The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM)

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.R.S./p>
E is for Exercise
If you don’t make time for exercise, you’ll probably
have to make time for illness.
—ROBIN SHARMA
The only exercise most people get is jumping to
conclusions, running down their friends, sidestepping
responsibility, and pushing their luck.
—UNKNOWN
M
orning exercise should be a staple in your daily rituals. When
you  exercise  for  even  a  few  minutes  every  morning  it  significantly
boosts  your  energy,  enhances  your  health,  improves  self-confidence
and  emotional  well-being,  and  enables  you  to  think  better  and
concentrate  longer.  Too  busy  for  exercise?  In  the  next  chapter,  I’ll
show  you  how  to  fit  in  a  workout  every  day—in  as  little  as 60
seconds.
I recently saw an eye-opening video with personal development
expert  and  self-made  multi-millionaire  entrepreneur,  Eben  Pagan,
who  was  being  interviewed  by  bestselling  author  Anthony  Robbins.
Tony asked, “Eben, what is your #1 key to success?” Of course, I was
very encouraged when Eben’s response was, “Start every morning off
with  a personal  success  ritual.  That  is  the  most  important  key  to
success.”    Then  he  went  on  to  talk  about  the  importance  of  morning
exercise.
Eben said, “Every morning, you’ve got to get your heart rate up

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and  get  your  blood  flowing  and  fill  your  lungs  with  oxygen.”    He
continued, “Don’t just exercise at the end of the day or at the middle
of the day. And even if you do like to exercise at those times, always
incorporate at least 10 to 20 minutes of jumping jacks or some sort of
aerobic exercise in the morning.”
The  benefits  of  morning  exercise  are  too  many  to  ignore.  From
waking  you  up  and  enhancing  your  mental  clarity,  to  helping  you
sustain  higher  levels  of  energy  throughout  the  day,  exercising  soon
after rising can improve your life in many ways.
Whether  you  go  to  the  gym,  go  for  a  walk  or  run,  throw  on  a
P90X
TM
 or Insanity
TM
 DVD,  what  you  do  during  your  period  of
exercise is up to you, although I’ll share some recommendations.
Personally,  if  I  were  only  allowed  to  practice  one  form  of
exercise for the rest of my life, I would, without a doubt choose yoga.
I began practicing yoga shortly after I created The Miracle Morning,
and  have  been  doing  it—and  loving  it—ever  since.  It’s  such  a
complete  form  of  exercise,  as  it  combines stretching  with strength
training  with cardio  with focused breathing, and can even be a form
of meditation.