tim
ferriss
hRV checked on waking, two or three morning habits picked from a list of 10, his state fixed before journaling, serious rock-climbing training, and themed workdays.
from how he described his mornings and week on EconTalk, and his latest Random Show with Kevin Rose. He invests in Maui Nui venison, and he’s an investor in AG1 (July 2021 round) and a paid partner of his podcast, so neither is listed.
- morning2–3 of 10 habits
- hrv2 devices
- trainingclimbing
- recordingsmon + fri
what tim uses.
protocol as of oct 2026
supplements15
show all 15 supplements
gear5
what tim eats.
- morningon wakingpu-erh tea
“i love drinking pu-erh tea.” (2025)
1·’25 - eating windowabout 2–10 pm16:8
“typically like 2:00pm to 10:00pm,” for about a month as of july 2025, because his family has a history of metabolic syndrome.
1·’25
- 16:8, roughly a 2 pm to 10 pm eating window (jul 2025)1·’25
tim’s day.
- On wakingHRV on two devices
he measured his heart rate variability “first thing upon waking up, with two different devices.”
recovery - MorningTwo or three things from a list of 10
he picks “two or three things out of a list of 10.” After a poor night: exogenous ketones, a three-to-four-minute cold plunge with some breathing, and two kinds of pu-erh tea, about 10–15 minutes in all. He uses the plunge “at 40 to 43 degrees Fahrenheit… typically… for five to 10 minutes.”
recoveryenergy - Some daysRucking dog walk for coffee
on days he skips the cold plunge, maybe “a walk with my dog with a rucksack on to go get coffee.”
fitness - Before journalingState, story, strategy
fix his state first, because a bad mood leads to a pessimistic story and then poor strategies.
focus
- These days
- Before climbing
- WeeklyThemed days
podcast recordings on Mondays and Fridays, admin and one-on-ones on Tuesdays; Wednesdays mainly for writing.
focus
books.
what tim gifts, in their own words.
- awarenessanthony de mellogifts
“I’ve gifted this at least 50 times, so I’ll keep gifting it.”
- tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrowgabrielle zevingifts
“This was a new find in 2025.”
- goldrumi, trans. haleh liza gaforigifts
“Read 1–2 poems before bed each night and thank me later.”
- letters from a stoicsenecagifts
“perhaps the ultimate operating system for thriving in high-stress environments”
- surely you’re joking, mr. feynman!richard p. feynmangifts
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steven bartlett
up at 9 or 9:30 with no alarm and no meetings before 11, three basic supplements, a near-keto baseline, a CO2 monitor beside him in every interview, and a workout pretty much every day.
see the habits
bryan johnson
up around 5 with no alarm, 10,000-lux light, a 60–90 minute workout and sauna, last meal at noon, fluids off at 4, in bed at 8:30 every night.
see the habitsSources (8)
- EconTalk — Tim Ferriss on Tim Ferriss (and much, much more) (Aug 18, 2025; recorded Jul 23, 2025)
- The Tim Ferriss Show #886 — The Random Show (transcript, Oct 11, 2026)
- BevNET — Athletic Greens closes its first outside funding round, Tim Ferriss among the investors (Jul 23, 2021)
- Awareness — where Tim recommends it
- Letters from a Stoic — where Tim recommends it
- The Tim Ferriss Show — Q&A with Tim: The Art of Male Friendship (transcript)
- The Tim Ferriss Show #826 — Q&A: Supplements I’m Taking
- Tim Ferriss — My favorite software, supplements, apps, tools and more (2024)
Last checked 20 Oct 2026.
Photo: Todd White, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (background removed, converted to black and white, cropped, resized). All image credits.
