Comment by almost_usual
1 day ago
The mental toughness, discipline, and higher energy levels that come with exercise are more important to me than physical appearance or living longer, and at this point almost anything else in life.
Wake up at 4am, run hill repeats for miles and then go into work. I guarantee no incident or colleague will trigger a stress response. You will feel as cool as a cucumber and when an urgent issue does come up you will handle it with absolute mental clarity. That afternoon drowsiness will also not hit you at all, counterintuitive right?
By 9pm you will fall asleep no matter what happened that day.
This kind of work gives you an edge on everyone. You look at things and say, “shit this is easy compared to what I did this morning” and you will feel mentally fresh.
I usually lift rather than run, but I do the same thing, and it has changed my life. Up at 4 every day, and lift at 5. It makes everything else easier, I agree.
I do get in bed at 7:30p most nights and read, to ensure my body has the choice to get 8h of sleep.
Amen. What is the routine that works for you?
By 9pm? A lot of people will need to go to bed at 8pm to survive this schedule.
I wake up at 7am, take kids to school, go to a gym 8-9, go for a swim in the ocean 9:15-9:45, start working at 10. Feel great.
I always wondered how routines like this work (not the activities themselves, but the timings)
If you swim till 9.45, how are you out, bathed, dried, changed, home, and at your table by 10?
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