Are you a morning person? If you laughed when you read this, hopefully we can convince you! WIth new goals at bay and the New Year coming up pretty quick, if you are not a morning person, this may be something you should consider… Starting off the year with a fresh start is such a great feeling, isn’t it?! Just like the change of a year, this can happen each day. The best way to start of a fresh new day is with some form of exercise! Take advantage of getting up early and start each day off right.
If you have never been a morning person yet are striving to discover how to achieve your goals make this balanced fitness lifestyle work for you, the answer can be in a.m. exercise. An early fresh start is the basis of this program. Not only are there physical benefits but the mental components of early exercise sets the tone and shapes your day, which rolls over into the next and the next… Getting up early and getting to action is key to long term success.
With the New Year approaching, maybe this is a goal you want to set up for yourself. Give it 4 weeks and see how you feel? See how it makes a difference in you world? Please, just commit yourself for one month and see how your lifestyle changes. Here are a few key reasons to consider making this a point in your daily routine.
-Sets the tone for the day by kick starting your metabolism. You have been “fasting” all night and exercising revamps your metabolism and keeps it burning throughout the day!
-Gives you natural energy for your day and releases endorphins, making you feel great!
-Start the day off feeling accomplished!
-Awakens your mind allowing your brain to start functioning and thinking clearly.
-Your days are just overall more productive, all because of the small amount of time you invested on you and exercising.
-You don’t have to convince yourself, later in the day, to exercise, because you already have!
-Your food choices throughout the day seem to be better when you have invested your time and energy into exercising first thing.
-You learn to love waking up and look forward to how exercising makes you feel, first thing. It is your natural Java that gets you fired up and going.
-Starting off your day with that “YOU” time, sets the tone for the day, making you feel great!
Rather than dragging yourself to the gym or outdoors, after a long day of work and with family obligations in the back of your mind, get up and get it done. Allow yourself to enjoy the benefits exercise has to offer you, throughout the day. Exercising later in the day, if it gets done, doesn’t allow you to reap all the benefits and could potentially alter your sleeping patterns. There are so many other benefits of getting up and getting your exercise routine out of the way. You will discover several of those benefits on your own so why wait, start to discover them now!
A New Year is approaching, try a new approach to your fitness routine, just give it a try….
I couldn’t agree more. I was never a morning person and quite frankly the thought of doing cardio pre-food and first thing in the morning was appalling to me BUT about 15 months ago Gina changed my plan to include morning cardio and now it is the only way to start the day. I actually miss the days I don’t get up for cardio first thing. I am more productive and I do eat better on the days I get to the gym first thing. I was NOT a morning person and I am a convert! I can’t tell you how much I believe in Gina’s post today. Give it a month or so to become a new routine and you will swear by it. Take it from me- a non-morning person for all 46 years of my life until NOW!!
That’s my Tracy!! See you are a perfect example of how you use to not be a morning person and now look at you!! Isn’t it amazing how much more productive it makes ALL areas of your life, amazing! Give it up for the early morning do’ers. Everyone, give it a try and see what the rest of us are experiencing!
46 years old and never too late to turn yourself into a morning person!
Thanks for you post Tracy!
Morning people are so much happier too. Another bonus.