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Workout consistency and heart health can be positively impacted by morning exercise. But an early morning workout routine could also help boost brain power as well as your willpower to forgo eating unhealthy snacks throughout the day.

More brain power:

Some research suggests that exercise increases mental focus and acuity for up to 10 hours because of an increase in the flow of oxygen to your brain. This natural result not only positively impacts your concentration and awareness, but it also reduces risks for problems that could lead to memory loss, enhances production of helpful chemicals that protect brain cells, and improves memory.

Though most of us would find these benefits desirable regardless of time of day, not many of us need a boost of energy and brainpower before we go to bed. By waiting until later in the day to exercise, you may be wasting that mental boost.

More willpower:

The only thing that may be more difficult than getting up earlier in the morning than you have to is resisting the urge to eat sugary, fatty (delicious) foods throughout the day. While ignoring your body when those cravings take hold can be hard, it might be a little easier with a little morning exercise, according the new study in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

The new research showed that subjects had more willpower to resist food “and participated in more total physical activity over the course of the day when they exercised in the morning.”

Boosting the power of will and brain with morning exercise is only possible if you actually get out from underneath your comfy covers. We challenge you to give it a try!

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