How many of us enthusiastically jump out of bed in the morning, ready to attack our day?
…Yeah, me neither. It’s a tough transition from the comfort of your bed to the cold void of darkness beyond it, but it’s gotta happen at some point.
“If you’re bored with life – you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things – you don’t have enough goals.” -Lou Holtz
It’s crucial to establish a morning routine to start fresh, clear the mind, and shake out the cobwebs in the body. We need to wake up and prepare both the mind and body for the upcoming day. I’ve been doing what is called a Bio-Energizer Warm Up (brainchild of Elliot Hulse) every morning for the last week. It’s the very first thing I do after getting out of bed, and it has me feeling like Superman sippin’ Starbucks before I even step in the shower.
This pretty much sums it up:
Before
After
Watch Elliot demonstrating the Bio-Energizer Warm Up below…
What are the benefits of having a morning routine like this:
- Releasing tension- I find that the tension in my body is directly correlated with the tension in my mind. When one is tense, more often than not, the other is tense as well. So this is a great way to remove tension from both the body and mind. And there’s a whole host of benefits to releasing tension, which could be an article in and of itself.
- Preparing the body and mind for the day- Clear mind, energized body. When I do the Bio-Energizer Warm Up, I feel a positive vibrational energy afterwards. The last exercise (Ground Pound) has a lot to do with this, and it’s a great feeling.
- You get more excited for the day (even if it’s just a regular day at the office)
- Improves mobility
- Enhances recovery from strenuous exercise
- It’s a form of dynamic meditation
- Helps you to get ready faster (I can be a slow-motion-take-15-minutes-to-put-on-a-sock-zombie in the morning, and this speeds me up)
- Makes a cold shower slightly less traumatizing afterward
Try it out, and let me know how it works for you.
