3 Life-Changing Habits 

Which of these three will you try to incorporate into your daily routine? What habits have improved your life? Let us know in the comments below 🤙 IG ► instagram.com/thestrengthside

Get up at 6, drink a fraction of the coffee I used to, varied work out 45-60 minutes, no alcohol, white flour or sugar, zero social media, always have a couple of books I’m reading, try to be of service to my family and friends, life is good, fit and peaceful 58 yo woman.

Streching out with Josh since 2020, practicing macaco flips etc., cold showers, riding a bike whenever I can, reading before falling asleep, putting limits on browsing social media (fb, twitter once a week for no more than 20 min)., intermittent fasting - I eat from 12 to 6 o'clock. Lost 20 kg, partially got rid of anxiety problems, better look, less headaches, general improvement in mobility flexibility and health, day appears to be longer... Love you guys. :)

Dudes, our public schools should use curriculum for health and PE designed by you guys. You give meaningful tips and suggest ways to work our way up to goals based on our current levels. Good teaching. Y'all make me cry sometimes, happy tears. You nailed it talking about distractions. I wish I could have told my dad this thought when he was younger. From now on when he asks if I want a drink, I will walk with him instead. Better late than never. Shine on men.

My walk starts directly after my final meal of the day, at night. I walk for 2hours and it has improved my digestion, my sleep, my mood, my creativity, my strength, and my body.

I was close to breaking down physically from a disorder and as a last ditch effort I started biking. It was extremely painful both physically and mentally, but after months I got through it and since then my body has strengthened and adapted. I no longer suffer from this disorder and now I’m a huge fitness enthusiast. I implore all of you out there that are low on hope, stick with it and stay strong. It will pay off

A habit that helps me is waking up and taking care of myself 1st, instead of waking up my baby and feeding her immediately. I let her chill while I drink water first thing, make coffee, take vitamins, and thennnn I will get my baby. It creates less stress not worrying about us both at the same time and I love the routine of it. It's easy to forget about yourself when children come along. It's like a plane: put your oxygen mask on first and then take care of the child. ❤️ everyone is better off in the end.

I’ve been taking super cold showers for a year every morning, but eventually found that it causes inflammation in my shoulder tendons and joints. It grew slowly and at first I though it was just muscle soreness from my workout. But eventually I started wondering why the pain doesn’t go away and keeps getting stronger. Stopped cold showers and the pain went away in a couple of days. Repeated, and got the same results. After some research found that even Wim Hoff confirmed the effect of cold water - it can elevate any hidden inflammation you might have. I have inherently weak (thin) bones and most likely my joints and tendons are not that strong either. I started calisthenics at the same time I started cold showers, and calisthenics most likely cause micro-injuries in my shoulder tendons and joints. And cold water most likely brings this side effect to a higher level. So I am not saying cold water is bad for everyone, just want to warn about potential side effects for some people. As to me, I decided to get back to cold water when I strengthen my body to the point where I don’t incur micro-injuries from workout that much. I am 52, started working out after 30 years of gap, no wonder my body needs time to get stronger, but I am sure it will one day.

Do the three of them nearly every morning since about 1 year ago. For me, sun gazing in the morning and grounding while walking encouraged me a great deal to continue these habits as the feeling is priceless and also it helps me go to sleep so much earlier (having dinner early has also had a great impact on my sleep)

Hey guys, love the video and I totally agree. I'm almost 60 and over the last year I have been getting up at first light and going for a walk. After the walk I take a warmish shower for about a minute so I can shave, then I turn it to cold and stay in there for about 4 minutes. It has made a huge difference in my life. Just the cold shower makes my mood so much better for the whole day. Now I do crave the cold shower, and I hated the thought of cold water shower before I gave it a try. And the early walk gets it out of the way and sets my day off in the right direction. Thanks for the video.

I would add a 5-15 minute minimum daily meditation to this list. Works wonders 🙂

I love cold showers! It was uncomfortable at first but now I keep it cold the whole time and feel so much better !

I do all these things. Meditation is a big one as well. I can maybe miss a day, but if I miss several days in a row I become super unfocused and irritable and just perform poorly in general. I would also recommend journaling in whatever form you feel comfortable with. I generally just stick to one A4 page or less and just evaluate my performance from the previous day, what I would like to achieve on the upcoming day, what is pissing me off or keeping me distracted and I try to think of at least one, but preferably two or three, things I’m thankful for.

1 - wim huf breathing 2 - 4 min tabata or running 15 min in nature 3 - ice bath 4 - yoga (chanting AUM with Shadguru or Vipasana) and at night, meditating before sleep

Nice vid, been changing some habits lately and major ones are: - got sober 10 months ago - started with Wim Hof Method stuff - intermittent fasting, 20/4 Not everyday is 100% successful, but learning and making steps. Main goal for coming six months is to find time and routine to add some exercise.

Thank you! I have been getting up early and having cold showers . Now will set the alarm 15 mins earlier to go for a walk before the gym

I've been doing these first thing in the morning for a while and additionally meditating, wim hoff breathing and stretching outside when i go for a walk, my morning routine takes about an hour and a half to two hours then I make a coffee and start working

Thank u guys :) Good advices. One of my favourite morning routine habits is meditating for at least 10 minuntes every morning. AND - (especially for people who got a lot of stress) - After waking up - really DO NOT THINK and don't really do anything. This could mean, while you'r drinking yout morning tea, just sit and drink and don't think about what u have to do this day or other ish. This is almost the same like "more complicated" meditation techniques. Actually it's Zen. And it and really can do some magic. ✨😎

Honestly, the key about waking up early without falling into the snooze button trap as you guys pointed out is as simple as having a clear-cut plan of what you're going to do right from the moment you get out of bed. No vague ideas such as "I'm going to work out" or "I'm going to meditate" or "I'm going to read a book." In my experience, that doesn't cut it. I kept hitting that snooze button every morning until I started writing down exactly what I would do when I woke up the next day every night before going to sleep. The clearer the goals, the easier it is.

Thanks i realize that these habits are the same as mine. I realize that i'll be grateful for what my body brings me to. Nature, love to everybody🙌

Meditation, journaling, writing down what I am grateful for, having a plan/to-do list for the day

Morning breathwork session is awesome Start to the day

That's exactly what I've been doing last few months and it has done wonders for me!

My two favorite Tarzan’s spitting that ancient knowledge once again. I’m here for it. Appreciate you both 🙏

Solid! Thanks so much for taking the time to create & share this with us. Very helpful & encouraging.

Already doing the cold showers since February this year. Feeling stronger and refreshed after each shower! 💪 Sometimes going for a walk, but I already proposed to myself to start doing this daily, after I wake up. I think I will also grab the rings, walk to the nearby forest and do a series of dips, pull ups or whatever comes to mind that particular day. start waking up early - I also am trying this one out, but as it is a new skill to me, it will only get improved by time. Just focus and repeat. cool tips! love your energy and content!

Beautiful human beings! My morning routine is so supportive to set me up for each day in life, whatever I may do or face if I start my day grounded, connected and clear the day is amazing 🙏🌞 From deep breathing and meditation, drinking water and green tea, doing qigong, that “cold shower” affirmations while getting ready… the day is already been so beautiful ✌️❤️

Gardening! Of course, if you don’t have a garden, it’s a bit difficult. But, to me it’s both a way to workout (it can be light weeding or hard digging/moving dirt when preparing the garden in the spring/fall) and a way to simply disconnect from the daily grind, so it essentially becomes sort of meditating.

Being present ... fully engaged...that is my #1reason I ride my Harley. No choice but to be fully in that moment. I love all 3 of these habits in your video and agree 100%!!! I love waking at 5AM or before...exercise, bible reading and breakfast are my 100% alone time. And I also do enjoy that cold shower... but probably could stand to do it more!

I totally agree, I get up early and do my stretches,so glad I found this channel!keep em coming

I wake at 5:30 drink some water and then walk for about an hour with my dog, i have no excuse to not walk, my dog gets me out the house, i use different routes around my village every morning which adds a bit of variety. Arrive home and do an hour of jump rope, weighted ropes and some pushups, i like to do maybe 50 or so. Eat and relax for about 30 mins. I don’t check messages, i don’t do facebook, twitter etc and then head of to work. I have a fairly outdoor manual job so i’m on the go all day, arrive home around 5:30 and will eat around 7:00 p.m. Walk with my dog, a tepid shower and then i’ll watch a couple of hours of t.v. and on a normal evening i’ll be in bed around 9:30, read for an hour and try to be settled to sleep around 10:30, and normally i have no problem sleeping.

Journaling improved my life so much that I can't live without it. It sets the tone of my day.

switching from wine to de alcoholized wine.....only has trace amounts of alcohol in it but just the feeling of opening a wine bottle, pouring it into a wine glass and having it vaguely taste like wine seems to be a visual cue that kicks in immediate anti anxiety....now its just less taxing on my liver......

i've had these habits for years still feel good

My dog "makes" me take her for an hour walk at least once (sometimes twice) a day. We usually go in the park (a wooded area). Cell phone is in my fanny pouch for emergencies and on DND. There is little talking and a lot of "mental" communication with her. Sometimes I bring my mala beads to repeat a mantra, but most of the time it's a time for silent bonding with puppers, devoid of anything electronic...just listening (with ears, eyes, skin) to the wilderness and its animals. We have gotten to know the individuals in a community of deer, as well as a red-tailed hawk.

I’ve been finishing my showers cold for over 4 years now. I can count on one hand the times I don’t do it per year. I also plan my week on Sunday nights, little tasks that help keep me on track towards my goals. Movement, play and work every day. 🤙 Great video, guys.

Thank you.

I get in the ocean every day and yes it’s uncomfortable at first, but now my body craves it and need it to feel fully awake. I know the discomfort is temporary and that I will recover quickly from the cold. I encourage people new to this practice to relax into it and release resistance. You kind of have to psyche yourself out. Don’t cower from it but go all in instead. Also, getting my hair wet and dunking completely under is a must for me, otherwise I feel incomplete and don’t get the full body reset I’m craving.

Great vid. Habbit building is a vital skill. I recently started a morning session of positive hydration + positive information. And am working towards complementing it with an evening session of positive nutrition + positive socialising. Ideas to schedules, schedules to habits, habitis to goals.

I enjoy drumming. The act of learning how to move your sticks in an efficient manner so that you achieve a particular result requires tons of discipline. Some people do cross-word puzzles and such to keep their brain active, all I have to do is just pick up a pair of sticks.

Wonderful ideas. I do many of these already.

Thanks for this short, but valuable video. It made me realize that I too can use more walks on ordinary working days. I also always take cold showers and this (summer time in Holland) is the perfect time to go even a step further and start swimming in open water. The goal is to do this regularly the whole year round to get used to the different seasons and never get a bad cold anymore. My Frisian grandfather used cold water to wash himself all his life and he never got a bad cold. Greetings from Edwin

Interesting. A few weeks ago I have started to get up two hours earlier, at a fixed time. Initially to have more time for preparing my day, meal prep, and the odd fitness challenge. I work shifts, so early in the mornings is the only reliable time for me. Before doing Keto, this was never even an option because I would become tired in the afternoons when getting up early. Not anymore. Constant energy all day long. I get up at 5am, take a cold shower for five minutes, and do all my actual showering with cold water these days. Very refreshing. I then cook my lunch or dinner, have my breakfast if I feel like having one and then I still have an hour just for me. So yeah, I can only agree: Get up early, spend time on yourself, and do things. Take cold showers. And for myself, start a keto diet. Simplified my life a LOT. And I get a lot more done.

Awesome thank you!

Always enjoy your videos thanks for the tips!

Great Advise thanks for posting 🙏🕊

Thank you

Thank you!!!

Keep on doing amazing job man with the body movements and stuff like that

I find by just getting in contact with the floor enough to clear my mind… sitting, meditating, stretching all starts on the floor and it’s a really great way to hit the in body reset button

Beautiful video, thanx brothers

Nice reminder of the simple things..cheers.

pure gold 💛

Bro I don't know if they told you before, but your resemblance to Scar, the villain from Lion King, is amazing!

This channel it's a blessing, sometimes we can learn this in a life chaos time, but these guys give the best tips ever as the best way it could be, everything works, and trust it works well, 1 year of cold water helped me to start life again as a solo mom, the habits are small but the impact is sooooo big!

Watching your videos is a habit that has improved my life.

Great vid as always....I'd add mediation and a cycle ride along with, or inplace of a walk. Love yr holistic approach...Shine on!

Thank you.for your clear and simple advices. To answer your question about what habit did I follow that changed my life. Excercise in the morning (short like 5 min) to set my body in motion. I write in my journal, it helps me have a higher prospective of some hard situations I encounter. Stop having complaining thoughts and have gratitude for simple things. Thank you for your video, it is nice to hear positive words. Kind regards. Juan

Love this video!

#4 Be Grateful…..it too is life changing.

Great stuff my man!

1 hour of meditation at the start and at the end of the day, starting within the first and last fifteen minutes with a small practice to end/ start the day. This helped ground in tremendous clarity and cognizance, which eventually gave way to an easy set point to begin every day without requiring an hour to get into that state of being, once it was familiar, and once the arrangement was set in spirit.

Just awesome man ✅

Thanks

Love it! Other than going for a walk in the AM I do all of these!

Thanks new brother!

Love this channel! Thanks for the enriching nature of your videos. They are awesome. 😊😄

Perfecto 👍 thank you for this video !

Almost at 1mil bros! Richly deserved. After following this channel for a while, I've implemented these 3 habits and could have predicted them seeing this video title :D This stuff works!

Working out and journaling are the two habits that have improved my life the most. So did having a morning routine but I quit that habit. I'mm starting that again because it had such a huge impact on my productivity and mindset for the day and ultimately, how content I am with that day. Meditating for just a few minutes with breathing patterns has really helped calming my anxiety. Walking is great but I wanna put that back into my morning instead of evening. I hate cold showers haha but they give you sensation and body awareness like nothing else. I'm also committing to times off of social media because it's draining and distracting. My goal is to be more present and proactive. Great video, keep up the good work! I really like your channel because of how simple yet effective your content is. One of my long time favs on yt.

Super!!! Thanks from Chile!!

Great tips! The additional 1 I use is the deep breath practice for 4 rounds. Small incremental steps!

Been practicing this attitude my whole life. Lost it for the last 5 years unfortunately I m back again thanks guys!

I already wake up early but now I've been more purposeful and intentional with my time- stretch (with Strength Side video), pray, meditate. I spend like an hour before work preparing for my day which is still me working remotely with a 6:30am start time. I do need to incorporate more walking into my daily routine.

That basics are helping me a lot. Thanks from España.

working out is a habit since years now and I mostly stick to it no matter what......out of comfort zone no matter what.......walking and realize the big picture is a great thing...could be part of mine more often.....everthing must make sense....start from the presence is a young routine quit young.....better than being exactly right......like your work very much...as always

You guys: please, think about the 70’s and above crowd that also watches you guys and are fans. Some of the jumps and other strenuous exercises are not possible for 75 year olds like myself but I like what you guys show us to create new habits; we oldies would love to be included in your videos. Remember this fellows!!!

Ty m8s this channel is helping me alot ^^

Love your content

This is awesome !

What I like and do every morning, is get outside in our small garden barefoot and enjoy my one and only coffee of the day. But waking up earlier, have a walk and a cold shower afterwards is definitely worth trying! I'll give it a shot.

💙Thank you! 💪😉

I started sea swimming 8 weeks ago. We swim off a beautiful place called Battery Rocks in Penzance. Just in shorts, no wetsuit. About 25 mins a time depending on the cold. The sun risers I have seen have been magical. The seal is sometimes out. And you feel so totally alive.

Great information!

I have been getting up at 3:30 am every day for about 2 years. I get my 2 miles and a small workout before I get to work at 6 am. As for the cold shower, I start with a regular shower, then finish with a cold shower. You guys are amazing!!!!! Thanks for your videos. ❤❤

I do all except the cold shower My daily mental and physical routines have provided much productivity , positive mental health , and just staying well-balanced !!

Such inspiration you are I have been doing the cold shower routine hydrotherapy really life enhancing along with deep breathing into the diaphragm love your dedication health and well-being and exercise

Making things easily accessible for me as been a game changer, the door I walk through everyday has a chin up bar an hangboard and around my workspace I have kettle bells. I use them so much more often than if they were harder to get to.

I love your philosophy and life tips. I get it.

Awesome! Almost at 1M subscribers! Congrats on the great channel guys! ✌🏼😎👍🏼

Oh my gosh yes!! Been taking cold showers and doing icebaths and now I look forward to it. My mind is calm and I feel amazing afterwards!

great advice

Walking and hiking about 5km a day when I got my dog! Wow! Lost weight, got muscles and a clear mind!

You got it all bro. Life is simple 💛🙏👍

Woah man, there are two of you. This is the first time watching this channel and I didn't realise that until the middle of the video ! Great tips friend. Cheers

Good advice. Love the vids bro!

I saw that gorgeous Boulder mountain skyline in your video! I am working on becoming consistent with these habits

Teach yourself to awaken before the alarm goes off. I hate the sound of an alarm & have slowly learned to wake up at whatever time I wish (mostly). I set the alarm if needed but usually wake up before it rings.

Great video!🔥

One habit which has improved my mental health immensely is daily meditation of 10 minutes. It helps me to disidentify from negative thoughts and be less distracted.