6 Ways to Have Your Most Productive Morning
Falling behind no matter how early you wake up? Here's how to get focused faster.
By Corrie Pikul
While Brushing Your Teeth
What to do: Deep squats (at least 20 of them).
What it does: Activating the large muscles in the thighs and butt quickly gets blood flowing to the brain, says
John Ratey, MD, a Harvard associate professor and the author of
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain, reinvigorating it with oxygen, nutrients (like glucose) and performance-boosting chemicals. This move is still uncomplicated enough to do with a toothbrush in your hand.
How it makes you more productive: It activates your brain and turns on the cells you'll need for creative thinking, says Ratey (and brushing, of course, freshens your breath).
Published 03/26/2014
