Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your host, Sarah Dean, and I'm here to give you and other passionate, dedicated moms the tools you need to bridge the gap between motherhood and living the life of your dreams.

I'm also here to help you be a little more shameless every day, because if you aren't building a life you're extraordinarily proud of what kind

of legacy are you building so let's dive in on today's episode of the shameless mom academy

i'm going to be talking to you about why exercise should be a critical part of your morning routine

and actually how to make it a critical part of your morning routine so exercise has been a part of my morning routine for as long as I can remember.

So now keep in mind, I grew up hating exercise and hating PE and not being athletic.

So don't start thinking that like I'm someone who loves exercise and I'm just one of those weird people who just enjoys like doing burpees and eating broccoli all day because

that's not me at all. I actually have a fair amount of dread when it comes to exercise, even though

it's something I've done very, very consistently for 20 years now. But I do have a whole other life

in my first 20 years of life where I hated exercise. And it was very scary and overwhelming and

intimidating. And PE class was like the most

dreaded thing of my life for all 12 years I was in school through grade school and high school.

Thank God P.E was not required in college. That was like one of the best things about college,

I think. So exercise is a critical part of my day and it is something that always happens in the

morning. And there have been periods in my life when I've exercised in the afternoon because of

when I've worked morning jobs where I've had to be at work in the seven o'clock hour,

I would do afternoon exercise. That was actually much more challenging for me.

So there are different people who feel different at different times of day when it comes to

exercise.

Some people do work out better in the evening. But what I will say for moms is that because the way our life works, we never know how our day is going to turn out. We don't know from minute to

minute if our time is going to be our own. So I really feel like for moms, the best option for

exercise by far is exercise first thing in the morning. So I really feel like from moms, the best option for exercise by far is exercise

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