Motivation

Dear Friend,

Although most people have their own “best time to workout,” the morning is usually most popular because you get your “personal victory” first thing – and that makes your day so much more positive, productive…and fun!

If you’ve been struggling to find the time to exercise during the day, then morning might be the right time for you as well. The trick is getting out of bed, shaking off the cobwebs and getting started! I’m going to show you how — keep reading.

Yours In Health,

Dimitri Louis

How To Get Out of Bed For Exercise

Get a “Sunrise” Alarm Clock – A sunrise alarm clock has a big bulb on it that gradually gets brighter, until it reaches full brightness at your desired wake up time. This wakes you up slowly, as opposed to jarring you awake. It’s more natural and sets you up for the day feeling great and full of energy.

Remove Your Alarm Clock From Your Bedside – Sunrise alarm clocks aren’t cheap. A less expensive alternative to ensure that when you wake up, you get up, is to place your alarm clock at the other end of your bedroom. When it sounds, you have to get out of bed to turn it off. And when you’re up, you’re up!

Get to Bed Earlier – If you’re going to bed late then it’s going to be harder for you to get up early. That’s just common sense. Plan your workouts into your daily routine to ensure that everything gets done in good time.

Make Exercise the First Thing You Do – If you settle down to have a full breakfast, then you will possibly begin reading the newspaper, checking your e-mail or watching TV. Before you know it you’ll have missed your window of opportunity and it will be time for work. Start warming up right away.

Remember How It Feels! – Remember just how good it feels as you breeze through the day full of positive energy and confidence, invigorated from your morning workout. Exercise really does make everything better – even work!

The start of your day is a good indication of how the rest of the day will go, so use these tips, try exercising in the morning and see if it feels as great for you as it does for everybody else.

Quote Corner
“The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.” – Jon Hammond

What do you know? You know you should be doing some form of cardio 3 to 6 days a week. You know you should be doing resistance training 2 to 3 times a week. You know you should be taking your multivitamin every day. You know you should be drinking half your bodyweight in ounces of water per day. You know you should be getting 6 to 8 hours of sleep every night. You know that you know a lot more than you give yourself credit for. So what’s stopping you for making the progress that you would like to make. The answer is not in what you know but in what you do. Today I will identify 3 secrets to bridge that gap, in future posts we will break them down more in depth. The 3 secrets are strategy, stimulus and support. Strategy -the step by step approach to behavior modification. Stimulus – knowing why you want what you want. Support – the environment that will fuel you to success.