What if you could actually be excited to start your day? What if you could bounce out of bed with

enthusiasm? What if your snooze button and even your alarm clock were a thing of the past? Sounds too

good to be true, right? Well, let's find out. This is the 5 a.m. Miracle, episode number 5.56, the best morning routine ever.

Seven reasons to get outside before breakfast.

Good morning, and welcome to the 5 a.m. Miracle.

I am Jeff Sanders, and this is the podcast dedicated to dominating your day before breakfast.

My goal is to help you bounce out of bed with enthusiasm, create powerful, lifelong habits,

and tackle your grandest goals with extraordinary energy.

I am a keynote speaker and corporate trainer, specializing in delivering high energy,

interactive, and action-oriented

presentations and workshops focused on productivity, wellness, and personal and professional

growth. If you want to learn more, head over to jeffsanders.com slash speaking.

Now, in the episode this week, I'll break down my personal favorite morning routine, why I believe your best morning routine will include a healthy dose of fresh air, and the real reason why morning routines matter in the first place.

Let's get to it.

So to kick off this conversation about the potential best morning routine ever, I want to tell you my history with running.

My running story actually plays a very important role in my personal obsession with morning routines, as well as it plays a central

role in the origin story of the 5A. Miracle itself. So let's go back to the early 2000s.

At this point, I was in high school, and I had just joined the track team. I spent many years as a kid

playing a lot of soccer, probably 10 years or so.

And so I loved to run in the sense of playing that sport. But outside of that, I had not done any.

When track and field came around, I had the chance to try new things. So I was doing triple jump,

high jump, doing lots of sprinting events, 100 meter, 200 meter, 400 meter dash.

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