How to transform your morning routine

Feeling overwhelmed and struggling to exercise? You're not alone.

Please meet one of our amazing HRI ambassadors – leading health and fitness expert Libby Babet. Libby is not just a personal trainer, she’s also a speaker, author, entrepreneur and mum of two.

When Libby was diagnosed with chronic hypertension in her early 20s, with blood pressure more than twice safe levels, she was told she'd be on medication for life and probably never have kids. Healing herself through the right kinds exercise and nutrition, and getting off medication was the start of her life-long mission to inspire others to move more, eat better and live life to the full.

Here are her top tips for a morning fitness routine if you’re feeling exhausted and struggling with your health goals.

"The best fitness advice I can give if you’re feeling overwhelmed and time poor is this magic morning routine. It’s not hard, and you can do it afternoons to ‘log off’ too.

• Get up to your alarm (you might have to set it 20 minutes earlier than usual)
• Before you look at a screen, look at the sky for a few minutes (it shifts those groggy tired feelings, even better if you can sip some warm or room temp water at the same time to rehydrate your body)
• Now move your body for 15 minutes in whatever way is possible for you today. It could be a home workout/stretch or better yet, a brisk walk outdoors
• Go about your day, feeling like you’ve already achieved something for you
• I promise you’ll start to feel better, mentally from day one, physically in a week or two
  

This morning routine will make you feel a million bucks! But if you can’t make it happen, do the same thing at lunch time, or as your switch off routine between work and home in the evening. Call it a “night walk adventure” and bring the kids along if you have too!"

- Small effort, big outcome ✔️

- A micro-habit that leads to a life-changing habit ✔️