The Athlete’s 15-Minute Night Routine to Maximize Performance in Your Mornings

Here’s what some athletes do to maximize performance in their mornings.

Diana Dovgopol
4 min readMar 16, 2023
Photo by Mpho Mojapelo on Unsplash

As an athlete, I have always adhered to discipline and regimen in everything. This helped me a lot in my daily life and kept me from feeling lost the next day.

However, as soon as my sports career ended and I transitioned to a more sedentary lifestyle, I began to notice a breakdown in my routine, confusion, lack of sleep, and even trouble remembering things.

These issues started to bring discomfort into my daily life, so I started working again on my night routine. As soon as I started remembering and applying all the old habits in my sports life, I began to notice progress in how I felt the next day.

It only took me 2 weeks to get into my old habits.
This routine takes me 15 to 20 minutes a day.
The results are forever (with consistency)

Elite athletes like LeBron James, Usain Bolt, and Roger Federer sleep around 8 to 10 hours to optimize their recovery, but there are other things athletes do — at least in early stages — to maximize performance in their mornings.

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