Morning Sports Routine

Hello, my besties!

Today is the finale of the soccer world championship and I am SO excited! I have to say that I am a huge soccer fan – although I don't play, I only watch. :P I literally saw every game and now the last two teams play to win the trophy! For those of you who don't watch soccer: Germany and Argentina are the two finalists and it's going to be an extremely thrilling game! I even found a matching shower gel (as the finale takes plave in Rio):

Cien: Destination Rio de Janerio (shower gel)

Therefore, today's topic is sports. I'll show you some simple exercises that I do when I wake up to get ready for the day.

When I get up I need something that gets me awake quickly – what is better than a few exercises that activate your body and make you ready for the day at school or work? I don't want to put too much effort in this morning sports routine – I don't have enough time for an hour-long work out. Therefore, I thought of some quick and easy exercises that I can do still in bed or just standing up – so no equipment is needed. I try to wake up every part of my body. At first I get up and drink a glass of cold water to wake me up properly as I am not a morning person (I think only 0.00001 % of the world population are). Then I start with my work out (I work out before I have my breakfast but you can of course eat before your sports routine):

1. stretching the back: After this I stand up and (try to) reach my toes in order to stretch my back (Do that slowly! When you do that too quickly you can hurt yourself due to overstretching!).

2. tummy muscels: The first thing I do is sit-ups – not like 100 but 25, that's totally enough (of course you can do more but I feel like I don't want to put my body under too much stress in the early morning haha). Then I do side way situps – 10 left and 10 right. That's enough for the tummy muscles.

3. legs: In order to wake up my legs I do 25 squats (optionally with dumb bells).

4. neck: Stretch your neck by bending it sideways and forth and back SLOWLY (again you can overstretch yourself – be careful!).

5. jogging in place: As the headline says you just jog in place for one and a half minutes. You can add a little more effect by training with dumb bells (if you don't have any you can use water bottles).

6. push-ups: To be honest with you, I am not able to do proper push-ups. Every time I try I fail miserably. But for those of you who have more biceps than I have you can add push-ups to your daily routine.

7. balasana: This is a yoga exercise which is extremely relaxing and comfortable. You knee on the floor and put your forehad on the floor and lay your arms beside your body. Now you just breath in and out deeply 10 times.

That's my morning sports routine! Comment if you have any ideas how to improve the work out!

Lots of Love,

Sony