Biohacker’s Live Show features top experts in optimal human performance as if they were in your living room. Your host is Teemu Arina, the co-author of the Biohacker’s Handbook and curator of the Biohacker Summit. Catch each episode by subscribing to our podcast on iTunes here. How to optimize a single day for better sleep? Greg’s PhD work at the University of Leeds on circadian biology, sleep, diet, and metabolic health was featured by the likes of the BBC World Service, the Washington Post, and Reuters. Greg has a BSc and an MSc in Exercise Physiology from Loughborough University, where he coached a sprinter to four gold medals at the European Championships. Greg has also worked with groups such as The United States Naval Special Warfare Command on health and performance optimisation. GREG POTTER (UK) PhD (chronobiology, sleep) | Chief Scientific Officer Greg Potter’s PhD work at the University of Leeds on sleep, diet, and metabolic health was featured by the likes of the BBC World Service, the Washington Post, and Reuters. Greg has a BSc and an MSc in Exercise Physiology from Loughborough University, where he coached a sprinter to four gold medals at the European Championships. Greg has …
A comprehensive analysis and optimization strategies for improving deep sleep
Introduction My quest for better sleep has been ongoing for the past 10 years. I used to sleep only 5.5 hours per night and the quality of sleep was poor. I was totally overworked and almost burned out after doing crazy hours in the ER and being literally on call for almost five years in a row. Working hours reached at its worst nearly 100 per week – average was easily over 60. So where did I cut the time for working out and socialization? You got it right, sleep. Since 2010 I have been trying out different medications, technologies, mattresses, pillows, beds, bedrooms and all kinds of herbs for achieving better sleep. But nothing can make it better if you have only limited time to spend in the bed. So that particular feature was the first step in optimizing sleep: simply spending more time in bed and changing my life the way it made sleeping more possible. For me it meant quitting the super hectic ER job and simply cutting back working hours. That was also the beginning for the journey on holistic health, integral medicine and biohacking. This article delves deep into the secrets of better deep sleep. …
Finding Your Chronotype & Optimal Bedtime With Hannu Kinnunen (Biohacker’s LIVE Show)
Biohacker’s Live Show features top experts in optimal human performance as if they were in your living room. Your host is Teemu Arina, the co-author of the Biohacker’s Handbook and curator of the Biohacker Summit. Catch each episode by subscribing to our podcast on iTunes here. How to find your chronotype and optimal sleep time? How the Oura ring revolutionizes sleep tracking? How to find balance in your life? How to visualize your chronotype? Why evening persons perform better at cognitive tasks especially in the evening? Why our host needs to sleep more? Hannu Kinnunen is a wearable pioneer, inventor and Chief Science Officer of Oura. Hannu Kinnunen is the brains behind the science that makes Oura the most advanced wearable vital signs monitor in the world. With a long career at heart rate monitor maker Polar, Hannu was responsible for the physiological algorithms, many of which are still used in Polar products today. Hannu is credited in dozens of patents and scientific articles on the field of heart rate based signal processing, biosignal detection, and the analysis of activity, training, recovery and sleep. Watch the interview with Hannu Kinnunen: [powerpress] SIIM’S SPECIAL REPORT Watch also Siim Land’s special report …
Finding Your Chronotype & Optimal Bedtime With Hannu Kinnunen (Biohacker’s LIVE Show)
Biohacker’s Live Show features top experts in optimal human performance as if they were in your living room. Your host is Teemu Arina, the co-author of the Biohacker’s Handbook and curator of the Biohacker Summit. Catch each episode by subscribing to our podcast on iTunes here. How to find your chronotype and optimal sleep time? How the Oura ring revolutionizes sleep tracking? How to find balance in your life? How to visualize your chronotype? Why evening persons perform better at cognitive tasks especially in the evening? Why our host needs to sleep more? Hannu Kinnunen is a wearable pioneer, inventor and Chief Science Officer of Oura. Hannu Kinnunen is the brains behind the science that makes Oura the most advanced wearable vital signs monitor in the world. With a long career at heart rate monitor maker Polar, Hannu was responsible for the physiological algorithms, many of which are still used in Polar products today. Hannu is credited in dozens of patents and scientific articles on the field of heart rate based signal processing, biosignal detection, and the analysis of activity, training, recovery and sleep. Watch the interview with Hannu Kinnunen: [powerpress] SIIM’S SPECIAL REPORT Watch also Siim Land’s special report …
Biohacking Sleep With Dan Pardi (Biohacker’s LIVE Show)
Biohacker’s Live Show features top experts in optimal human performance as if they were in your living room. Your host is Teemu Arina, the co-author of the Biohacker’s Handbook and curator of the Biohacker Summit. Catch each episode by subscribing to our podcast on iTunes here. Dan Pardi is a sleep researcher and CEO. Dan’s life’s work centers on how to help people live healthfully. He is the CEO of humanOS which leverages a novel behavior model to promote health fluency, skill development, and lifestyle insights to help people master their health practice. Dan does research with the Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department at Stanford, and the Departments of Neurology and Endocrinology at Leiden University in the Netherlands where he investigates how lifestyle factors, like sleep, influence decision making, cognitive performance, and metabolism. Dan also works with Naval Special Warfare to help the most elite fighters in the world maintain alertness and capable mental performance under challenging circumstances. He currently serves as Board Member for StandUpKids.org, as a Council Director for the True Health Initiative, and Advisor to several health-oriented companies (Ample Meals, Fitstar, Splendid Spoon, Validic), an Editor for the Journal of Evolution and Health. He also runs the …