Wake up refreshed in the morning

Mornings are extremely tough. Getting out of bed should be an Olympic sport. It’s that hard, but you should want to be the Michael Phelps of rolling out of the hay because if you screw up your sleep, you can screw up your life.

The importance of a good night’s rest

Chronic sleep loss has been linked to chronic heart disease, stroke and diabetes. It can also impair the thinking and learning processes while contributing to symptoms of depression. Perhaps most frightening is you kill your sex drive and speed up the process of aging, so if you don’t want to die and be hot, listen up. Waking up on the right side of the bed of course means you have to get a good nights sleep the night before. That means get enough sleep, 6-8 hours ideally, sticking to a sleep schedule and maintaining a comfortable sleep environment. If you’re feeling really ballsy without getting some quality shut eye and you should be, then cut the caffeine, booze and screens like TV and your laptop well before you go to bed. Don’t go to bed hungry, don’t go to bed full and don’t go to be thirsty. While you’re sleeping you can’t really do much aside from well sleep so let’s skip that part and get right to the good stuff: waking up.

Wake up like a champion

First and foremost, set yourself up for success. Have your alarm clock across the room so you have to get up to turn it off. If you drink coffee, preset it to brew before you wake up and for the love of everything that is holy, don’t hit snooze!

Once you’re out of the bed, have a big ass glass of water. It can get your metabolism revving and flush out toxins plus rehydrate your body and it’s good for your brain, but most important of all, have goals and a plan when you wake up in the morning. Why are you waking up early? To work out or maybe grab a coffee? Wake up with the mentality of a champ, not a scrub. Now get cracking because next time you shut eye, you better shut it down.