Tips on staying alert all day?

[iknowexactly]

alcohol messes up your sleep, so does cigs, sometimes it's what you DON'T do. Less carbs helped me, especially grains, fruit seemed more vitalizing. Get a medical workup, I had low testosterone (I'm over 50) was fat, and had vitamin d deficiency, as well as high blood pressure.

 

[MidniteSpecial]

Green tea elixir from Ivl products. That and not eating heavy meals. Or not eating at all. The body will focus rather than digest.

 

[Giovonny]

Mid afternoon naps?
Diet?

Yes and yes!

Sleep as much as you can and Eat as clean as you can. (especially if you are working hard all day and lifting heavy weights at night!)

Everything else is a "supplement" -- which means an extra, an addition to, or a complement to.

A "supplement" is not a substitute for the real thing.

You wanna feel rested and energetic. You gotta rest!

Anything thing else is a temporary fix.

We have natural biological rhythms. I find for me, 6pm to 8.30 I cant do anything brain-intensive, its almost comical. Totally natural.

Good advice. Work when its time to work, rest when its time to rest.

Has anyone ever used REM cycles to increase productivity (get more hours during the day?)

I have. Going to bed at 10pm vs going to bed at 1am has a big effect on next day energy levels. Generally, before midnight is alot better then after midnight.

10pm-3am is supposed to be the best time to be asleep. This is when the body heals, restores, grows, etc.

It sounds like you want to work all day long and into the evening, then workout hard, and feel great the whole time, with tons of energy and focus.

I wish it was that easy! It's not always like that. Sometimes, you gotta grind! You gotta find motivation and energy, you gotta search for inspiration. You could sleep all night and eat all organic and you still won't be feeling 100%.

Life is a battle, you just have to keep fighting sometimes.

It is possible to feel good 99% of the time, but, I think that's mostly psychological.

Little by little you create the formula that works for you --when to sleep, what to eat, when to work, when to play, how to think, etc.

 

[MidniteSpecial]

I've taken up to 8 tbs of coconut oil a day for weeks at a time. Also used to swish it in my mouth for five minutes every morning and than spit it out. (No homo) It draws toxins out of Your body. Some people have claimed it healed all types of ailments.

Green tea elixir worked better for me as far of all day focus and clean energy. Shit is the truth.

 

[sixsix]

I don't like giving hearsay advice, but I am trying to bulk so I haven't tried it yet.

Stop eating easily digested carbohydrates.

You become sleepy after such a meal, your insuline spikes and you want to rest.

Instead, eat meat, nuts and veggies. Lots of protein and fats.

You wondered how cavemen stayed alert all day. Cavemen didn't eat cakes, bread and potatoes.

 

[XXL]

Key: State of surrender.

It's not even that much about motivation IMO as it is about total acceptance of the struggle ahead of you. Nonresistance. Fully accepting that "this is happening" and giving yourself no other choice. It's a weird mindfuck.

For example.. I can feel it the most when I stretch before/after my workout. I feel the pain from stretching and at first my body resists the pain and fights it and the stretch is done half ass but then I take control and I "surrender" to the moment and accept the pain and let it hurt and my stretching becomes a lot better. I feel the same pain but I befriend it and I'm OK with it. It's like detaching yourself from feelings or something like that. You lead your mind and then your body follows. I noticed that when I stop resisting it and I can just do shit ton of stuff being tired or exhausted. It sound wacky as fuck but I can't explain it better.

Also, 30 minute naps are golden. Fuck coffee. Setting up personal deadlines [possible to achieve but demanding] works wonders. A lot of water is a must.