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ago I filmed a morning routine video in the video I document the habits that I
have put into place that will ultimately help me achieve certain goals in my life
the video was very highly produced it was filmed third person and had sort of
a Patrick Bateman American Psycho vibe to it I believe in taking care of myself
in a balanced diet and a rigorous exercise routine and that video I made
it didn't accurately portray the grind the days that it's not fun but it's
something that if you do over a prolonged period of time you're gonna
start to separate yourself you will move closer to that life that you want for
yourself that life that you visualize and the process well the process isn't
always beautiful it's not always glamorous therefore in this video here
is a realistic look at my morning routine most mornings I wake up around
5:30 in the morning with no alarm 5:19 a.m. on the 26th of July 2018 and this
is the real look at the morning routine someone's R or a lot harder than others
to wake up and get out of bed and get going today is one of those mornings
it's a lot of comments asking how do you wake up so early consistently back when
I used to work a day job I would wake up at 5:30 Monday through Friday and
heading to work
and awaits work I'm not gonna lie some warnings is not fun getting up at 5:45
let's go work at a day job morning's like today you just have to tell
yourself that it's worth it and I told myself when the time comes when I
finally do work for myself I will never ever take that time for granted and
that's why I can never be upset waking up at 5:30 in the morning as soon as I'm
out of my bed I make it and that's not because I'm a clean freak or anything
like that this is very true as soon as I get out of bed I do make it but mainly
in this apartment I make my bed because I live in a one-room studio I have a
Murphy bed I actually have to make this bed to make my apartment livable so that
is I guess a little helping factor and waking up and putting this guy away and
making the bed I don't check my phone for the first hour that I'm awake
instead most mornings I journal some mornings I don't have time to sit down
for a whole hour and write my journal recently I've been working a lot with
visualizing a life I want to have guys like Arnold Schwarzenegger guys like
Will Smith these these people who are super hyper successful in life all them
visualize it's not as simple as visualizing it and writing it down and
poof it happens that's when the grind comes in that's when these five fifteen
in the morning wake up's come into play where this vision is driving you in all
of your actions throughout your day not just your morning not just a glossy
video on YouTube but these visions drive every action that you do to get you to
that place that you know but you know it's not a that's not a thing of oh I
hope I can get there I might get there you know that you can get there next is
lemon water this is something new that I've been trying out you take one lemon
out of the fridge cut it in half you squeeze the lemon into one cup of hot
water and you drink it I have the lemon water to start my day if
I am on a cleanse feel like if you had lemon water every day it wouldn't
necessarily be the best for you one of these guys does just fine I'll have a
big thing of water before I get into my workouts my morning workout routine is
simple I do 50 pull-ups and 100 pushups in as few sets as possible the pull-ups
in the push-ups I do daily I will do these every morning and this guy I'll
even show you hooks right to the back of my overhang of the door I got this on
Amazon it was cheap of leave it was like twenty two dollars recently though in
addition to the plops and push-ups instead of the morning runs I'm trying
to bulk up rather than lean out I have been going to the gym and I've been
lifting a lot of it I film on my Instagram story so go follow me on
Instagram if you haven't already and now for my favorite part of the entire
morning coffee but some mornings like this morning I can't necessarily sit up
my rooftop and sip coffee while the Sun is rising in the background a day like
today I'll just make my coffee come up to the roof just really soak it all in
like I am in New York City you should always take time in the morning and to
have a moment of gratitude to be thankful to just pause for a second you
know look at these beautiful flowers here up on the rooftop before you get on
with your day afterwards comes the cold shower the cold shower is a surefire way
to shock the body into being wait the cold shower I mainly use after a hard
workout I will use a cold shower from jetlag to wake up you know first thing
in the morning just even if I'm not gonna wash my body just then I use a
simple moisturizer SPF 15 the name of the moisturizer I use is rugged and
dapper and more or less it's just a simple moisturizer I wash my face with
this simple facial wash moisturizing for a little extra bonus a lot of people
were asking what I use in my hair I use a smooth Viking hair care styling clay
you want to start the back work way to the front just a little bit the
palms does the trick for breakfast I usually have a shake
I actually swear by this thing this is the nutribullet blender I had this for
breakfast almost every single day and the reason why I love it is because it's
packing so much into a breakfast drink and take it on the go
so I hit the streets of New York on my bike and head to the office till we make
it New York isn't exactly the most biker friendly city it's definitely doable but
you have to watch out you know there's guys vlogging while riding on bikes and
with that I have made it to the office with one only mr. Michael oh yeah I
think that oh my thank you for watching hope you enjoyed it and that here's a
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