This protocol addresses cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia and how it affects how fast you fall asleep, based on a systematic review of 241 trials.
This protocol addresses cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia and how it affects waking in the night, based on a meta-analysis of 20 trials and 1,162 adults.
This protocol addresses muscle gain and the move “The target: 0.7 g per pound (1.6 g per kilo) a day”, based on a meta-analysis of 49 studies and 1,863 people.
Handle Your Lactose IntoleranceLactose intolerance
This protocol addresses lactose intolerance and the move “Keep it to about 12 g at a time, spread through the day”, based on a systematic review of 36 trials.
This deep dive covers protecting erectile function and its evidence for erectile function score on the standard thirty-point scale, based on a meta-analysis.
This deep dive covers rebuilding the week and its evidence for depression and low mood after scheduling activity instead of waiting on motivation, based on a meta-analysis.
Structured exposure for approach anxietyEstablished in humans
This deep dive covers structured exposure for approach anxiety and its evidence for social anxiety symptoms in adults with social anxiety disorder, based on a study.
The media cycle never ends: men are toxic, men are the problem, there is a “crisis of masculinity”. This is truly a crisis. But it is not a crisis of masculinity. It is a crisis of stupidity.
×The Old Way
1Wake up and scroll
2A stranger tells you how to live
3No evidence
4Motivation, validation, advice
5Nothing changes
The New Way
1Identify what is wrong
2Meet Elon
3Commit to the science
4Thirty days of protocols
5Real, quantifiable strides
“You are the Hero in your story. Never allow anyone… including yourself to make you feel otherwise.”
Elon
”
A New Kind of Brotherhood
A brotherhood without toxicity and without shame. Drop the armor. Pick up the sword of science-based self-improvement, with supportive men by your side.
Compassion-based work: depression down, d = 0.64.
66% with friends, 24% alone. J Consult Clin Psychol 1999.
A friend who turns happy lifts your odds by 25%. BMJ 2008.
A New Purpose
Develop positive masculine virtues and uncover your unique purpose.
Strength
Discipline
Confidence
Courage
Integrity
Resilience
Responsibility
Honor
637 Deep Dives
The following deep dives are included in your New Heroes membership. One page per compound or move, graded and cited.
RelationshipsTurning up to the same roomStatus & social access
Turning up to the same room
Moderate · PubMed 21381850
RelationshipsBeing the one who walks overApproach & social anxiety
Being the one who walks over
Preliminary · PubMed 24864005
RelationshipsCutting the post-mortemApproach & social anxiety
Cutting the post-mortem
Moderate · PubMed 37478698
RelationshipsDesigning exposures that disprove a predictionApproach & social anxiety
Designing exposures that disprove a prediction
Moderate · PubMed 24864005
and 23 more inside
Complete Quests. See Your Life Change.
One quest at a time in the New Heroes app: the moves for today, the gates you keep, and the one number that judges it at four weeks.
TodayThe moves for the day, and the gates you keep.
ProgressThe one number, week by week, judged at four weeks.
CrewMen on the same quest, and who showed up today.
The Support System
Elon, the thirty days, and the men on the same quest.
The room · Elon
Woke at 4am again, third night running. Which move first?The one wake time. Keep it all week, log the number every morning, and we judge it at week four. Nothing else yet.
Ask Any Question to Elon
I am in New Heroes every day, asking questions, answering questions, and hanging out.
Day 30/ 66
The first thirty are the commitment
Give Me Thirty Days
Thirty days of applied learning. The habit research says a new habit takes a median of 66 days to become automatic; the first thirty are the commitment.
Both showed up today
Men on the Same Quest
You won’t have to do it alone. A community of men who made the same commitment, and Elon with them.
Full protocol library
146 protocols, one problem each, every claim with its paper.
Private community access
Men who made the same commitment, and Elon every day.
Q&A with me every weekday
Ask any question in the community. I answer Monday to Friday.