Dr. Andrew Huberman

should be incorporated.

And then of course, of course, of course, I believe in modern medicine, there are excellent pharmaceutical tools, prescription drugs that can be used for that.

But of course, there's the intermediate stuff, things like theanine and magnesium that, you know, for all the world can be useful in some contexts, but they're not the be all end all.

You know, as much as I might reference supplements on the podcast from time to time, I don't think they're the place to start.

I think one should always use behavioral tools first.

And I've said this many times before, but I think it's worth saying again.

Our muscles need rest days from the gym in order to grow back stronger.

Yes, definitely true.

Is the brain designed to be consistently learning and developing or does it need periods of rest from consuming new information?

Or is the rest when we sleep?

Great questions.

Thank you, Timothy.

Yes, indeed.

Our muscles...

get stronger, grow after a proper stimulus is applied to them in the time after we provide that stimulus, which typically is resistance.

But since not everyone's interested in that, it's also the case that an endurance adaptation occurs after we embark on the run, the hike, the swim, etc.

There's something kind of interesting, and I just want to take a moment and just mention that there's something kind of interesting about resistance training is that it's the one form of training that

that because of the enhanced blood flow to the muscles while we do it, gives us a window into what the adaptation might look like once it occurs if we allow proper rest.

Whereas with endurance training, it's very different, right?

You go further or you run up a hill until your legs burn and you want to vomit up a lung, and then the next time you do it, you don't feel quite as bad, right?