Want to become 40% more productive?

by Dr Cal Shields

We all know that person who never seems to stop and achieves crazy amounts, both professionally and personally without ever looking tired. It’s not luck—it’s biohacking: the data-driven practice of tweaking your biology for supercharging energy, recovery, and focus. For some it comes naturally, others have to work on it and implement changes in their routines. What started as athlete secrets to gain a competitive edge is now an everyday tool in everyone’s kit, backed by studies showing we can all extend our prime years beyond what was once thought impossible.

1. Core Systems To Target

Biohacking focuses on key areas, using wearables (like Oura Ring for heart rate variability or Whoop for recovery scores) to measure progress takes things to the next level. This blog post would be waaaaay too long to list all the benefits of employing the hundreds of different bio hacking techniques, here’s a very brief overview of the top 5:

  • Energy Production: Your cells’ power plants make most of your fuel. A 2023 study shows pairing short breath holds (Hypoxia) with NMN supplements boosts energy output 15-20% in 8 weeks—no more midday crashes reaching for sugar to perk you up.
  • Hormone Balance: Stress hormones negatively impact 70% of adults. Try waiting 90 minutes after waking for coffee, plus supplementing 10g glycine and magnesium before bed…. Lights out and you’ll wake up feeling super charged due to better regulated hormone levels.
  • Inflammation Control: Low-level inflammation speeds ageing. Take 3g curcumin (with black pepper) daily to lower inflammation markers by 30%—add some moderate cardio session 3 or 4 times a week to amplify these benefits. Add in some weekly heat (sauna) and cold (cryotherapy) and you’ll drop those markers through the floor.
  • Daily Rhythm Reset: Bright morning light (10 minutes outdoors) shifts sleep hormones earlier, improving deep sleep and reaction speed by up to 18%. Admittedly this isn’t always easy during Manchester’s chilly and dull winter mornings but here’s the good news- red light therapy bed delivers similar benefits!
  • Mental Clarity: Quick non-sleep rest sessions clear brain fog, matching 20 minutes of meditation for focus. Amplify this by ditching the air pods and practicing it while sat in a sauna.

2. Stacking for bigger gains

Combine habits! Morning light + short cold shower sparks repair genes and cellular autophagy. Skip overdoing supplements and get blood tests every few months to identify and target deficiencies particularly in overlooked mineral levels (Supplement daily with quality mineral salt).

These changes deliver real results that in a matter of days you’ll see and feel. Bio hacking studies show 30-40% increase in daily productivity without the need for any poisonous energy drinks that wreck your brain and gut. Become part of a movement, get your friends and family involved by implementing small daily changes and sharing the benefits…… you wont look back.

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