From owl to lark: how morning workouts change lives

Great mood in the morning

Waking up early won't get easier overnight. You can train with sticky eyes: a lively mind and a fighting spirit in the gym are not required. At the same time, sport itself invigorates and improves mood due to the production of a whole complex of hormones. And the owl, in addition to the sense of accomplishment, has an additional bonus - pride in his morning feat.

Stable sleep schedule

You will have to get up even earlier. But this is scary only at the beginning of the journey. Physical activity makes your body feel as tired in the evening as it does your mind. This makes it easier to fall asleep - you don't have to toss and turn in bed at midnight, and then grab the phone and be horrified at how little time is left before the alarm goes off.

Going to bed early every day will be easier. And after a while, even in the early morning, you will start to get enough sleep.

Effective workout and enjoyable breakfast

Even if the owl finds the strength to go to the gym after work, the workout turns into an agonizing wait for the end of the class and the start of dinner. This is where willpower ends, and at the table it is difficult to say to yourself "stop" in time.

In the morning it happens differently. Since you got up so early, you will give your best. After all, for this he sacrificed a sweet dream! And after a workout, a healthy appetite will appear and breakfast will be used as energy for the working day.

Sounds fabulous? But it works.

Personal experience

For years, I justified my bad mood and sluggishness by saying that I was a night owl. Even realizing that it is incompatible with the university and work. Then I could not even dream of a free work schedule, but planned to get angry at the unfair world until old age.

Until a certain point, I was able to stay up late and get up early. I got along without sports. But the body's reserves did not last long.

When I was 25, I realized that I wanted to feel 20, not 30. The first thing I did was buy a gym membership. I couldn't walk regularly. A couple of times I even paid for a month of classes, and then I never showed up in the gym.

Sleep was even worse. Owls, you will understand me: even after a sleepless night, I was ready to sit again at the computer until late. Only the brain is not ready to work without sleep. The result is an evening of useless mouse clicks.

By that time, I had already realized that running is mine. But I managed to force myself to go jogging in the evening at most a couple of times a week: during the day you grow up to the chair and it's not easy to move. Therefore, I decided: since there is nothing to lose (a dull day was of little value), I'd better get up early, run my 5 kilometers, and then - come what may.

And suddenly it worked! After the morning jogging, I got strength to work. And most importantly, it became easier to fall asleep even early in the evening. Despite the free schedule, I get up at six in the morning. It turns out to run regularly, and the working spirit lasts longer.

I know people who manage to live according to an owl's schedule. But there are only a few of them. If you are unable to work out an optimal lifestyle at night, it is worth changing it with the help of morning workouts. You can always return to what is. But how many disgruntled larks do you know?