I don’t think it’s important to exercise in the morning as long as you are exercising. Go to your home screen, select your morning routine, then click on the button with three dots. Select "edit", then delete that part of your morning routine. Then add it to your afternoon routine.
Do some yoga or stretching early in the morning, just to wake your body up gently. Then go swimming (or running, or to the gym) whenever feels right for you during the day.
You could do some small but effective exercise of stretching or respiration in the morning, to prepare your body for your swimming later, without taking too much time or energy.
You can check your exercise in the morning even you do it four-five hours later. This way you can not create an excuse and have to do the exercise.
You can either accept a light exercise to just get the heart pumping as soon as you wake up. (Remember, this is not your main daily exercise, this is just meant to wake the body up). You can maybe replace it with stretching exercises or you can move it to the end of the ritual and finish the ritual later in the day.
Add a new ritual for your lunchtime swim as a separate routine later on in the day. It may be worth adding a ritual to your morning routine to pick up your swimming kit before leaving for work. An evening ritual to prepare your kit the night before may be worth adding as we’ve done to leave a full water bottle next to the bed in the evening.
The thing here is to boost and wake you up early in the morning to feel energized throughout the day. The exercise doesnt have to be so time consuming as going to the swimming pool you may just do a few push-ups and sit ups or walk around the block because that is what you need in the morning-get your blood circulating. If you choose to move the wake up moment till before lunch, it’s your choice. Happy to help!)
Ok. First go to settings, adjust schedule, then adjust biology... Just kidding... Actually, it doesn’t hurt to experiment a little to see what works best. It is ideal to have a quick 8 minute workout in the morning just to get the blood flowing. This really makes a big difference for the day. A swim in the afternoon will definitely be a good addition to the routine and you might benefit more from the combination than just one or the other.
Can 't you move it to another time if swimming doesn t count as your exercise routine? I like to cross train by alternating swim day with other activities. Swimming usually repairs me from other sports in a single setting.
A short exercise in the morning can energize you for the whole day. Since you already swim, maybe pick a easy and short exercise, like 2 min stretching?
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