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24 frameworks

Peak Performance7 steps

The 85% Rule

Run at 85 percent effort and you will beat the version of you that ran at 100.

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The Rower Minimum Effective Dose

Seven minutes on the rower, four times a week, plus push-ups — that is the whole programme.

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The Three-Night Consolidation Window

Protect sleep for three nights after learning anything you intend to still know in a month.

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The VO2 Max Pyramid

Build a wide aerobic base at 80 percent, then sharpen the peak with the other 20.

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The Leucine-Anchored Protein Protocol

Hit one gram per pound, spread it across servings, and anchor on three amino acids.

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The Performer's Energy Reservoir

Protect the reserves before the show, not after, because some of them do not replenish.

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Co-Climbing Peer Groups

Pool learning with trusted rivals so everyone compounds at multiples of solo speed

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Eccentric-First Strength for Aging

Train the deceleration, hinge without loading the spine, and carry heavy things.

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Movement Diagnosis Over Medical Diagnosis

Treat how the body moves, not just the label on the scan

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The Sedative Substitution Rule

Conventional sleep aids don't reproduce sleep — replace them with something that costs you nothing.

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Thinking Versus Paying Attention

Stop walking the programmatic trail — open your eyes and let the insight arrive.

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The Okinawan Aging Model

Old age goes well where the old are treasured, active and needed — and collapses where they sit inside.

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Bimodal Stimulation for Tinnitus

Pair the phantom tone with a real touch so the brain learns which sound is fake.

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Get Long, Get Strong, Train Hard

Open a new range, lock it in, then load it until it's normal

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The Fresh Ears Test

Judge revision 56 against revision 1, not against the hours you spent getting there

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The Rucking Protocol

Load your hips, chase the hills, and get strength and endurance in one session.

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Calm as a Superpower

Separate intrinsic motivation from anxiety, then run the same operation without the whirlpool.

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The Dream Recall Journal and Cue Inventory

Write dreams down before touching anything, then mine the recurring motifs for reality-test triggers.

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Diagnose the Tightness Before You Stretch

Never stretch a muscle until you know why it's tight

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The Enhancement Adoption Funnel

Track interventions from racehorses to wasting-disease patients to bodybuilders to athletes to the rich, and you see a decade ahead.

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Train Power to Age Well

Power detrains first, so train it deliberately as you get older

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The Warm-Up as a Movement Intervention

Stop raising your temperature and start changing how you move

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Balance Energy, Not Just Time

Time is fixed; deliberately add energy-giving activities to offset the draining ones

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The Meditative Palate Cleanser

Absorb the bad news, then do something physical and all-consuming before you act

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