A 5 Minute Exercise Routine to Start Your Day
A minimum effective dose of exercise for a healthy day.
Exercising in the morning is hard, especially when you have to be at work before 8am. Despite knowing how important exercise is, most of the time it’s just not practical. It’s a hard habit to stick to. But it’s worth it.
Morning exercise is an effective way to reset your circadian rhythm for better quality sleep the following night. Nick Littlehales, author of Sleep and professional sports sleep coach, explains that a good sleep starts as soon as we wake up — in the first 90 minutes of our day. And a big component of this is exercise.
Aubrey Marcus, author of Own The Day, Own Your Life, advocates for exercising within the first 20 minutes of waking up:
“To optimize circadian rhythm for performance, you need to add light and movement to the first 20 minutes upon waking up.”
But the point is to do it. Whether it’s in the first 20 minutes or the first 90, something is better than nothing.
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