How To Get Up Early Every Morning - Dr Andrew Huberman

Chris and Andrew Huberman discuss how to wake up early. What are Dr. Andrew Huberman's tips for being a morning riser? Why is it so hard to be a morning person according to Dr. Andrew Huberman? Why does Andrew Huberman encourage caffeine upon waking up?

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[betterchapter]

Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day

[brett]

It's VERY simple to do. Just have a kid or two. You'll be up at 4-5 am every day for the next 5-10 years. Thank you for attending my TED talk.

[leviet]

1. Set alarm for 5 A.M.
2. Sunlight exposure.
3. Light exercise.
4. Caffeine + Breakfast.
5. Social Interaction.
6. Late sunlight exposure.

(It'll be miserable but try your best not to sleep during the day. It'll be fine soon.)

[johnellerman]

2 weeks ago, I woke up at 4am for no reason and could not go to bed. I then rolled around in bed until 5am before I realized I wasn’t going to fall back asleep. I said “fuck it” and went to the gym at 5:30am to get a workout in before work. I’ve now been doing that everyday since, and I can’t see myself stopping.

[VivoVirality]

Chris is on a run right now with all of these heavy hitters

[HarryBalzak]

I went from night owl (sleep 3am-11am)to early bird (sleep 8pm-4am) in one day because I would get fired if I didn't.
Worked out great.
I find no caffeine works best for me.

[slyscot]

I’m in the army, father and husband, part time teacher/coach for teenagers. I’ve struggled with consistency in my sleep routine. When I trip out of town for work for several days, I focus on resetting my sleep cycle earlier in the morning. Getting past the first few days and being disciplined with light pollution/exposure has made an incredible impact on this routine.

[__-pljg]

I started off using red lense glasses in the evening 1hr before bed. That along with a very small dose of melatonin (1mg) helps me reinforce a specific bed time. It worked so well I ended up buying multicolor LED light bulbs. Now all my lights turn red at 10% brightness automatically every day at 9pm. That signals it's time to put away my phone, brush teeth, etc to get ready for bed. I work as an engineer that has to work both days and nights at random times because a lot of my work needs to be performed during a midnight maintenance window (12am-6am). Everything Huberman mentioned is stuff I figured out on my own and practiced for about 10yrs. So I can confirm it all works.

[courtneytautges]

Out of necessity we had to start walking our dog several times a day. This meant 5:40 every morning I was walking with my husband before the kids got up. Hilariously that one simple thing is a habit/routine that has changed so much. I am ready to go for the day when I get back, refreshed, awake, and excited for the day. So cool how much walking outside right away in the morning can change the trajectory!

[brooklyn]

bro you gotta do one of these with a bunch of speakers and get each other’s thoughts and feedback on each other that would be so entertaining like a group podcast and ask them what they think abt something

[keithb]

I was a "night owl" for the first 15 or so years of my adult life, until it made me so unhealthy from sleep deprivation, I had to make a radical change. I learned to reprogram my brain, hormones, and habit to the default healthy morning riser. I've been healthy and happy for many years since.

[kewlade]

All I had to learn was sitting up rather than continuing to lay down. No brainer, but depressive thinking wasn't allowing me to get up at all.

Knowing the impacts physiology of sitting up vs laying down helped out too (thanks to Dr. Huberman).

He's not perfect (ahem-- his love life), but knows a lot!

[kale]

this couldn't have come at a better time, I returned from a vacation abroad and am still jet lagged one week later.. I went to bed at 11 AM yesterday and felt so dejected when I woke up and realized I missed the entire day.

[syedzairhussain]

This sunlight+morning workout trick worked so great i started to get sleepy at 8 pm on the very first day

[LawgicalXX]

I’ve been waking up with no alarm at 4 am every morning. Rested and ready to go! It’s a bit annoying on the weekends but I like being up early. All it took is 2 simple steps. Not easy but simple. ❤

[bulletsdodger]

Two years getting up for work for 8am start.
Felt ill every single day.
11am wake up is the best.

[neinja]

Looking forward to watch the whole episode. You two are the only ones i follow and love almost every episodes of. Great content.

[JustZahm]

My winters changed once I became a morning person and went to bed earlier! Gym and first chair is better than lift lines and more sleep. 😂

[Toby__Rose]

The biggest obstacle that I needed to overcome was going to bed early and saying no to late hangouts. Once i got over that over that, I've been making up usually at around 5:20

[greenhat]

Get up at 5am and look at the sun…. Uh??? I can’t be the only one here thinking this