5 Proven Ways to Speed Up Your Early Morning Routine

Many people would agree with the statement that there’s nothing harder than getting up in the morning. While many people flock to obvious ideas like coffee and caffeine, the following are 5 great tips for helping you get up out of bed fast and get you diving into your day instead of struggling to get through it.

Option #1: Set the alarm away from your bed

Everyone has been the victim of their own laziness by hitting the snooze button as soon as the alarm sounds. This is much harder to do if your alarm clock is set all the way across the room from your bed. Once you get up and move all the way across the room it’s harder to just fall asleep again.

Option #2: Look at taking a cold shower

Aside from having an amazing array of positive health benefits from fighting depression to even aiding in weight loss efforts, taking a cold shower in the morning will snap you awake and get you moving.

Option #3: Go with a protein heavy breakfast

Carbs are sugars – and with sugar comes a sugar crash. Protein is a longer lasting source of energy. Not only does a protein heavy breakfast help provide more energy that lasts longer, but you avoid a morning sugar crash.

Option #4: Sit up immediately and “power pose”

Forcing yourself to move and then striking a power pose that floods testosterone and happy hormones makes you more likely to enjoy being up and will push you to keep moving throughout the morning. So strike a pose and start the day off right!

Option #5: Morning affirmations in the mirror

Go to the mirror, put on a big smile no matter how fake, and say out loud that you’re beautiful, you love yourself, and list three things that you are thankful for. By doing this, your body will embrace the new day.

Follow these five options or tips and you will speed up your early morning routine and embrace the new day!