From the second you wake up in the morning, everything that happens is key to your overall success. (Especially those first couple of hours.) This is when you set the tone for the rest of your day. It can put your mind and body in the right state to crush your workout, hit your goals and own the day.
This process starts with the habits you develop in the morning. If you start off on the wrong foot with a poor routine, it becomes difficult to get back on track and can make the entire day a write-off. What a waste! That’s why we’ve put together this plan — the ultimate Kinobody guide to owning the morning.
With these strategies for starting every day off fresh, you’ll live like a true Kino Warrior: someone poised to conquer the entire day and live your dream life (with your dream physique).
Getting Into the Right Mindset
One of the most important — yet often overlooked — aspects of starting off a day right is your mindset.
So often we get caught up in the stresses of life as soon as we wake up. We start to think about what we have to do for the day, errands we have to run, responsibilities at work. This clouds the mind and immediately starts to suck out energy and mental clarity… and the day has barely even started!
To combat this, meditation is the perfect tool to get in the ideal headspace. It helps rewire your mind to live in the present moment and not get bogged down by daily stresses. With tons of podcasts, audiobooks and videos on the internet to guide you through the process, practicing meditation has never been easier.
This doesn’t need to take long either. Simply 15-20 minutes of meditation allows you to feel deeply focused and present with razor-sharp mental clarity to start your day.
Beginning Your Fasting Window
For those Kino Warriors who make use of the benefits of intermittent fasting, the morning involves pushing your first meal into the afternoon.
This can be vital to your morning routine; by pushing your first meal later into the day, some pretty remarkable things happen. For one, growth hormone levels rise. This helps preserve muscle mass and shifts fuel metabolism to fat burning. Along with this, testosterone is also boosted during short-term fasting.
Furthermore, insulin sensitivity in the muscles increases to create the best scenario for lean muscle gains. By having improved insulin sensitivity, you can better direct carbs into your muscle stores and away from fat storage. Kinobody programs go into full detail on the benefits and science behind intermittent fasting.
Want to learn more about IF? Give this a read: How to Use Intermittent Fasting Like a Kino Warrior
Quick Fasting Tips
While its benefits are amazing, fasting can sometimes be tricky, as morning cravings get the best of us.
Luckily, there are several approaches to help start your fasting window and push your first meal later into the day. Here’s a step-by-step plan to achieve this:
- When you wake up, start with plenty of water. Your body becomes dehydrated at night, and replenishing your water stores first thing in the morning will help satisfy your body’s need for hydration and nutrients.
- Next, move on to black coffee — this is a zero-calorie way to blunt hunger and get a boost from caffeine.
- Finish off the morning with Kino Octane, an all-natural and organic pre-workout supplement. This will not only decrease hunger but also provide energy and mental clarity to push through the rest of your fast or hit a killer workout.
These strategies will help blunt the feeling of hunger and prepare your body to fast well into the afternoon and reap the benefits. This sets the tone for a successful morning that allows you to prepare for an effective day of nutrition.
Get Outside
Going outside in the morning is a great way to get your body and mind charged for the day.
For one, if it’s a nice day outside, you’ll get tons of vitamin D, which your body absorbs from the sun. Vitamin D has countless benefits, including a boost in the immune system, brain and nervous system. On top of that, it helps regulate insulin levels, supports cardiovascular health and plenty more.
To go along with this, the outdoors can help with your overall mindset. Rather than being cooped up inside all morning, getting outside will help provide mental clarity as you breathe in the fresh air and destress.
Continue to pile on the benefits of getting outside by going on a morning walk. While absorbing sunlight and taking in sights and sounds to help clear your mind, you’ll also get your heart rate going. This is a low-intensity activity to kick your body into gear for a productive day, whether that includes training or recovering. (Plus, it burns calories without upping your appetite, a sweet bonus if you’re on a cut.)
Intentions Are Key
Goals are what keep us on track. They keep what’s important to us in mind (both consciously and subconsciously). It allows us to go in the right direction, which in turns allows our actions to follow suit. Without our goals and intentions laid out, it’s easy to get lost for the entire day and miss out on time that can be used to achieve your dreams.
This is why it’s vital to write down and review your goals in the morning — both long-term and short-term. Instantly, you’re putting your mind in the right place to lead a productive day as you strive to achieve what you want.
After reviewing your goals and intentions in the morning, you’ll quickly find your mind leans less toward procrastination and laziness. Rather, you will see an improvement in productivity after reminding your subconscious what you’re working toward.
Intentionally build more muscle per workout: How to Use Kino Rep Training to Pump Up Your Workouts
Training in the Morning
If your preference is to train in the morning, there are some key tips to ensure you have a solid, gains-inducing workout.
For one, sleep is crucial to waking up in the morning feeling energized and ready to hit a killer workout. That’s why we created Kino Sleep. This all-natural supplement helps you fall asleep and stay asleep, giving you a perfect night of rest and recovery. When you wake up after using Kino Sleep, you’ll be so refreshed that you may just sprint to the gym.
Next, if you train fasted in the morning, it’s important to equip your body with tools to grow and maintain muscle without food in your stomach. Kino Aminos is a great supplement for this, as the BCAAs in it have been shown to reduce exercise-related fatigue and improve recovery.
While you don’t necessarily need these products to have a productive early gym session, adding them to your arsenal can be the cherry on top. They can definitely help you crush your morning training, as well as the rest of the day.
The Benefits of Kino Octane
It’s hard to start off the morning on your own terms if you wake up feeling sluggish, tired and lazy. Luckily, that’s where Kino Octane comes in. This all-natural pre-workout supplement is the perfect way to kick-start your day.
Packed with ingredients like L-citrulline and L-theanine, Kino Octane gives you the energy to tackle your day with enhanced productivity. Also, with 150 mg of natural caffeine, you can use it as a coffee substitute to get that morning boost.
The best part about Kino Octane is that there is absolutely no crash. This will ensure your day doesn’t sag in the afternoon. Instead, you’ll have a productive, intentional day… just like a true Kino Warrior.
Conclusion
When you wake up tomorrow morning, remember not to take your morning laying down. Waking up with a deliberate morning routine is key to starting the day off right. This will ensure that success follows.
While these strategies are great guidelines to follow, everyone is different and morning routines vary from person to person. Try these methods and tailor your morning plan to your needs in order to maximize your own personal lifestyle.
Both your body and mind will thank you as you go on to conquer the day like a Kino Warrior!
