Bryan Johnson· Author
You're not like most people, I would say the average American is not reaching that that lowest heart rate until 2 to 3:00 a.m. and you're pretty much already there by the time you're going to sleep.
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You're not like most people, I would say the average American is not reaching that that lowest heart rate until 2 to 3:00 a.m. and you're pretty much already there by the time you're going to sleep.
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It just feels so algorithmic to me that I guess uh the way I I think about it, Mike, is my body is so predictable with the inputs that I don't feel like I really psych myself out.
Oh no, like th this is a challenging situation because I know that at this level of heartbeat and I'm in a room that is not my home environment. You know, my my mattress is not cold.
I personally don't. I really love the data and uh whether it affects me or not, it doesn't bother me if it affects me or not, but it does seem like the patterns I just are very stable of what I see is what I get.
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