The Huberman Lab Podcast discusses neuroscience: how our brain and its connections with the organs of our body control our perceptions, our behaviors, and our health. We also discuss existing and emerging tools for measuring and changing how our nervous system works. Dr. Andrew Huberman is a tenured Professor of Neurobiology and Ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine. His laboratory studies neural regeneration, neuroplasticity, and brain states such as stress, focus, fear, and optimal performance. For more than 20 years, Dr. Huberman has consistently published original research findings and review articles in top-level peer-reviewed journals, including Nature, Science, Cell, Neuron, and Current Biology. He is a regular member of several National Institutes of Health review panels and a Fellow of the McKnight Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts. Dr. Huberman regularly consults for technology development companies, professional athletic organizations, and various units of U.S. and Canadian Special Operations.
GUEST SERIES | Dr. Andy Galpin: Optimize Your Training Program for Fitness & Longevity
In episode 4 of a 6-part series, Andy Galpin, PhD, explains how to design an effective training program for fitness, health and longevity through a 10-step approach. He covers goal setting, exercise selection, balancing, recovery periods and real-world challenges. He provides a year-long training example that considers sleep, sunlight and social connection. The program is modifiable for personal fitness goals and experience.
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Timestamps
(00:00:00) Optimal Fitness Programming
(00:07:19) Sponsors: Momentous, Eight Sleep
(00:09:53) #1: Plan Fitness Goals, S.M.A.R.T. Goals
(00:19:52) Intermediate Goals, Dopamine, Identify Your “Defender”, Goal Timing
(00:26:25) Multiple Goals, Synergistic Goals, Interference Effects
(00:36:13) AG1 (Athletic Greens)
(00:37:060 Physical Goal “Bins”, Specificity
(00:48:02) Tool: #2: Identify Your “Defender”, Quadrant System, “Drop Everything and…”
(01:04:330 InsideTracker
(01:05:35) #3: Goal Timeframe & Life Events; #4: Weekly Training Frequency
(01:10:33) #5: Exercise Selection, Progression
(01:18:200 #6: Exercise Order, Identify Friction
(01:29:20) Exercise Timing & Sleep, Down Regulation, Caffeine
(01:36:24) #7: Intensity, #8: Volume, Progressive Overload, “Deloading”
(01:43:59) #9: Rest Intervals, #10: “Chaos Management”
(01:49:06) Fitness, Health & Longevity Goals, Proprioception & Non-Structured Exercise
(01:53:41) Tool: Year-Long Program Example for Overall Fitness
(02:07:58) Tool: Overall Fitness Template by Quarter, Matching Goals & Seasons
(02:25:49) Training & Life Challenges: Sleep, Illness
(02:32:10) Tool: Program Flexibility, 3-Day Weekly Training Program
(02:37:12) Physical Activity vs. Exercise
(02:40:12) Tool:4-Day Weekly Training Program, Muscular Endurance
(02:51:15) Tool: 5/6-Day Weekly Training Program, Recovery
(02:54:06) Program Modification, Balancing Joy
(03:04:47) Zero-Cost Support, YouTube Feedback, Spotify & Apple Reviews, Sponsors, Neural Network Newsletter
Title Card Photo Credit: Mike Blabac