My goal is to go to the gym at least 4 to 5 times a week. My one obstacle to this goal has always been sleep. Today was a good start, albeit similar to the million other starts I’ve had before. Fortunately, I fought off the urge to stay asleep today like a midget fights off a giant, comfortable hug-bear. (That simile makes sense to me. Don’t be hatin’.)
I’m not sure exactly how to remedy this. I’ve always been a notoriously heavy sleeper. I get close to 8 hours of sleep a day and getting more would be tough, considering my schedule of playing video games until 1 AM. I also don’t really drink caffeine: I don’t like the taste of coffee and I only like tea once in a while. (I drink soda occasionally, but drinking it in the morning is weird to me.)
Two tricks that might be useful:
Sleep in your gym clothes. Then all you have to do is roll out of bed, put on your shoes, and walk out the door. The faster you can make it outside, the less time you have to change your mind. I used to do this regularly when I lived in Pittsburgh and my building had an exercise room.
Train yourself — like one of Pavlov’s dogs — to get out of bed when your alarm goes off. Credit for the idea goes to Steve Pavlina, “How to Get Up Right Away When Your Alarm Goes Off”. I have to admit I haven’t tried it myself, but if you took Psychology 101, it’s seems so simple and obvious.
I’d love to know if you try either and how it turns out. But I guess that’s the entire point of your ectomorph blog.
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