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No projects or new plans can get in the way of it (ThatвЂ™s something IвЂ™ve written all about here, so donвЂ™t miss it.) 3. So yes a morning workout, helps you capitalize on your natural hormones and sleep better. That evening workout could delay the melatonin, and thus delay you getting into a deep sleep at night. However, if you work out after work or in the evening, you are actually forcing a spike in cortisol that may not be naturally occurring in your body. If you exercise at this time, you can take advantage of this rush of cortisol, and then it will lower throughout the day, before the melatonin comes into play to get you to sleep at night. This is something that I knew helped with my own body, and then was completely affirmed when reading Shawn StevensonвЂ™s book вЂњ Sleep Smarter.вЂќ Because of the way our natural hormones work, you have a rush of cortisol (stress hormone) in the early morning after you wake up. It will help you to sleep better at night They roll out of bed, grab their gym bag and make it to class with very little effort. Just ask the 40 people who come to my BODYPUMP classes on Tuesday mornings at 6 a.m. But if you put one foot in front of the other and keep up the habit, it will TOTALLY become second nature. or earlier and head to the gym or head out on a run or head to your basement for a workout video. It may feel ridiculous to get up at 6 a.m. ThatвЂ™s powerful.ДЄt first, perhaps the first three to four weeks, you may feel like a zombie. When you start working out in the morning first thing, you are literally changing your brain and creating new neuro-associations. With repetition, those pathways get clearer and weвЂ™re able to do it with less and less struggle as time goes on. When we start to learn a new habit, we are actually changing pathways in our brain. The first thing I like people to know about working out first thing in the morning is that it will get easier. It will get easier over time as your brain changes So I wanted to give you all some background on the decision to get that workout done first thing in the morning, because you may find that it can improve some things in your life that evening workouts cannot. My conversation with my dear little sis-in-law made me realize that sometimes, if you donвЂ™t really know WHY to do something thatвЂ™s not easy at first, you can avoid it. They knew their sweat session was complete for the day, they had exercise-induced endorphins, and they were revved up to take on their day. The workout was great, and we all had a good sweat, and after the class, I saw the glow on everyone who attended. We used the foam rollers, then headed into the group fitness studio and people began filling that room too - all 40 of them.

#MORNING TOTAL BODY PUMP ROUTINE FULL#

When we got to the gym that Tuesday morning and walked in, she was surprised to see nearly every cardio machine full and a packed cycle class taking place - all at 5:45 a.m. (And IвЂ™m an anomaly, because I actually work out in both the morning and the evening these days, depending on the day and my group fitness teaching schedule. I get it, because I used to do it exclusively that way too. Like most people, she has energy in the evening, and likes to go exercise after she is fully awake and done with her other responsibilities for the day. As a college student and a young professional, she has always gone to the gym after work in the evening, and thatвЂ™s in her nature. And while she was kind of joking, in a way, she wasnвЂ™t. She asked me if there would be anybody there. What was funny was the discussion we had in the car on the way to the gym (which happens to be 20 minutes from my house and not super convenient). She was a total trooper, and woke up early with her alarm and was waiting for me in the kitchen ready to go by 5:25 a.m., just like I asked her to. During her visit, I brought her along with me to my early morning BODYPUMP class I teach on Tuesday, which starts at 6 a.m. She is in her first job fresh out of college, and she needed to be in Oakland for some meetings, so we were happy to have her. Last week, my little sister-in-law (DaveвЂ™s younger sister), who lives in Santa Cruz, came to stay with us for three nights. IвЂ™m going to give you some insight and information on why working out in the morning is awesome, with a little science thrown in too.

And for those of us who have never done it, it seems almost crazy. For those of us who do it or who have done it, itвЂ™s life-changing. LetвЂ™s talk about working out in the morning before work. This post is brought to you by Premier Protein.

Morning total body pump routine