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1. Get a full 8 hours of sleep. Exactly how much sleep you need depends on you as a person, but getting a full night’s sleep is essential.  You can use all the extra perks you want, but if your body isn’t recharged, you will drag.
2. Take a cold shower as soon as you wake up. There is nothing like telling your body it’s time to wake up like an ice cold shower.
3. Sprinting in the middle of the afternoon. Get your heart pumping for a burst of energy mid-day.
4. Get away from the heavy meals/foods. Eating light will prevent the after meal desire for a nap.
5. Give yourself indicators of when it is time to be awake and it is time to go to sleep.  For example, lighting, temperature, and clothes can help your mind and body associate when it is time to shut down or get ready to go.

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5 Natural Ways For More Energy

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Once you make a habit of getting up and you get a routine going that helps you get up and get your mind alert and your blood flowing, it comes easy every morning there after. I was flipping through a winter 2006 Exercise & Health Magazine and I cam across this article.

Awakening Advice: Need to make sure you get up early to hit the gym? Relying only on your alarm clock can wake you up, but won;t help you feel less groggy. Try a new way: leave your blinds open and move your bed in such a way that you’ll get the early morning sunlight. Even if your eyes aren’t open yet, the increase in light helps reset your circadian clock, according to sleep specialist Gila Lindley, Ph. D.

This advice is great if your schedule work out that you can get up when the sun is already up before you head to the gym. Also it helps to have your bedroom on the east side of the house and you don’t have peeping toms peeking in on you.

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Get Your Motor Runnin’!