Week 3

As of right now, I feel like I am in a great spot with how much I have done. My idea has stuck with me and I have found it to interest me more and more each day. Thus far I have gotten myself into 6:30 am performance PE, I have almost become accustomed to my early morning alarm, gotten some great nutritious snacks for my workouts, stuck to my goal of drinking water every morning to rehydrate my body, and finally tracked both my sleep schedule and mental state through a couple different apps that I found online. This is by far no where near complete and I don't have the exact idea of where this will take me, nor what my outcome will be for that matter. Yet, I am excited to go through this experience and to see how well I can do early mornings. I hope when I present this to the class at the ed of the year they will understand that anyone can do it, you just have to set your mind to it.

Checking in

J-Rad:

Interesting idea. What will be the final outcome of your study? How will you measure something like your mental aptitude? Are you hoping to convert yourself to a morning person? Have you not done early bird before? Hmm.

A few ideas you might consider:
- Check out some health and well-being magazines or podcasts
- Consider something like yoga or meditation in the morning to clear the mind
- Get a sleep tracker app on your phone unless you have one of those robot watches so you have actual sleep data
- Align your pre/post workout snacks with the type of workout your doing that is particular to the kind of athletic endeavor you are focusing on

Week 2

What are some easy steps for getting yourself to workout in the am?
What are the scientific affects of working out in the morning have on your mental and physical state?
What are some great pre/post workout snacks?

Week 1 2/2

       My 20 Time Project is going to be a study over the effects that early mornings have on my body and physical well-being. What I mean by this is that I am creating a early morning routine, with the help of Coach Lewis, that will promote "healthy" living. By this I mean:
       I am going to change my sleep schedule to the point where I am asleep at approximately 9:30-10 pm every night and set my alarm to wake me up at 5:30 am. With the dawn of a new day, I am going to first drink a glass of water to re-hydrate my dehydrated body, then stretch to get all of my muscles to the point of relaxation. Followed by that will be my hygiene needs of course. Next I will progress downstairs into the kitchen to prepare my post workout meal and head of to Performance P.E. Once I finish my workout for the day I plan to eat and keep up my hygiene before getting ready for the school day.
       I believe that the workshops have helped me to move on with new ideas of finding a new routine for my mornings. My classmates have helped my figure out some of the things I need to fit in with suggestions to make my idea better. I have come a long way already by doing research and finding different accommodations I can make to make my new routine go smoothly, one being that if I use a calendar to set goals then motivation won't be a factor.
       During this next week I want to start out this lifestyle and get accustomed to it. I hope that late nights doing homework or watching TV won't get in the way of my progress. I hope to find out that the idea of me being a morning person is a life for me. It'll be interesting to see how this goes.