Good Morning Workout #69

I used to struggle with working out in the morning, because I didn’t like to think about what I was going to do. I enjoy easing in to my day, many of you may feel the same. I don’t want to be stressing out over what a good morning workout will be.

In starting the Simple Gym, and writing several workouts a week, that’s not a problem any longer. But there are still several days a month I do this specific workout, usually on the weekends. It has become my go-to good morning workout!

Good Morning! Workout

3 Movements for 12 minutes – AMRAP

• 10 Burpees
• 10 Squat to Overhead Press
• 20 Ab reps

AMRAP – As Many Rounds As Possible

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These three movements combine to work every muscle group in a significant way. The lower body is engaged through the burpee’s foot hop and jump, along with the squats. The upper body is engaged through the burpee pushup and overhead press. The core is engaged throughout the workout, but is really targeted during the ab movements.

The key here is to pick 1-2 workouts that are awesome by default. Workouts you can do without thinking, planning, or worrying. I always keep the time under 15 minutes, because anything more earns a bigger excuse in my mind. I always choose time for my standard good morning workout. A workout with a task-based result can take much longer than you planned! Morgan didn’t realize that workout #68 would take 27 minutes for the advanced group! Pick a time and work hard, push your limits, and then be finished.

My best days are when I make the commitment to work out in the morning. I can’t offer any evidence beyond my own awesome feeling, and that’s not good enough! We’ll dig in to the science behind this later on, the research is pretty cool. But I would encourage you to try working out in the morning if you don’t already. Do you feel a difference in your day? Let us know in the comments!