The 7 Routines of Successful Biohackers

As a biohacker, you get more out of your life by giving your body what it needs. This way, you feel well-rested and focused, allowing you to perform at your best. Here, we'll show you the 7 routines of successful biohackers and give you tips on how you, too, can become a high performer.

1. Journaling

Successful biohackers use journaling to set clear goals and document them in a calendar or diary. Journaling helps you remind yourself of your goals every day. Biohackers primarily use journaling to keep a close eye on their goals and monitor their progress toward them. To get started with journaling, you can start by documenting your daily goals, your most important to-dos, your fluid intake, or your daily exercise routine. You can also document your mood or your diet. The possibilities for self-optimization are virtually endless.

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2. Ice bathing

Ice bathing is used as a routine by successful biohackers to enhance physical and mental well-being. The process of cold thermogenesis, which is triggered by ice bathing, has numerous health benefits: It increases mental alertness, banishes fatigue, stimulates fat burning, and promotes sharp focus. Biohackers use ice bathing in combination with specific breathing techniques to eliminate pain, strengthen the immune system, and optimize their mental performance. To get started with ice bathing, you can take a cold shower in the morning to feel more alert.

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3. Optimize sleep

To optimize sleep, biohackers prepare for sleep in the evening. They use blue light filter glasses, melatonin, and sleep trackers. Because blue light from smartphones, laptops, or TVs inhibits melatonin production and thus keeps you awake longer, biohackers consciously avoid using these devices in the evening or wear blue light filter glasses. These prevent the light from influencing melatonin production. Smart, right? Sleep trackers in the form of wearables like the Oura Ring are also part of the biohacking routine. By analyzing and documenting sleep, it can be specifically optimized. As a third tool for sleep optimization, they rely on the targeted use of melatonin, e.g., SLEEP SPRAY from BRAINEFFECT. SLEEP SPRAY is a quick sleep aid containing the sleep hormone melatonin. Sprayed into the mouth shortly before going to bed, SLEEP SPRAY can reduce the time it takes to fall asleep.

4. Do sports

Regular exercise is another routine that biohackers use to boost their mental performance. It's not just the workout itself that matters, but also when the workout takes place. Biohackers generally avoid intense workouts in the evening, as physical exercise releases the hormones cortisol and adrenaline, which keep you awake in the evening. It's best to exercise early in the morning or during your lunch break. Physical exercise before breakfast wakes you up, effectively stimulates fat burning, and improves your mental focus. Do you want to incorporate exercise into your daily routine as a successful biohacking routine? Then train before you have to perform mentally and avoid intense workouts in the evening.

5. Meditation

Meditation is about turning inward and consciously perceiving your body, your emotions, and the moment. Meditation as a biohack not only strengthens your mind and psyche, and thus your emotional well-being, it can also boost creativity and brain performance. You can start with a guided meditation or a breathing meditation. In breathing meditation, you consciously focus on your breathing and try to perceive it precisely. In guided meditation, a voice guides you and leads you step by step through the meditation, for example, with breathing and concentration exercises. Meditation as a daily routine can help you achieve greater mindfulness, mental strength, and stress reduction in your everyday life.

6. Smart Supplementation

Biohackers give their bodies what it needs. They use smart supplementation as a routine to optimize their concentration, mood, or energy. Particularly popular supplements for self-optimization include:

• Omega-3 fatty acids in krill oil
  

• Vitamin D3 & K2 oil in winter
  

• Hemp oil + vitamin E after exercise
  

• Vitamin D & L-tryptophan for mood

• Melatonin in the evening

7. Ketosis

Ketosis is a metabolic process in which the body derives its energy exclusively from fat. Biohackers use ketosis to supply their bodies with high-quality energy while simultaneously reducing body fat. If you want to start with ketosis , you can look into the ketogenic diet. Here, your meal plan is based primarily on healthy, high-quality fats. This way, over time, you can increase your mental performance and lose fat at the same time.