Our guest for today’s episode is Dr. Daniel Chao, CEO at Halo Neuroscience. Daniel Chao is a medtech entrepreneur, specializing devices that improve brain performance, and currently is the co-founder and CEO of Halo Neuroscience based in San Francisco developing neuroscience-based technology that accelerates performance gains for elite athletes.

Today’s podcast is all about the brain, learning, skill acquisition and achieving better performance. Topics include neuroplasticity, neural drive, chemical vs. electrical stimulation to the brain, and more.

As we move through decades of training and sports science, it’s interesting to see what becomes common in popular culture. Pre-workouts have become a cultural, and even meme phenomenon, but are they really helping drive better performance in competition? Are the benefits outweighed by the cost, and is there a better way to stimulate the brain for optimal learning?

Dr. Chao goes in depth on skill learning, and the future of enhancing the brain for performance gains.

Today’s episode is brought to you by SimpliFaster, supplier of high-end athletic development tools, such as the Freelap timing system, kBox, Sprint 1080, and more.