“Early to bed, early to rise makes a man fit, healthy and wise” [He said this one the most] | RISE Macclesfield | Group Personal Training gym weight loss programmes

I covered yesterday one of my Nanna’s old sayings.

And how we might be able to take something from it with our approach to our eating.

I’d originally said I was going to cover some of my Grandpa’s sayings.

So here’s the first.

And probably the one I most associate with him.

“Early to bed, early to rise makes a man fit, healthy and wise.”

Having just typed that out, I’ve only just realised the inclusion of the word RISE.

And that there are plenty of members who are “early to bed and early to RISE” (and it’s making them fit, healthy and, hopefully, wise).

It’s obviously been festering in the back of my mind for a few decades.

He was a farmer you see.

Up at 5am every day to milk.

Coincidentally, it’s 5.26am whilst I’m writing this.

Less through choice to be honest.

I’m was due up at 5 anywhere to take the 6am Session.

And I find that, if I wake to go to the toilet past about 3.30, I struggle to get back to sleep, knowing my alarm isn’t all that far away.

So, invariably get up and get started on a bit of work.

5s early isn’t it?

To get the recommended 8 hours sleep, that means being asleep (not just in bed) by 9pm.

Probably fine if you lived in a village which consisted solely of a farm and two houses in 60s to early 90s, as my Grandpa did.

I get that many of won’t a something we don’t feel we can (or choose not to) do.

But getting enough sleep is the main point, not when we get it.

And that’s something we struggle with more and more as a society as time goes on.

More to do.

More mental stimulation.

Less physical activity.

My Grandpa was probably ready for bed after 12+ hours on the farm.

Many people nowadays are sat at a desk all day.

Are full of caffeine.

And feel they need a few hours to ‘wind down’ of an evening.

Which I get.

Sleeping 9 to 5 probably ain’t gonna happen for most.

But……….

We probably could do a bit to increase the amount of sleep we get.

And the quality.

If we were to “half” how tired we felt on a normal day, that would probably have a good knock on effect to how easy we found it to make some better food choices and get some exercise in.

And halving our tiredness doesn’t require twice as much sleep.

Here’s a couple of super easy wins for more / better sleep;

– Minimise caffeine late in the day

– Make our rooms 100% pitch black (black out blinds and cover any LED lights)

And a few slightly harder, but still not mega difficult ones;

– Magnesium salt bath before bed

– Minimise exposure to tech (TV and phone) in the hour before bed (maybe read a book?)

– Journal to, at least, somewhat reduce the amount of stuff whirring around our heads

Going to bed earlier is an obvious potential win, of course.

But one we’re not always willing to do.

The others are relatively easy and should have a good return-on-investment knock on effect.

Much love,

Jon “I’m so using “Early to bed, early to RISE makes you fit, healthy and wise’ Hall

P.S. #GenderNeutralVersion

P.P.S. Having Googled it, Benjamin Franklin said “Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise”. I’m not sure If I’ve misremembered what my Grandpa said or he’d edited it himself.

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