Todd Anderson

08/17/2026

Walking a Spartan legend through the facility he helped build the reputation of.

It's all been renovated since we played. Then he tells me if I mess anything up, he'll never be allowed back in the building.

Full facility tour is in Episode 3.

07/23/2026

I recently launched a youtube series behind the scenes of building Dream.

Check out episode 2 of “Building a Dream”

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07/08/2026

You can out-tough being tired. You cannot out-tough your brain not working right.

That's kind of the whole argument for sleep when it comes to athletes. Fatigue is uncomfortable and yeah, you can push through it. You can gut through a brutal session on no sleep. But what you can't control is what's happening at the subconscious level.

Reaction time. Spatial awareness. Your joints absorbing and dispersing force the right way. These things happen faster than you can think about them. You don't get to will them into working correctly.
That's why sleep-deprived athletes get hurt more. Not because they're soft. Because their brains are slower in ways toughness can't fix.

No amount of grit changes that.

05/25/2026

Here's something I think most people don't realize about sleep and mental health.

It's not just about how many hours you get. It's about when those hours happen.
Research shows that if you shift the midpoint of your sleep just one hour earlier, you're looking at roughly a 25% reduction in your risk of depression. So if you're sleeping from midnight to 8, moving that window to 11 to 7 makes a real difference. Not because you're getting more sleep, but because the hours before midnight carry more weight when it comes to your mental health.

That's a pretty small change with a pretty significant outcome. And for a lot of people, it's actually doable.

05/23/2026

A lot of people hold back from posting because they're not sure it's good enough, or they don't want to deal with the noise. I get that.
But here's how I think about it. Social media is just a platform to expand your voice. If you're sitting on something that could genuinely help people and you're not sharing it, you're kind of allowing the stuff that isn't helpful to fill that space instead.
And especially when you're young and building a business, you just never know who's on the other side. I've made some of my closest friendships through social. Connections that completely changed the direction of things for me. You're one person, one meeting, one random interaction away from something that shifts everything.
You just don't know where that's coming from. So spread the net wider.
The compare game is real and it can mess with you if you let it. But if you have a good relationship with the platform and you're putting good out in the world, it's only going to help.

05/20/2026

I'll take a sleep mask over white noise. Over sauna. Even over cutting caffeine, because if your timing is right, caffeine isn't your biggest problem. Light is.

But if I have to choose one thing above all of it, I'm taking consistency every single time.
Your body has an internal clock and it works best when you work with it. Same bedtime. Same wake time. Seven days a week. Not just Monday through Friday and then blowing it on the weekend.
Consistency is undefeated when it comes to sleep. I really believe that.

Everything else is just layered on top of it.

05/20/2026

Most people don't realize what a couple of drinks actually does to their sleep. And I think that's kind of the whole problem.

Let's say you go to dinner and have two drinks. Maybe four. Here's what's actually happening in your body while you're asleep. Alcohol attacks your REM sleep, specifically in the first half of the night. REM sleep is responsible for your emotional stability, memory consolidation, and reaction time. It's what keeps you feeling good and sharp day to day. When that gets disrupted, you're not just a little off. You're running on a depleted system. And the more you drink, the more pronounced that effect becomes.

I'm not saying it has to be zero drinks forever. But once you understand the actual mechanism, it changes how you think about the tradeoff.

05/15/2026

A lot of people think a glass of wine before bed helps them wind down. And in some ways it does. You relax faster, fall asleep quicker.

But here's what's actually happening while you're out.
Alcohol changes the architecture of your sleep. It disrupts how your body moves through its sleep cycles, especially REM sleep. And REM is kind of where everything important happens. Your mood. Your memory. Your energy. Your mental sharpness the next day.

So you might log seven or eight hours and still wake up feeling like you got nothing. That's not a coincidence.

I'm not here to tell anyone not to drink. But I think it's worth being honest about what you're trading. If you're going to have it, make it worth it and have some intention behind the plan.

05/14/2026

You're spending money on sleep supplements when the most powerful sleep hack is completely free.

I see it all the time. People buying magnesium, melatonin, mouth tape and their sleep schedule is all over the place. That's like putting premium gas in a car with no engine.

Here's the thing about melatonin. The data's not great. It stays in your system longer than most people think. And if you control your behaviors, you can produce plenty of melatonin on your own.

Magnesium? B tier. Really useful if you're deficient and a lot of people are. But some forms aren't as impactful as others. You might be taking the wrong one.
Cold plunge is a C for sleep. I know that's controversial. I love cold plunge for other things. But specifically for sleep? It's not doing what you think it's doing.
What actually works? Nasal strips, A tier. You have to be breathing well to sleep well. Sleep mask, A tier. It replicates the right environment and creates a psychological trigger. Sauna is A tier. Helps you cool down faster, awesome for deep sleep and temperature regulation. That's the one most people are sleeping on. No pun intended.

But the real answer is consistency. Same time down, same time up. That's the engine. Everything else is kind of just accessories.

Follow along. I break this material down all the time.

05/13/2026

Breathing isn’t just about oxygen. It’s about control.

Your nervous system responds instantly to how you breathe.
Fast, shallow breathing puts your body in a stressed state.
Slow nasal breathing with longer exhales signals safety and relaxation.

On top of that, breathing through your nose produces nitric oxide, helping your body use oxygen more efficiently with less effort.

Simple changes. Big impact.