'Immediately upon popping out of bed, I pop two frozen dark chocolate espresso beans from the freezer,' Martin says. …Or eat something that feels like a treat. They eat a little something, like an apple or banana… Butler goes for a banana ('It's like a shot of sugar,' she says), while Pryce and Johnson go for apples, a fruit that contains polyphenols, which may help your body turn the fruit sugar into energy, according to some studies. 'It also aids the digestive system, acts as a natural diuretic, and balances your PH since it's an alkaline food,' Pryce adds.Ħ. Johnson and Pryce also drink lemon water: 'It's a natural detox, and there is nothing like starting your day with clean insides: It makes me feel fresh and energized,' Johnson says. Before she goes to bed, CosmoBody trainer Astrid McGuire leaves a glass of lemon water on her nightstand to chug when she wakes up. When else do you go six to eight hours without drinking anything?' says Denese Butler, a New York City-based fitness instructor who teaches a high-intensity ((305)) Fitness dance cardio class at 7 a.m.īutler's in good company: The Biggest Loser trainer Jennifer Widerstrom and celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak chug up to two water bottles of plain water when they wake up too.ĥ. To avoid it and maintain a sense of calm, she figures out when she has to leave her place in the morning, then works backwards to plan her wakeup time.Ĥ. She says it gives her enough time to meditate, eat breakfast, digest, shower ('an easy way to get the system going,' she says), and do all the other things that make her feel badass without feeling rushed, which can really ruin your morning.

classes,' says certified fitness trainer and Stacy's Bootcamp founder, Stacy Berman. 'I know it sounds a bit insane, but I usually wake up around 3:50 a.m. The third alarm is, 'Yes, I am Doing So!' which tells me when it's time to hit the road.'ģ. classes. 'The first alarm, set 15 minutes early, is always labeled, 'Yes, I Can.' The next alarm is labeled, 'Yes, I Will,' which always gets me out of bed. (And make them *~fAnCy~*.) 'I set three different alarms and give them motivational titles to get me moving,' says Taye Johnson, a New York City-based SoulCycle instructor who teaches 6 a.m.

'I joke with my friends that I'm like a fireman because I have my clothes, food, gym bag, everything completely laid out the night before so I know I can wake up and literally be out the door in 10 minutes,' says Katia Pryce, CosmoBody trainer and founder of KP DanceBody. While they get paid to get up and out (and that's a hell of a reward) their rituals could work for you too:ġ. The system works for me, and for fitness professionals who instruct classes or train clients super early in the day. He's right: I stick to my morning workouts because I follow the same routine every morning and reward myself after work by doing fun stuff (instead of going to the gym, since I've already knocked it out). 'The key to making it work is to have a strategy, ritual, and reward system,' says Adam Rosante, a CosmoBody trainer who wakes up to work out at 6 a.m. As someone who breaks a sweat before work nearly every single day, I'm often asked, 'How do you do it?'

Wake me up in 10 minutes