Morning Exercise

[cathal]

Any suggestions on breathing techniques, stretching, and morning exercises? Not the typical push-ups, strikes, blocks, etc.

 

Thanks everyone.

[Uechi Kid]

Do three Sanchin Kata. That will get you going

[Looneyas]

Morning stretches _

 

Best are Dynamic Stretches,

 

Please read up on these before you start to perform them.

 

Cheers

[battousai16]

i have tai chi at 5:30 in the morning. that usually gets me goin

[The Saint]

A nice light jog is great and then some stretching makes me feel great everymorning

[Shorinryu Sensei]

Any suggestions on breathing techniques, stretching, and morning exercises? Not the typical push-ups, strikes, blocks, etc.

 

Thanks everyone.

 

Since you didn't specify martial arts, I'd say that my favoirite stretch in the morning is just a good, all body stretch before, or just after you get out of bed. Accompanied with a good, long yawn of course! I love to hear the sounds of my back and knees popping first thing in the morning!

 

As for best exercise, making love to my beautiful lady is always my first choice, and a distant 2nd would be running through a few of my favorite kata at medium intensity for about 5-10 minutes. It wakes me up and gets me going while I'm waiting for the coffee to get ready.

[Thuggish]

coffee.

[Rich_2k3]

Get the book "dynamic strength" by "Harry wong", excellent muscle building exercies and some great warmups.

[Hoju]

I just sit up in bed, take some deep breaths & stretch my wrists & ankles. The pressure points there get me through most of my day. I save the real exercising until later in the day.

[angelica d]

EXERCISE? First thing in the morning???

 

It's strenuous enough for me just to get out of my nice cosy warm bed on the morning, let alone do anything else! No, I couldn't do any kind of exercise before 9am and even that would be pushing it!