Recharging While You Work is the New Path to Peak Performance
High performers look for every tiny advantage: better focus, stronger output, resilience. One area of performance that has been overlooked for years is nervous system state during hard work. Most people believe they can only compensate after a hard working or training session, they rely on their downtime to recover. But that is no longer necessary.
A new BBC article explored a trend in high performance called "Locking In". The piece is called “It's time to lock in and let your winter arc begin” and it explains the idea behind the trend, which has gained mass public attention, beginning in the US in the last decade. Locking in involves committing to ultra-long working or training sessions in order to optimise progress, push through boundaries, and make significant breakthroughs in abilities and/or outcomes.
The people who were interviewed hint at what they do to counteract the risk of nervous system overstimulation and exhaustion as a result of locking in - art, hobbies, time outdoors. But I am here to tell you that recovery does not need to happen only after work. You can also support your nervous system while you work.
This idea is central to Audicin. Audicin creates beautiful music that using brainwave entraining audio techniques to calm the nervous system and support focus at the same time. You do not need to switch off. You do not need to step away from your tasks. You can recharge while locking in - not only after.
For anyone who values sustained output, creativity, resilience, and long-term nervous system health, that’s a game-changer of a proposition.
The High Performer’s Challenge
High performers face continuous pressure on body and mind. They deal with constant decisions through competing priorities and manage complex tasks. All of this creates stress on the body, which reduces focus and creativity. Stress also increases risk of mental fatigue.
The traditional model encourages hard work first - recovery later. This approach does not match the demands of modern life, especially not locking in, which can last for many hours at a time. People need support during such hard work too, recovery that occurs in real time. And small sensory shifts, especially in our sound environment, can meaningfully change mental state in the moment. We process sound automatically and without effort.
This is where the edge is today: micro-recovery embedded into work itself.
Audicin and Recovery Whilst Locking In
Audicin is built for real-time nervous system support. It is structured, brainwave-entraining audio created for regulation and focus. Our compositions offer a 360 degree sound experience, ensuring that they can be processed quickly by the brain in the background of your focus. This reduces stress without disrupting concentration on the task at hand, be it a mental or physical challenge.
In a published study involving 211 participants, listeners played Audicin for 10 minutes while performing tasks. Over 3/4 of participants reported lower stress and almost one fifth of them reported a reduction of stress greater than fifty percent. This reduction happened during active work. It did not require a pause or disengagement from the task at hand.
This result over such a short time period really matters to high performers. It means they can maintain strong output while giving their nervous system a more stable and supportive environment.
Why “Recharge While You Work” with Audicin is the New Edge
Support for the nervous system leads to better cognitive performance. Stable internal states have also been proven to improve memory, attention and decision-making. People think more clearly when their stress load remains low and outcomes benefit in turn. What is more important, maintaining a stable nervous system state is better for long-term wellbeing. At times, hard work is essential, but the risk of damage to the nervous system can be lowered by supporting that system as we work.
The reality is that recovery windows are shorter than they once were and long breaks are difficult to schedule. Most recovery tools demand time and focus , not an additional burden that we need to factor in. Audicin works alongside existing tasks as it fits effortlessly into the workday without adding pressure or complexity. I am listening to our 'Clear the Brain Fog' Audicin journey right now as I type, and I can tell you that the gorgeous musical world is a much nicer background than the street noise outside my window! And I know that it is helping me to focus AND is keeping my nervous system calm whilst I work.
High performers value tools that allow smooth and continuous workflow and Audicin provides such support without interruption. This creates a new type of performance environment where you can work with clarity and calm. The nervous system does not drift into overload.
How High Performers Use Audicin
High performers have told us that they use Audicin in many different ways in order to optimise their hard work and gain the edge:
Focus preparation - Play Audicin for the first ten to fifteen minutes of a work session. This creates a calm baseline for deep concentration.
Long focus blocks - Use Audicin during sustained mental or physical effort. This slows the rise of body and brain stress and helps maintain attention.
Task transitions - Listen to Audicin between tasks - whilst recovering, making a drink or snack, or moving the body if you have been still. This smooths cognitive shifts and prevents stress spikes.
Creative sessions - Benefit from Audicin when generating ideas. The BBC article highlights that creativity grows when the mind is calm. Audicin supports this state as well as using brainwave entraining audio that supports creative breakthroughs (try gamma songs like Gone Surfing or Sunrays to feel the boost ! ).
Daily regulation practice - Use Audicin every day in whatever way works best for you, be that relaxing, focusing, commuting, sleeping or creating. Regular use of Audicin, as little as 10 mins a day, supports nervous system resilience and helps to reduce long-term mental fatigue.
The Audicin Advantage for High Performers
Audicin provides clear benefits for people who want consistent excellence.
• It supports focus.
• It reduces stress.
• It strengthens resilience over time (our longest case study is a year of Audicin use, showing the clear pathway to improvement).
• It works during active tasks.
• It requires no training and no behavioural change.
High performers seek tools that enhance output and that support long-term nervous system state in the process. Audicin supports both aims. It creates a working and training environment that improves clarity, creativity and cognitive stability. It lets you recharge while you work.
Further reading - Recent Studies & Reviews Suggesting Benefits of Brainwave Audio
• This is a controlled experimental study that varied a range of BB parameters (frequency, carrier tone, onset timing, background ) to examine effects on sustained attention and brain entrainment (using EEG) in 80 participants.
• Key finding: gamma-frequency embedded in sound improved attention performance versus control, and EEG data confirmed brain entrainment at target frequencies.
• Relevance: supports the idea that brainwave entraining sound can modulate attention, which aligns with “focus while you work.”
• This review analyses a broad collection of studies on brainwave entrainment and related outcomes.
• It points out that BBs can influence brain oscillatory activity under the right conditions.
• This study reports that listening to 15 Hz (beta) BB embedded in preferred music can improve attention, working memory, and overall functioning in contexts of mental fatigue.
• Why this matters: for a performance audience operating under stress or extended work sessions, Beta sounds offer a boost or “reset” to cognitive control and mental energy.