DONE!! One month of creating a new morning routine. Thirty-one days of repeating a set of habits over and over again that allowed me to consistently get up early to workout and start my day right!

Over the next few days I’ll share more about my results. I’ll also share what I learned, and some thoughts on what may be helpful to others. But today I’m going to finish off this set of posts by running through my routine (and specifically what I did today).

So I have to be honest, I got a little bit of a late start today. Yesterday, we had a huge win for one of our clients! Afterwards I went with a few colleagues to celebrate. It was low key but it definitely kept me up past my bedtime. I was really tired when my alarm went off and I gave in to that little voice of weakness and hit the snooze button. Twice. Ugh! Tough to admit but yeah that’s the truth.

Finally, got up at 5:30am. Ran through my routine. Turned off the alarm. Wanted to snooze it again, but thankfully found the strength and determination to power through. Sat up. Turned on the lights. Put on my slides. Walked to the kitchen Opened the fridge and pulled out cold water. Poured it into a 16 oz glass. Poured a teaspoon of apple-cider vinegar into it. Checked the electric kettle. It was full. Turned it on. Grabbed a coffee filter. Put it into the pour over cone (sieve). Here’s a picture of what I’m talking about…

Put a tablespoon of decaf coffee and a tablespoon of regular coffee. This morning I needed a little bit of caffeine. I’ve been pretty good at not needing it all month.

Drank my cold water. Walked to the restroom. Washed my face. Gently splashed water into my eyes. Dried my face. Walked back to the kitchen. The water had finished boiling. I poured the hot water over the coffee and just waited to breathe in the rich aroma of the coffee. Mmmmm, so delicious!

Went back to my room to put on workout clothes. Did a set of sit ups. Came back for my coffee. Today it just tasted a little bit more delicious. Or maybe I just appreciated it a little bit more.

Grabbed my keys, phone, and ID. Headed out the door. Usually when I walk into the gym it’s still pitch dark out. But today I got to the gym at about 5:57. Unlike most of the previous days this month, the sun almost caught me. I’ll take it though, because my reward for these 31 days was that I got to see the beginnings of a beautiful sunrise…

Easy workout today. Elastic band rehab to start. Shoulder rehab next. Then jumped onto the elliptical for 30 minutes. Then hit weights. Chest and shoulders. In between each exercise I did 1 or 2 sets of sit ups. I’ll be back in the gym for lunch to put in a more serious weight session.

Walked back home. Drank another big glass of water to make sure I don’t get dehydrated. Shaved. Showered. Got dressed for work. Now writing this and it’s time to go.

Have a great day or night depending on when you read this!! 🙂

I hope you’ve enjoyed the series. Either way, please let me know what you’ve thought about my Early Morning Workout Routine series in the comments section below.