Get Energy with Just 1-Minute Morning Exercise
Simple Exercises Anyone Can Try
The thought of getting up early in the morning to exercise can be daunting. However, anyone can try doing a simple exercise that takes about a minute. Exercise secretes substances that make you feel good, like endorphins, and stimulates the brain to function better.
It also boosts energy and alleviates stress.
Starting your day with exercise can further activate your metabolism. There are physical and mental benefits to starting the morning with exercise.
Morning exercise affects a person’s biological clock, helping maintain a more alert state in the early morning and improving sleep quality.
Based on data from U.S. health and medical media WebMD and others, we looked at exercises that can provide health benefits even if done briefly in the morning.
1. Full Body Warm-Up
Starting your day with a full-body stretch warm-up can help you start your day more energetically.
You can do movements that stretch the quadriceps, hamstrings, hips, shoulders, and triceps. If you have time, you can do a few minutes of aerobic exercise like jumping jacks or knee lifts to increase your heart rate.
2. Plank Pose
The plank pose, a well-known posture that anyone can readily recall, involves supporting your weight with your arms and legs after bending your upper body.
It’s also a yoga pose. It’s an exercise that stretches and strengthens the whole body. Because it helps blood flow more smoothly to the brain, it allows you to wake up from a groggy morning state.
3. Tree Pose
There is a yoga pose called the tree pose. It involves standing straight, lifting one leg, and putting your hands together in prayer, making it look like a tree standing. The sole of the raised foot is supported against the inside of the opposite thigh.
Especially during this pose, you should support your body like a tree rooted in the ground. Your hands can be in a prayer position in front of your chest or clasped above your head.
This pose helps enhance the balance and stability of your core and legs.
Also, as it requires concentration while holding the pose, it enhances mental strength. Do 5 to 10 deep breaths in this pose, then switch legs and repeat. It’s a pose that can be completed in just a minute.
4. Squat
If you want a more active exercise, you can do squats to increase the mobility of your day. Squats help our body’s ligaments and other connective tissues, joints, etc., to function more dynamically.
However, consult a professional before doing squats if you have problems with your knees, back, hips, etc. As it’s harder to maintain the correct form than the previous exercises, it’s best to get help from a professional to get the posture right.
By. Kwon Mi Sung
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