![]() ![]() I heard my alarm, jumped out of bed, and got to yoga with enough time to foam roll before class started. So much for a midnight bedtime.ĭay 3: I Had Time To Foam Roll AND CrossFitĪfter getting nearly nine hours of sleep, waking up was a breeze. But because I hit it (or should I say “HIIT” it) so hard in the gym that evening, when I got home I conked out by 10:30 p.m. was a botch, but I got in a solid sweat in the p.m. It was a little rattling, but a quick shower and spoonful-of-peanut-butter breakfast meant that I was back at my go-to java-shop by 8:30 a.m., even earlier than the day before.Īt 4:00 p.m., I felt myself fading, but a cup of matcha helped me power through a two-hour weightlifting session. ![]() Half an hour later, my “just in case you were a knucklehead and didn’t wake up” alarm went off. But the walk to and from the bathroom made my feet cold, which felt like a valid excuse to climb back between the sheets. So I went to bed pretty confident I’d be able to repeat the results on Tuesday. workout (yes, I'm into two-a-days) was absolute fire. Major bonus: I didn’t find myself fading mid-day the way I guessed I might and my 7:00 p.m. I would rate my Monday morning a solid 8/10 on the wellness guru scale. vinyasa flow.īy 9:30, I had gotten in my first workout, showered, had an on-the-go breakfast burrito, and was stationed at the coffee shop around the corner from both my apartment and yoga studio ready to get down to work. I had to get moving if I wanted to make my 8:00 a.m. rolled around and it was time to get my butt out of bed and into some yoga gear. At 6:50 a.m., the first alarm went off, and knowing that I still had 30 minutes of earned Zs, I fell back into a deep sleep… until 7:00am when the buzzer went off. With a plan set in stone, I was ready to kick my routine into gear. Related: 'I Switched To Morning Runs For 2 Weeks-Here's What Happened' While I already typically log two to three hours of exercise per day, I figured morning movement couldn't hurt. Plus, they were more active throughout the rest of the day. Not only did Winter suggest it, but some research suggests it could also help guide me toward a more balanced, active day.įor example, one study, published in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, found that women’s brains reacted less strongly to photos of food (suggesting it was less tempting) following a morning sweat sesh. (That meant that I needed to ditch the in-bed article-writing, Insta-scrolling, email-answering, and phone-talking.) My new morning routine, set forth by Winter, included exercising within an hour of waking. Next, I would need to follow a morning routine that’d keep me out of bed after the alarm went off. I typically aim to get seven to eight hours of sleep per night, so I aimed for an 11:30 to midnight bedtime. It sounds pretty simple, but if you want to wake up at a set time, you have to go to bed at a set time, too, Winter explained. So I made a few rules to make it easier.įirst, I would get to bed earlier. He recommended a regular bedtime, and suggested that I try some meditation or movement in the morning. I asked Winter for some tips for easy wakeups and how to quit hitting snooze. yoga class on Tuesday and Thursday (an hour later than my usual go-to), while getting me up slightly earlier the other weekdays. That would give me enough time to take an 8 a.m. But I wanted the experiment to jump-start a lifestyle change, so I talked with a sleep specialist first.Īccording to Chris Winter, M.D., medical director of the Sleep Medicine Center at Martha Jefferson Hospital in Virginia and author of The Sleep Solution, it didn’t matter what time I decided to wake up every morning as long as it was consistent and allowed me to get a full night's rest. I’m lucky that I don’t have any responsibilities that actually necessitate my waking before the sun rises, like a baby, early-starting office job, cat, or partner. So when my editor asked me to try wake up at the exact same time every morning for two weeks, I took it as an opportunity to revamp my mornings. But snoozing is sort of a hobby of mine, and my past attempts have pretty much failed. On the weekends, I’ll log an easy 12 hours per night on my pillow.Ī lot of mornings, I wake up, crawl to my fridge, pour a mason jar full of cold brew, then crawl back into bed with my laptop for two to three hours of work before finally getting out of bed to wash my face and make some eggs. Then I snooze (and snooze and snooze…) until 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday and Thursday for an early morning hip-hop yoga sesh. I consider myself a fit, health-obsessed, wannabe-wellness-goddess, but my sleep habits are a far cry from those of Gwyneth Paltrow or Jennifer Aniston.Ĭue my sleep schedule: On the weekdays, I fall asleep sometime between 11:30 p.m. ![]()
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