The Issue With Biohacking Your Morning

The Pitfalls of Over-Optimizing

I’m Addicted to Biohacking.

I’ve spent hours in the day immersed in saunas, red light booths, and hyperbaric chambers.

Most of my mornings were spent like this.

I would wake up at 6 am, and would biohack till around 10 am.

Every day

As I sit in my cold plunge converted trashcan (Yes), I like to remind myself of all the protocols I've experimented with.

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• Breathed in kale essential oil in my diffuser for the polyphenols.

• Random daily nootropic mix.

• Caffeine Patches

• 800 mg Melatonin Suppository’s (Yes)

• Hours in the sauna for growth hormone proliferation

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Why am I writing this?

My intention is to address the pitfalls of over-biohacking your morning routine.

Too much time in the cold plunge, hyperbaric chamber and PEMF mat and we lose sight of what matters.

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The Rise of Biohacking and the Morning Routine Craze

If you've been anywhere near a health blog or a productivity podcast lately, you've probably heard the term biohacking.

At its core, biohacking involves tweaking our biology through various means—diet, supplements, lifestyle changes, and even technology—to optimize our health and performance.

In the world of morning routines, biohacking has become the new black.

Everybody from Silicon Valley tech moguls to fitness influencers are all in.

You’ve got heavy hitters like Tim Ferriss, who experiments with everything from fasting to smart drugs to enhance mental and physical performance.

Then there’s Dave Asprey, the father of Bulletproof Coffee, who’s made a career out of turning himself into a guinea pig for biohacks, preaching the gospel of fat-filled coffee and mitochondrial function.

As the space grew, the culture needed to fill in the gaps of what our society is into these days.

The morning routine became prime real estate.

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The Truth About Biohacking Your Morning

Gone are the days when mornings were simply about sipping coffee and catching the sunrise.

Now, it's all about squeezing every drop of efficiency out of those early hours.

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Like I said, I would start my day at 6 am, and dive straight into my biohacking routine.

• Tongue scraping

• Oil pulling

Followed by sessions with my:

• Red light panel

• Rebounder

• Massage therapy gun.

• Neurofeedback device

• Cryo Chamber

• Wim Hof Session

• Sacred Chanting for vagus nerve activation

• 20+ Supplements

• Foam rolling

• Stretching

• Breathwork and meditation.

I had become a morning biohacking junkie, devoting all my time to "optimizing."

I'm supposed to be super healthy, which should translate to being the happiest I've ever felt, right?

My mornings are supposed to set me up!

But they weren't, and I found myself becoming increasingly unhappy.

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Each morning, we are born again. What we do today is what matters most. Why not make it optimal?" — Inspired by Buddha

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The Realization

At first, this routine felt empowering.

I believed I was stacking healthy habits, becoming smarter and stronger with each activity. But then it all hit me like a train of bricks.

Instead of enjoying the morning, I was spending it trying to optimize.

Sometimes, I'd be late for class or miss important meetings.

But hey…

I was optimizing!

I became so fixated on completing each task perfectly that I lost sight of the present moment. I would often ridicule myself for not being perfect in the morning.

Most times I would leave my place after my morning routine thinking,

"Damn, my neurofeedback meditation score was a B - time for a crappy day."

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The Bro Ben Greenfield Straight Up OPTIMIZING SON

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I Flooded My Apartment Biohacking

The allure of feeling like a superhero before breakfast is undeniable.

Yet, the reality is closer to feeling a guinea pig in a science experiment gone awry.

Like that time I attempted to transform my shower into a DIY cold plunge?

• I ordered an inflatable pool designed for toddlers on Amazon

• Hauled 70 pounds of ice into my apartment,

And... flooded that shiiii.

The pool wasn't equipped for a biohacker's ambitious morning routine; it was intended for kids to splash around under a garden hose.

That's when I understood: the “biohacked” morning routine had gone too far.

Through this and numerous other "morning experiments," I gained invaluable insights.

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"A morning routine shouldn't feel like a chore. If it does, you're doing it wrong. It's about enhancing life, not complicating it." — Ben Greenfield

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A New Perspective on Biohacking

Once I grasped the concept that mornings should be about activities that bring joy and enhance life, instead of just biohacking the living shit out of it, I established criteria to guide all my future morning activity.

Every morning activity I engage in will:

• Bring me joy

• Energize me

• Be easy to do

• Bring me presence

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Driving 20 minutes each way to the Cryo Clinic wasn't easy, and as intriguing as my intense 20-minute neurofeedback session was, it didn't bring me joy or presence.

So, I conducted a thorough audit of my morning routine and reshaped it entirely.

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Now, my mornings consist of:

• Performing my usual oral hygiene routine,

• Tidying up a bit

• Doing yoga

• Breathwork

And spending some time with my little red light panel.

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I also drink coffee, take in the view, and indulge in some reading.

That's it.

No more craziness.

And you know what's even crazier?

I feel far more optimized now than when I was juggling a multitude of tasks simultaneously.

I feel more present, and it only takes one hour.

Mornings have become more joyful.

I've learned that true satisfaction comes from genuinely enjoying lifeand being fully present for it, rather than just trudging through a bunch of tasks that are supposed to make you healthier.

Don't get me wrong, though; biohacking changed my life.

It shifted my mindset, allowing me to envision who I could become.

I addressed my weaknesses, learned to control my mind, boosted my energy levels, and achieved the best physical shape of my life.

Arguably, I even learned to love life more.

However, balance is crucial.

You can't expect to live to 100 while spending the rest of your days in a cold tub, devoid of libido.

We need a purpose to energize our mornings and carry us through the day.

It's about engaging in activities that enhance our lives without overwhelming them.

My advice to you: stay alive through every activity in the morning.

Engage in things that energize you and activate your entire being.

Remind yourself of beautiful things and express gratitude.

I adore biohacking, but too much of it, and I lose sight of who I am.

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Conclusion

There's a genuine beauty in evolving into your healthiest self.

In today's world, we have the opportunity to achieve exactly that.

Once you grasp this concept, you're inclined to go all out—just like a reader who keeps buying books even though they haven't finished any.

You keep optimizing.

However, what makes this so dangerous is that we spend a lot more time trying to optimize life instead of live it.

Instead of boosting energy, we are decreasing it.

Through my journey, I’ve learned that the best morning routine is one you can look forward to, not one that you dread.

Let’s dial back the intensity and turn up the mindfulness.

Let's make our mornings less about doing more and more about being more—present, mindful, and genuinely engaged in our health and happiness.

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Now that I've shared my experience and insights, I’d love to hear about your morning routine.

What works for you?

Let's discuss in the comments below.