SMARTER NOT HARDER: The Biohacker's Guide to Getting the Body and Mind You Want by Dave Asprey

Smarter Not Harder: The Biohacker's Guide to Getting the Body and Mind You Want is a wellness guide from biohacker and bestselling author Dave Asprey. Instead of adding more routines, rules or intensity, it centres on taking control of what Asprey describes as the body’s operating system, with the aim of maximising wellbeing with minimal effort.

Asprey challenges common approaches to weight loss, energy, mental sharpness, strength and cardio fitness, arguing that they often require high effort for limited returns. He introduces the concept of the “MeatOS”, a system he says is naturally designed to be lazy, and explains how to work with that design by exercising and eating smarter rather than harder.

Key details

• Author: Dave Asprey
• Framed as a system of targeted biohacks
• Focuses on metabolic, neurological and epigenetic systems
• Covers better eating, smart workouts and strategic therapies
• Presented as not a diet or a fitness plan

Synopsis

In Smarter Not Harder, Dave Asprey outlines an approach to wellbeing built around doing less, not more. He explains how the body’s “MeatOS” can reduce the impact of rigid diets and demanding exercise routines, and describes ways to “hack” this operating system so it works as an ally rather than an obstacle.

The book sets out targeted biohacks intended to upgrade metabolic, neurological and epigenetic systems. It also includes information on eating, workouts designed to deliver more strength and energy in less time, and therapies aimed at reducing stress and boosting resilience.