So you sort of have to pick your condition . What do you want for your bouts of focus and concentration ? I actually do both .
And that's just the way that caffeine interacts with blood glucose . So what I'd like you to imagine is if you had a measure of focus from 0 to 10 , these are arbitrary units , 10 being maximally focused and zero being not focused at all . Imagine a U shaped function , right ?
Imagine a U shaped function , right ? Where if you're very fasted , you're going to have a high degree of focus and concentration . But then if you ingest some food and your belly is full , your focus and concentration is reduced .
But in general , unless I'm working out very early , I will ingest my caffeine 90 to 100 and 20 minutes after I wake up . So again , I want to emphasize that if you hear somebody out there say being fasted is optimal for focus and concentration . Well , that is true in one context and perhaps ideal for a certain part of the day .
That is essentially done fasted and then I'll eat and then I do notice after I eat , I actually have a diminished capacity to focus . But then again , in the afternoon , I will do another 90 minute bout of focus and I'll talk about some of the tools I use to make sure that that bout of focus is optimal for getting the most amount of focused work done whether or not it's mental work or physical work . Although I tend to do my physical work early in the day .
