Tips & Notes from Limitless with Chris Hemsworth
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E#1 Dealing with stress
Chris learns techniques to deal with stress from a social psychologist and takes on extreme challenges.
- Using acute eustress to deal with chronic distress
- Don’t get caught up in the cognitive distortions your mind throws at you, use positive self-talk to defeat this line of thinking.
- Segmentation - ignore the end-goal and make progress one step at a time.
- Box breathing
- Mindfulness meditation
- Try to reframe your anxiety as excitement
Relevant resources -
Feeling Good by David D Burns, Free meditation app, Paid meditation app, Vipassana on YouTube
E#2 Exposure to extreme temperatures
Chris visits a sauna with Dr. Peter Attia and goes for a swim in the Arctic; he has decided to
- Take ice baths in the morning 3x a week
- Visit saunas regularly (20 min at 175F)
- Switch to cold for the last 30s of his showers
Relevant resources -
Andrew Huberman on Cold Exposure, Peter Attia on sauna
E#3 Fasting
Chris goes on a 4-day fast with Dr. Peter Attia. In the end he decides to
- Fast till midday 3x a week
- Fast 24hrs once a month
- 4day fast once a year
Relevant resources -
E#4 Exercise
Chris trains to rope-climb and learns the importance of endurance work and so he decides to
- Endurance training - 2 hours a week
- Incorporate non-gym exercises to train natural movements
- Do climbing exercises to work all his muscles and not just the big ones
Relevant resources -
Huberman protocol, Zone 2 training, Huberman endurance protocol
E#5 Memory
Chris learns he has genetic predisposition to Alzheimers and goes trekking in aboriginal Australia.
- Incorporate the tips already shown on the show, like fasting and eating a Mediterranean-like diet
- Improve sleep hygiene
- Go out in nature
- Pursue novel experiences for neuroplasticity
- Form social connections
E#6 Acceptance
Chris tries on an ageing suit and learns to accept ageing and death.
- Memento Mori
- Learn to accept death & ageing as inevitable instead of living in denial
- Death meditation