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Forget the 5 AM Club — New Research Shows 4 AM is Better

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Remember Robin Sharma? He’s the genius behind The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning, Elevate Your Life. According to Robin, waking up at 5 AM gives you a massive advantage. You get quiet, uninterrupted time to focus on yourself before the rest of the world wakes up.

Ok. Clearly, he lives alone.

He tells you to follow the 20/20/20 formula: move your body for 20 minutes, spend 20 minutes reflecting, and then 20 minutes learning or growing. All at 5 AM. In theory, it sounds amazing, right? I mean, who doesn’t want to dominate and conquer the world at 5 AM when everyone else is sound asleep?

I wanted to join this 5 AM club. It can’t be that hard.

This is me joining the 5 AM club

Before I drag you into the entire 5 AM club hell, let me preface by saying, it didn’t go well.

My first few mornings, I flew out of bed with piss and vinegar. I was determined to be successful and super productive (like Robin said!). By day 4, I could tell this wasn’t going to work out very well for me.

At around 2 pm, I was looking at my sofa and thinking, “oh, just a little nap”. What’s it gonna hurt? Day 5, 6 and 7, I was napping and feeling guilty about it…