Day 25: Move

An early morning at an Arizona gym shows how movement transforms mood. A 27-minute splits stretch, sunlight, and prayer shift the speaker from grumpy to grateful. Move your body first thing to release endorphins and set the day right.
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Okay, today's day 25, and today I want to talk about the importance of movement and mindset. So it's just after 5:00 a.m. right now, and I am at one of the gyms that I go to very infrequently. My wife typically comes here with our daughter, but most of the EOS gyms out here in Arizona have something called the backyard, right, which is an outside area. So I've been I'm out here training and stretching this morning so I can actually get the morning sunlight and the fresh air. Just not sure how fresh it is because you can see the freeway behind me. But, you know, it's important to— I've mentioned before, I don't normally wake up in this state of joy. Like, I wake up and there's kind of a default sadness or grumpiness or irritation, which I work at resetting immediately by, you you know, praying and declaring who I am and everything else. But most mornings I get out and I do some movement quickly. I just finished a 27-minute splits routine and now I'm going to go do some cardio. Today's not a lifting day, but it's important to keep the body moving, right? To get out and just move and get the endorphins going. And if you can get out and do it inside in the sunlight or in the fresh air, it's great. So already in the last 30 minutes, you know, I felt a tremendous shift in the way that my mood is. I'm feeling happier and more in touch with being grateful and looking forward to, you know, what I get to accomplish today. So my tip for the day is if you're not moving every, every morning, if you're not finding it every day, like I think doing in the morning is the first, is the best way, but for me Like, I have to get up and I have to get moving. I have to do something, even if it's just taking a walk, something to just get moving. So if you're not doing that, I encourage you to try it, okay? And I'll talk to you soon.
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