Brief Summary
This video provides practical tips to improve morning energy levels. It emphasises the importance of consistent sleep schedules, avoiding the snooze button, staying hydrated, limiting screen time before bed, and incorporating light exercise into your routine. By implementing these strategies, you can wake up feeling more refreshed and energised.
- Stop snoozing for better sleep cycles.
- Maintain a consistent sleep schedule.
- Rehydrate and exercise in the morning.
- Avoid screens before bed.
Stop Snoozing
Hitting the snooze button doesn't provide beneficial sleep and can actually make you feel more tired. Sleep occurs in 90-minute cycles, and waking up in the middle of a cycle leaves you feeling sluggish. The "Sleep Cycle" app is recommended as it tracks your movements and wakes you up at the end of a sleep phase, leading to a more energetic awakening.
Get Enough Sleep
Consistent sleep hours are crucial for the body's proper function. Going to sleep and waking up at the same time every day, even on weekends, helps regulate your body's rhythm. To determine the ideal amount of sleep, go to bed at the same time each night for a week, wake up without an alarm, and record the hours slept. This will help you identify the sleep duration needed to wake up feeling refreshed.
Rehydrate and Get the Blood Flowing
Rehydrating first thing in the morning is essential to combat fatigue caused by overnight dehydration. Keeping a glass of water on your nightstand ensures you can rehydrate immediately upon waking. Light exercise, such as stretching, jumping jacks, or burpees, increases heart rate and blood flow, boosting energy levels. Regular physical activity creates energy in the body, contrary to the belief that it causes tiredness.
Avoid Screens Before Bed
The artificial blue light emitted from screens can disrupt sleep by tricking your body into thinking it's daytime, inhibiting the production of melatonin, the sleep hormone. It's advised to avoid screens at least two hours before bed. If screen use is unavoidable, apps like Twilight and F.lux can block blue light by making the screen more orange. However, eliminating screen time before bed is the most effective solution for improving sleep quality.
