Looking for suggestions for the best way to start the day / wake the body.
Circadian Rhythm
en.wikipedia.org
"...A natural, internal process that regulates the sleep–wake cycle and repeats roughly every 24 hours."
This has to do with fluction of your body temperature.
When it is at it highest, 98.6 plus. You are at your peak.
When it is lower, let's say around 97 or lower, you don't perform as well.
It's like the ebb and flow of the ocean's high or low tide or day and night.
Increasing Body Temperature
1) Taking a Warm Shower upon rising is a passive method of increasing your body temperature, rather than taking a cold shower.
2) Coffee is effective for most individual. Research show that it is most effective if consumed about 30 minutes or a hour after waking.
Night Owls and Early Birds
An individual's Cirdadian Rhythm determined which one you are.
To reiterate, better performance (physically and cognativelly) occurs when body temperature is eleveated.
Night Owls body temperature is low in the morning and higher later in the day.
Early Birds body temperature is high in the morning and lower later in the day.
mobility routine, stretching,
Stretching
Stretching is best performed after a training session.
Connective tissue is somewhat like String Cheese.
When String Cheese is cold it is less pliable. When it is warm up, it is very flexible.
That is also true with Connective Tissue.
Running
Running prior to Resistance Training is usually Counter Productive for Strength Training.
How Counter Productive is dependent on the Intensity and Duration.
