In my years of experience; both engaging in exercise and working with clients, companies, trainers and schools I've made some very interesting observations about exercise habits, routines that seem to last and intense binge exercising that wears people down.
Out of all that I've seen, people who exercise in the morning tend to become very well committed to staying healthy and mobile and it really does stand to reason. As primal creatures, waking up would normally be followed by a need to exercise. This may have been using the dawn to take an easier catch of prey for the next meal or it may have been actually avoiding being caught or stepping into conflict. Fight or flight!
Morning exercise not only accesses and switches on the entire physiology of the body, preparing it for a full day, but chemically stimulates release of hormones that activate the internal systems, initiating metabolism, digestion and the beloved feel-good hormones endorphines. Endorphines are a body produced chemical that act as a natural pain relief, dumbing down discomfort and heightening the sense of control, power and capacity.
So, doing this right at the start of the day sets the frame for the entire day ahead. It doesn't have to be intense, or particularly long in duration, yet an amount of exercise in the morning may be just the ticket to frame your day.
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