What type of exercise do you do in the morning? How is everything working out for you? C:

I usually do a short walk in the morning for my morning exercise. It’s easy to integrate into my morning routine and it feels incredibly therapeutic to me. I’ve always known the benefit of walking and being outdoors but the fabulous letters have reminded me of their impact on my mental and physical well being. I hope to be able to integrate a longer morning workout in the future but I’m happy with what I’ve accomplished so far!

I do super light stretching. Probably about 3 mins max but who’s keeping track? Not me and not you. Thanks for being so flexible, or I probably wouldn’t have tried at all. I stretch my hands up as high as they go and then try to touch my toes and then do various side touches and I take ten deep breaths in every direction.

I do one minute one. I viscerally hate exercise, but do it for the value of routine. As in forcing myself to do something I don’t like

I go to the gym. I do weights 3x a week, and cardio 5-7 times a week. I meet with a trainer twice a month to switch up my weights routine.

My favorite morning exercise is gardening. Fresh air, beautiful plantings, warm sun, all a part of the reward for my efforts and purpose.

So far, I’m creating the habit of sleeping in my gym clothes, putting my shoes on and getting out the door. Eventually this will progress to going to the local gym. But for now, I just walk around the block my apartment building is on, then come home and do physiotherapy exercises to strengthen muscles weaknesses.

I usually do QiGong and/or Yoga. It depends how much time I have and how I feel in the moment. Sometimes I’ll just do one and the other in the evening.

Push ups and sit-ups; as many as I can do within one set. I like doing it, it gives me a nice pump and gets my heart pumping in the morning.

I do a version of the seven minute workout. I have just enough time to do this in the morning. Seven minutes may not seem like a lot, but it has definitely made a difference. I have less fat, and I am stronger than when I began. The workout will not transform the body; seven minutes a day is not enough to do that. But it’s a good healthy start to the day.

I’m not a morning person and I struggle with exercise in the morning, however I’ve recently been enjoying getting up early enough to take a walk to work. Headphones on, I like to listen to a podcast while I walk. Film reviews. Motivation interviews or even an audio drama. The time flies and I arrive to work in a fantastic mood and ready to get straight into it as soon as my shift begins.