Saturday, June 4, 2011

How to Prepare For the Morning Workout


The morning workout will help you to trim down, ramp up metabolism levels long after the exercise has been finished, and have a better frame of mind afterwards. Furthermore, exercisers who tend to work out in the morning are not as likely to get interrupted, or to be inconsistent.

Consequently, here are the 3 strategies you have to implement in order to work out efficiently in the morning.


1- Prepare yourself the night
before the workout

you don’t
typically have, early in the day, plenty of time to waste in doing mundane activities. Consequently, the simplest way to prepare for your morning workout is to lay out the clothes, and training apparels just before you get to sleep. If you knew that all things are ready and just waiting for your signal, then you'll be motivated and looking forward to leap out of bed and start the workout. Furthermore, if you’re living with a spouse, he or she will be grateful for not being annoyed.

2- Get
Adequate Sleep

If you
like to stay up most of the night and watch television or surf the Internet before going to bed, and since you’re planning on waking up for an early workout, you certainly need to alter your nightly schedule. To be prepared and energized for the morning workout, you have to get adequate high quality sleep during the night; or else you won’t have the energy or the desire to climb out of the bed when the alarm clock goes off. Early to bed, early to rise as my parents used to preach.

3- Drink some water.

Following 7 or 8 hours of sleep, you're
most expected to awaken dried out. As a result, make sure you drink at least 6 to 8 ounces of water prior to the workout. Or otherwise, you’ll suffer dehydration while working out and therefore, your exercise performance and delight will suffer greatly. You could also eat something light and provide your blood sugar levels a prompt by eating  half a banana, drinking a cup of juice or something similar a quarter-hour just before the exercise..

1 comment:

  1. I'm going to try your suggestion for the am. workout. I am definately a slacker and I fit in my zumba routine all different times of the day. I NEED some true consistency so again, thanks for the tips. :)

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