues. Lots of diets will work for our incredibly adaptive humans species. One thing for certain - A diet containing continuing streams of sugar and processed foods is not one of them. Maybe after a few more million years of development, but not today.
In retrospect it's amazing that we survived living on a nuclear submarine in artificial white (and for long periods red light) & virtually no sunlight for weeks & months on end.
this was the clip that made me realize I don't really like Huberman. Takes 11 minutes to say stuff that we all already knew and doesn't really add anything new here. I remember trying to listen to this episode and listening to an intense stressed out dude say sleep, nutrition, movement, etc. It's like going to a therapist and they are like 'yeah, you really should go to bed earlier'...like 'yeah I know this already'
Everything Hubernman said should be self evident to everyone who wants to live within the homeostatic environment that the body requires in order to perform properly.
Do we know his opinion of sunscreen in relation to what he says about light? Im a Scots living in Spain. In general I always have sunscreen on otherwise I burn.
What about intellectual stimulation as part of a healthy lifestyle? Perhaps shutting off the tube, dropping the cell phone for a few minutes, and actually concentrating on intellectual challenges-especially as we age?
I’m 54. I have health challenges. I was an athlete into my 30th birthday. By 40 I entered severe depression. I was brought up by the bullshit school of “get hard and go harder”. I got hard and went hard and ended up in an atomic implosion of even greater depression. By the time I was 44 my wife who was 39 decided that was her year to have children - in 2012 we had our beautiful son. Two years after that we were blessed with our daughter. In 2015 my father died. In the same week my doctor diagnosed my Type 2 diabetes. It is 2023 - I’m ready to transform my life. How do I start? I can now control my diabetes through intermittent fasting and keto. But my body needs rebuilding … help. For my wife and my children … in my fear I ask for help. Andrew Huberman is a blessing to the planet.
It sounds like you are on a path of healing. If you can develop a mindset that these challenges didn’t happen TO you they happened FOR you to guide you towards your learning and authentic way of being / service in the world, that is a great start. (As is asking for help, like you are doing…) If you believe in a higher force (god, source energy, “the universe”, whatever…) that is helpful too. You can meditate and/or “pray” and ask for guidance each day and you will receive it through your intuition. Help often comes in the form of other people too. Go step by step. Practice gratitude. Love yourself. Quiet down. Listen. It’s not all on YOU to figure out. We’re here to figure it out together and support one another. 💚 You’ve got this. Be well. ⭐️🦋🙏✨
Couldnt agree further! mental health is incredibly important and should be a top priority for everyone. Mental illness and chronic stress can indeed have a significant impact on physical health and well-being.
Mental health is nothing you can do. Physical health is also nothing you can do. Getting sunlight is something you can do, a practice. These 5 pillars are practices that lead to mental and physical health.
My five pillars to health? 1. Meat based diet 2. Sun Exposure 3. Intense Exercise 4. Vitamin D 5. Avoidance of man-made chemicals. These are based on evolution.
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00:00 1. Sleep
03:06 2. Nutrition (get 80% of calories from unprocessed sources)
04:30 3. Movement (endurance & resistance)
05:23 4. Light (maximize natural light early in the day, minimize any light late at night)
05:45 5. Relationships (incl. to self)
05:55 What to do with this Information
Thanks
Thank you Sebastian for time stamping these :)
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Thx man, u improved my life by saving my time
Thanks Seb.
Love Huberman. He has changed my life. So smart, explains things so well.
This discussion highlights such an important point: foundational practices like sleep, proper nutrition, movement, light exposure, and relationships aren't just 'nice to have'-they’re non-negotiable for true mental and physical resilience. I really resonate with the idea that it's not just about optimizing one area but ensuring that all five pillars are supported every day. It's a reminder that small, consistent actions compound over time. I’ve seen firsthand how missing out on just one of these elements can affect performance, focus, and overall well-being. This approach makes 'self-care' more about strength and effectiveness rather than being soft. Love the focus on building solid, daily habits!
Basically spot on!
I would put light under a bigger umbrella that includes environment. Environment is indoor and outdoor and includes air quality. Indoor air quality is more under your control unless you can move more rural.
Also the relationships I would just boil down to inner peace.. call it happiness, fulfillment, a deep sense of purpose and love. Whatever it is it isn’t anxiety, depression, jealousy, anger or undue stress over trivial matters.
My pillars are movement, nutrition/ hydration, peace, sleep and environment.
Thank you, Andrew, for creating this video on the 5 Pillars of Health and Performance.
6 pillars of health:
1. Sleep
2. Nutrition: macros nutrients, micro nutrients, herb, supplements, water.
3. Movements: resistance training, vo2max training
4. Sunlight in the morning. Avoid artificial light at night.
5. Connection/relationship/believes/love.
6. Stress management.
Absolutely groundbreaking insights. We had never heard any of these before!
What would you say we should do for 6?
1. Good, consistent sleep
2. Quality Nutrients (80% unprocessed or minimally processed. macros, supplements)
3. Movements (Cardiovascular and resistance training)
4. Light (After waking every 24 hours, limit before sleep)
5. Relationships (To others and self)
no response, unreal! Thank you.....
this was the clip that made me realize I don't really like Huberman. Takes 11 minutes to say stuff that we all already knew and doesn't really add anything new here. I remember trying to listen to this episode and listening to an intense stressed out dude say sleep, nutrition, movement, etc. It's like going to a therapist and they are like 'yeah, you really should go to bed earlier'...like 'yeah I know this already'
My thoughts?
1. Sleep. Obvious, but the same as breathing. Not worth mentioning because it's too obvious.
2. Quality nutrients. This comes mostly from protein and fat. I say as close to 100 percent as possible.
3. Movements. Intensity is key. Cardio does not give you enough health benefits for the amount of work you put in. Sprint and lift weights intensely so you can maximize recovery and get fit quickly.
4. Light. I would say sun exposure and vitamin D. We evolved in the sun.
5. Relationships. I would say also stress management also, along with a purpose in life.
Don't forget the importance of avoiding chemicals. Our ancestors did not have man-made chemicals in their lives.
Andrew is so smart, he explains things so well.
Now I realized self-care is taking care of yourself like you were your own child... We are told that we have to keep going no matter what... We have to carry on even though we are falling over... I don't see how we can be productive at those those times.... My system seems to work better in spurts.... Productivity fo 30 minutes...rest and contemplating for 15 .... I feel that I cannot stay focused for longer than 30 minutes at a Time...
You're right. If you were as hard on other people as you are on yourself, no one would want to be around you!
My therapist sent me this video. Great video.
Managing your emotions and have self-awareness are key to know what nourishes or depletes your overall wellness. E.g. Some people are too zen and others get triggered easily. In Asia we generally eat well but urban living is super stressful.
Thx for outlining the pillars of health. It has reinforced I’m on the right track with where my focus on health is. Everyday is a chance to do better, be better and want better for yourself.
this was the clip that made me realize I don't really like Huberman. Takes 11 minutes to say stuff that we all already knew and doesn't really add anything new here. I remember trying to listen to this episode and listening to an intense stressed out dude say sleep, nutrition, movement, etc. It's like going to a therapist and they are like 'yeah, you really should go to bed earlier'...like 'yeah I know this already'
@@compedium if you know it then probably start working on implementing it
Thank you, Dr. Andrew Huberman for creating this video on the 5 Pillars of Health and Performance. It's a great resource for anyone looking to improve their overall well-being and optimize their performance. Here are the 5 key points of the video.
1. Our state of mind and body is strongly dictated by previous hours and days.
2. Five foundational things are needed to set the foundation, including sleep, nutrients, movement, light, and social connection.
3. These five things need to be re-upped every 24 hours.
4. You can't maintain focus without tending to these five things.
5. Following first principles of self-care is key to mental health.
5 PILLARS OF HEALTH & PERFORMANCE:
Don't optimize until u have these 5 Pillars down. Be resilient & effective. Showup.
1) SLEEP
2) NUTRITION
- Marconutrients: 80% of our nutrients should come fr unprocessed/minimal processed sources.
- Micronutrients: Supplement what u can't find fr diet.
- Hydration.
3) MOVEMENT
- Combine Cardio & Resistance Training.
4) LIGHT EXPOSURE
- Sunlight in early part/midday.
- Minimal Artificial Light in evening/late night hrs.
5) RELATIONSHIPS
- Includes Relationship to Self.
Absolutely groundbreaking insights. We had never heard any of these before!
This was an awesome interview! Thanks Tim
Hopefully you see this Tim. I read the 4 hour work week when on holiday 3 years ago and it transformed my life. I redesigned my businesses and changed my mindset. I'm typing this while travelling the south of france, working from my laptop 30 minutes each day. I still gift the book more than any other, and its my go-to book when I need a quick boost. I am visiting Austin again next month, hopefully I'll run into you! Thanks again for the knowledge and inspiration. I'm having a blast!
Tim. I’m working on a draft of the five hour work week. Similar principles to your book except and additional hour of work per week. The math checks out I used a calculator.
absolutely brilliant; LOVE this man
Relationships is the most important motivation for sorting out all the rest of the pillars.
Everyone keeps talking how sleeping is critical, and those of us who just became parents, who are not sleeping well for more than a year, find it quite disturbing. If you have demanding baby, say bye bye to sleep for long period of time.
Knowing how detrimental for your health it is, makes you depressed, which again you know is bad for your health and you just enforce to downward spiral...
Well damn said. I always said therapists are too fast to give you pills, when the problem stems from those 5 things
Great timing! Working on iso 27002 and this looks as a perfekt resource
Financial stability is the biggest factor for a healthy life
LENS-R. LIGHT, EXERCISE, NUTRITION, SLEEP - RELATIONSHIPS
The four pillars of health were someone else’s work, and Andrew added a 5th which he is hellbent on proving. Personally, I tried his method (light) to see if it had any effect on the sleep and noticed no difference. But even if it did, it would be a subcategory of the sleep pillar since he claims it plays a large role on sleep wake cycles.
Yeah, "light" does nest fairly neatly into a pillar called "sleep" or "restoration"... But, to give Andrew his well deserved due, "Light" and the importance of light to regulation etc is a fairly new and unknown topic. So shining a spotlight on it via giving it its own category make sense, (for now).
I like the idea of the 5 pillars and re-uping on each of them every 24 hours.
Solid vid. On the nutrition point - Human carnivores are almost never full carnivore because they don't identify their morality with it (at least not yet). They just are seeking the best diet. They don't believe that vegetable are evil, and veggie farmers are all propagandists controlled by right wing ideologues. Lots of diets will work for our incredibly adaptive humans species. One thing for certain - A diet containing continuing streams of sugar and processed foods is not one of them. Maybe after a few more million years of development, but not today.
In retrospect it's amazing that we survived living on a nuclear submarine in artificial white (and for long periods red light) & virtually no sunlight for weeks & months on end.
6th pillar of health: stress management!
thanks!
Epic episode
this was the clip that made me realize I don't really like Huberman. Takes 11 minutes to say stuff that we all already knew and doesn't really add anything new here. I remember trying to listen to this episode and listening to an intense stressed out dude say sleep, nutrition, movement, etc. It's like going to a therapist and they are like 'yeah, you really should go to bed earlier'...like 'yeah I know this already'
Everything Hubernman said should be self evident to everyone who wants to live within the homeostatic environment that the body requires in order to perform properly.
“This just in! News that’s been around and widely known for decades!”
Do we know his opinion of sunscreen in relation to what he says about light? Im a Scots living in Spain. In general I always have sunscreen on otherwise I burn.
What about intellectual stimulation as part of a healthy lifestyle? Perhaps shutting off the tube, dropping the cell phone for a few minutes, and actually concentrating on intellectual challenges-especially as we age?
I’m 54.
I have health challenges.
I was an athlete into my 30th birthday.
By 40 I entered severe depression. I was brought up by the bullshit school of “get hard and go harder”.
I got hard and went hard and ended up in an atomic implosion of even greater depression.
By the time I was 44 my wife who was 39 decided that was her year to have children - in 2012 we had our beautiful son. Two years after that we were blessed with our daughter.
In 2015 my father died. In the same week my doctor diagnosed my Type 2 diabetes.
It is 2023 - I’m ready to transform my life.
How do I start?
I can now control my diabetes through intermittent fasting and keto.
But my body needs rebuilding … help. For my wife and my children … in my fear I ask for help.
Andrew Huberman is a blessing to the planet.
It sounds like you are on a path of healing. If you can develop a mindset that these challenges didn’t happen TO you they happened FOR you to guide you towards your learning and authentic way of being / service in the world, that is a great start. (As is asking for help, like you are doing…) If you believe in a higher force (god, source energy, “the universe”, whatever…) that is helpful too. You can meditate and/or “pray” and ask for guidance each day and you will receive it through your intuition. Help often comes in the form of other people too. Go step by step. Practice gratitude. Love yourself. Quiet down. Listen. It’s not all on YOU to figure out. We’re here to figure it out together and support one another. 💚 You’ve got this. Be well. ⭐️🦋🙏✨
@@roxylqm111 wonderful reply !
I came up with the easy acronym:
S.H.R.E.D.S
Sleep
Hydration
Recreation/Relationships
Exercise
Diet
Supplements.
Easy to remember.
Suplements ? Not necessary. Like weapons ❤
'Goggins' is now a verb
nice video
Looked into David Googins meditating for two hours every night. Apparently he classifies stretching as meditation.
There's a case for that
If these guys don't live to be 100 after all their talk, I will be severely disappointed
Mental health should be in the top five. Mental illness or consistent high stress can wreck your physical health.
What they're talking about are things that your mental health depend on. You won't have good mental health if you don't sleep or exercise
Chicken / egg my friend
Couldnt agree further! mental health is incredibly important and should be a top priority for everyone. Mental illness and chronic stress can indeed have a significant impact on physical health and well-being.
Can wreck your everything
Mental health is nothing you can do. Physical health is also nothing you can do. Getting sunlight is something you can do, a practice. These 5 pillars are practices that lead to mental and physical health.
Form Follows Function.
Watching this at 2 am😂
“you can Goggins” your life😂..l’m so proud of myself for getting that joke🤭🙈
Tim without coffee, zen mode😂
Think of it this way: There's a very good reason they use sleep deprivation to torture and break down prisoners.
What about meditation?
Breathing?
Don't forget spiritual health! If you are right with God, He helps you rest and more
@04:14 - LOL
Water. Drink more water
He should let the host talk😮
My five pillars to health?
1. Meat based diet
2. Sun Exposure
3. Intense Exercise
4. Vitamin D
5. Avoidance of man-made chemicals.
These are based on evolution.
Those 5 pillars don’t seem to include working like a dog trying to make as much money as you can