Okay, so not every post here has to be deeply profound. I’m all about improvements, no matter how small.
Lately, out of necessity, I’ve been pushing many of my workouts to early in the day instead of in the evening when I usually do them. And I’m realizing there are huge benefits to doing so.
Historically, I would basically get all of my important work done, and only then would I do a workout. This typically has meant not working out until 6, 7, or sometimes even much later.
But the problem with that, I’m realizing, is that when you put something so physically demanding at the end of the day, it acts as a sort of barrier, like a magnet facing the wrong way.
It is hard to get through the work you need to do, because you know you’re going to need all of that willpower to do the workout at the end. And that’s a problem.
Now that I’ve been doing it earlier in the day, I’ve noticed that not only is it easier to get going on the workout itself, but also that you feel much freer afterwards. You’ve already done the hardest thing for the day, so everything else is easy. You just finish the rest, and you’re set!
So I need to focus on doing the workouts early consistently, I think. I’ll get a lot more done, and probably be more consistent, too.
That’s just my thought for the day.
Yeah this one holds up. I’ve continued to do that and it makes things a lot easier and more productive.
I’ve heard it from many others before, but it rings true: you should do your hardest things first and then proceed to the easier stuff.
Still holds up. I can’t believe I ever did it differently. Now I have a nice routine of breakfast in the morning, then getting through all emails and critical tasks, and then I work out before lunch.
I do tend to crash pretty hard after lunch, but if that happens, a 20 minute nap is all it really takes for me to be good to go.
The last comment pretty much says everything I was going to say… It’s easy to forget I ever did things differently.