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Modern Wisdom

#572 - Life Hacks 210

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2023

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

Jonny & Yusef from Propane Fitness join me for a new year's Life Hacks episode.

Sit back & enjoy as we run through our favourite tools, apps, websites, strategies & resources for a productive and efficient life.

Expect to learn the best sleep supplements we've found, how to get served faster at every restaurant, how to fix tennis elbow, why you need multiple gym memberships, a fix for caffeine dependency, Jonny's best new app for tracking your diet, how to beat procrastination, where to find the secret Pret a Manger in Heathrow Terminal 5, how to never lose your way during a speech again and much more...

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Use a redlight lamp BlockBluLight - https://www.blockbluelight.co.uk/collections/red-light-therapy-panels/products/red-light-therapy-powerpanel-mid?ref=PROPANE

Remember the server’s name

Rotate your training days

Eat the most boring meal of the day post-workout

Multiple gym memberships

Use Cronometer - https://cronometer.com/

Use Athletic Greens - https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom

Use MacroFactor - https://macrofactorapp.com/

EatThisMuch.com

Theraband Flexbar - https://amzn.to/3jGulq0

Hack Productivity With The Zeigarnik Effect by leaving sentences part-finished.

Andrew Huberman’s Sleep Cocktail - https://www.livemomentous.com/products/sleep-pack

Reset the context if you lose your way during a speech

Every other day caffeine use

Turn boring tasks into a game by creating arbitrary deadlines

Norlo Lightly Caffeinated Coffee - https://norlocoffee.com/

Houjicha - https://amzn.to/3VA7SIv

Install a USB charger in your bathroom

Use a safety bar

Bring your dumbbells up overhead during lateral raises

Use as little weight as you need

Access Spotlight from the homescreen by swiping down

2nd pret at Gate A3 Heathrow Terminal 5

Sneak into the business lounge South at Heathrow Terminal 5

Brass Against on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@BrassAgainst

Always ask for room turn down in a hotel when checking in

Watch Knives Out Glass Onion

Watch Devil’s Hour

Watch Treason

Watch Litvinienko

Watch The Night Manager

Watch The Suspect

Subscribe to Coffeezilla

Subscribe to MelodySheep

Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the show. My guests today are Johnny and Yusef from propanefitness.com

0:07.1

and it is another life hacks episode. We go through our favorite tools, tactics, websites, strategies and resources

0:13.7

for a productive and efficient life and today I expect to learn the best sleep supplements we found,

0:19.0

how to get served faster at every restaurant, how to fix tennis elbow, why you need multiple gym

0:25.2

memberships, a fix for caffeine dependency, Johnny's best new app for tracking your diet, how to beat

0:30.8

procrastination, where to find the secret preta monje in Heathrow Terminal 5, how to never lose

0:36.8

your way during a speech again and much more. I really enjoyed sitting down with the boys,

0:44.0

it was very, very nice to be back in the UK in the place where this podcast all began and

0:49.5

recording with my bros, it was very fun. I'm back to Austin this Saturday, which is going to be good.

0:56.2

And this Sunday we are announcing the biggest ever episode that we've done on modern wisdom.

1:03.2

I can't wait. The only way that you can ensure you will never miss when this episode goes up

1:07.8

is by pressing the subscribe button on Apple Podcasts to Spotify and it does support the show,

1:12.0

so thank you very much to all of you that do that. In other news, this episode is brought to you by

1:18.9

Jim Shark. If I could give you a clothing hack for 2023, it would be their seamless collection. They've got it in

1:26.1

leggings for girls and tops as well. And the guys seamless t-shirts are the most comfortable things

1:32.9

that I've ever put on. The fit is fantastic. The colors go with everything. I'm really getting into

1:37.6

wearing a brighter t-shirt with some of their more sort of muted colored shorts. They're just everything

1:42.8

about them is fantastic. The design is great, the colors are great and you can get a 10% discount

1:47.4

on everything from Jim Shark. If you go to bit.ly slash shark wisdom and use the code mw10. Check out,

1:54.7

there is a minimum purchase of $100 or $100 bucks, I think, but it is free returns. So just buy

2:00.7

everything that you need and return what you don't like. I keep on falling in love with everything

2:05.5

that they make and I highly, highly recommend. If you need some new kits to motivate you to get to

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