Phone calls after a workout
Spend the flat half hour after training on calls, not on hard work
The stretch after weights or cardio is not much use for concentration. So it goes to conversations. A call asks less of the focus that has not come back yet, and the alternative is usually half an hour of drifting between tabs. This is a transition, not a productivity trick. It only works with calls loose enough to move.
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Organizational psychologist · Think Again
The half hour after weights or cardio was going to waste, he found, because he was not back in work mode yet. Phone calls fill it now. The reasoning is that a conversation asks less of the focus that has not returned.
Source: The Tim Ferriss Show #399 transcript
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