Resolve to get moving

Yes, exercise resolutions are common, but there’s a good reason for them. Along with fixing your sleep, there’s little that will have such a transformative effect on your life.

Exercise provides such a laundry list of physical and mental health benefits that it’s basically the closest thing we have to a wonder drug.

Not only will exercise do everything from improve your heart health to boost your sex drive, all while improving your sleep and mood, recent research has shown that working out may help keep the brain young, improve memory, and fight cognitive impairment.

The trick is figuring out the exercise resolution that’s going to work for you – saying you’ll “go to the gym (more)” probably won’t cut it.

If it fits your schedule, make an early morning cardio workout a new habit

Morning workouts aren’t for everyone, but experts say that if you can get some morning exercise in that will get your heart going and get you some morning sunlight, that will kickstart your circadian rhythm, which will both wake you up for the day and make it easier for you to sleep at night.

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