Read this before? “Each morning, I (Pro athlete/Influencer), take my Max turbo boost mushroom dust with coffee. It helps my cognitive function, reduces fatigue and let’s me smell colors.”
We have, 24 minutes ago in our inbox actually. Supplements are a multi-billion dollar industry largely looking for short cuts (“optimization”) around what deep down we all now to be true. You can’t skip the basics. What you need is more and better sleep.
New supplement ad. Buy _________ and get!!
✅ Decreased insulin resistance
✅ Increased reaction time
✅ Improved neuromuscular efficiency
✅ Increased testosterone
✅ Improved immune system response
What is this magical innovation? A pillow. Now, want to sleep better? Try these tips:
Find a consistent bedtime that allows you to get 7-8 hours of sleep
Back up an hour from then and shut off anything with a screen
🥘 Back up an hour from that and try to have that be when you’re done eating
🥃 Limit alcohol consumption as well
Make your room as dark as possible and cool (~68 degrees)
Then, to quote Samuel L. “Go the f**k to sleep
All jokes aside, our approach as a gym is to help you develop the tools to not only be strong and capable, but use that knowledge outside the gym. Recovery is crucial because whatever you do in the gym is dependent on your ability to recover from it to be useful for training. Subvert the system which says a pill is the answer.