Coach Micah's: Fit Project Podcast · Micah Smith

Morning Routines... worth it? or overhyped? | FPP #147

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Micah points to Ashton Hall’s four-hour morning routine and says people are mocking it online.

1. Coach Micah’s Fit Project Podcast episode on morning routines centers on whether a structured start to the day is worth the pressure. 2. Coach Micah hosts the episode as a solo conversation, and Ashton Hall appears as the viral fitness creator whose routine sparked the topic. 3. The episode asks whether morning routines help productivity and health, or whether the internet has overcomplicated them. 4. Micah says Ashton Hall is getting mocked online because his routine starts around 3:50 a.m. and runs for about four hours. 5. He lists the routine’s pieces as journaling, ice baths, exercise, reading, face routines, and skincare. 6. Micah says the trend showed up in his own feed because he follows fitness influencers and sees a lot of exercise-based content. 7. He says a listener also asked him to share what a day in his life looks like, which pushed him to talk about routines instead of his original topic. 8. Micah says his current routine is “completely non-existent” compared with earlier periods. 9. After a vacation about a month earlier, he says his sleep was off for the first four nights back and he kept hitting snooze at 5 a.m. 10. He says he now wakes around 7 to 7:30 a.m., feeds his cats, cleans the litter box, makes coffee in a Keurig, and fills his water bottle. 11. Micah says he is usually at his computer by 8 a.m. answering client messages and setting his schedule for the day. 12. He says he goes live for clients at 9 a.m. every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. 13. Micah says he usually walks to a coffee shop around 10 a.m. and works there until about noon. 14. He says he is fasting while recording, drinking water, black coffee, and electrolytes because he has a run to do later. 15. Micah describes a previous routine from 2021 where he woke before five, took a cold shower, read for 20 to 30 minutes, ate egg whites and a banana, and then meditated and journaled. 16. He says that routine lasted at least a year and sometimes included morning yoga at a studio, which made him feel ready before 7 a.m. 17. Micah’s tone stays casual and reflective, with no formal notes and a “chill” conversation style. 18. He mixes practical coaching advice with personal examples, including his 10K race in May and his preference for outdoor cardio in summer. 19. People interested in fitness routines, sleep, and training schedules will get the most from this episode. 20. People wanting a tightly structured, research-heavy breakdown may skip this one.

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