{"id":15847,"date":"2016-02-24T08:30:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T00:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/?p=15847"},"modified":"2016-02-23T16:59:59","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T08:59:59","slug":"beat-afternoon-slump-with-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2016\/02\/beat-afternoon-slump-with-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"If energy levels start to dip at noon, beat the afternoon slump with exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"
I don’t know about you, but I think the Spanish and Mexicans got it right with their afternoon siesta. Never having been to either Spain nor Mexico (not for want of trying though!) I can’t ascertain the truth of whether businesses do shutter at high noon, to enable everyone to take a quick nap before they get back into the swing of things.<\/p>\n
Personally, I’d like that!<\/p>\n
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For most of us who work, our days start at any time from 6-7am when our alarms go off, and we rub our bleary eyes before we wake up and rejoin the rat race. So, by the time the clock hits 12 noon, we’d have been up and about for at least 6 hours, and I think that calls for a break!<\/p>\n
It doesn’t help that that’s when we break for lunch, and what with the heat and full tummies, and just low batteries, we find ourselves hitting that afternoon slump at around 2pm. So how do you beat that?<\/p>\n
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I don’t know about you, but I often find myself quite useless in the hours between 2-4pm. Now, don’t go tell anyone. It might destroy my credibility LOL! \ud83d\ude00 But it’s between these hours of the day that I find myself being a zombie, and operating almost on auto-pilot as my energy levels drop like a stone.<\/p>\n
So, where possible, I arrange my meetings for the mornings, when I’m much more alert, and keep the afternoons for more mundane things. Well, unless of course it necessitates me using the ol’ grey matter, when I’ll find some way to keep my eyes open and my brain cells functioning.<\/p>\n
But you know what? I’ve found one almost sure-fire way to beat this afternoon slump, and it’s not something you’d like to hear, but here it is.<\/p>\n
Exercise.<\/strong><\/p>\n As much as I detest the notion, I’ve found that getting active actually makes me get over that zombie-state of being, and makes me function better. I think it is to do with the fact that when you force your body to move, it boosts your endorphins and that makes you feel better. Also, for some strange reason, it actually helps me feel more energetic, and I function better as a result.<\/p>\n What I try to do therefore, is slip in a quick short walk\/run on the treadmill, just enough to get the heart pumping. This seems to wake me up and once I’m done, I stay woken up. Other times, I do a short session of yoga. Although not strenuous like walking\/running, the stretching and bending gets the blood flowing and makes you feel a little more alive as a result.<\/p>\n