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2025-08-24 | 😇 Righteous | 🏋🏼‍♀️ Masochism 📚🪞

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⏱️ Four Minutes of Masochism

  • 🌅 For some time now, inspired by this video 🌅🧠🚀♾️ This morning routine is scientifically proven to make you limitless, I’ve been doing 4 minutes of high intensity exercise as one of the first things I do every day.
  • 💪 My typical routine is
    • 😩 Procrastinate a bit, trying to convince myself to do this again
    • 📱 Open the stopwatch app on my phone
    • ⬇️ Get on the floor
    • 🧘 Stretch a bit, procrastinating for a few more seconds before assuming the plank position
    • ⏱️ Start the stopwatch
    • 🪨 Plank for 60 - 90 seconds
    • 🏋️ Struggle to do 10 pushups
    • 🧍 Stand up and do 30-50 squats
    • ⬇️ Get back down and do a plank until time is up
      • 💪 or sometimes up to a minute longer depending on how I feel
  • ✨ I find it almost miraculous in its effectiveness.
  • 🧠 I’m much more alert and able to focus after these four minutes of masochism.
  • 🔁 I’ve even started doing four minutes before focused work sessions, sometimes 2 or 3 times a day.
  • 😟 I still worry that I won’t be able to do the full 4 minutes
  • ⏳ The boost in brain power doesn’t tend to follow immediately, but slowly tapers in after a cool down period.

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