Exercising prior to LSAT

Meagan Hare

Any thoughts about whether it's detrimental to exercise the morning of the LSAT?

akistotle

If exercising is part of your morning routine, I think you should do the same on the day of the LSAT. Otherwise, I don't think it's beneficial. It might exhaust you.

Mellow_Z

@akistotle said:
If exercising is part of your morning routine, I think you should do the same on the day of the LSAT. Otherwise, I don't think it's beneficial. It might exhaust you.

Agree with this. If you build it into your routine for weeks/months prior to the real test, it can be a great way to get the blood flowing and wake yourself up mentally. @"Cant Get Right" got into a routine of going for a run every Saturday morning, so when the real test came around, it was second nature to do that.

If you don't make it into a routine you can really exhaust yourself or it could throw you off your game. Don't do this.

GrecoRoman

I am much sharper and more attentive after an exercise so I will be doing this on test day, but if you don't exercise regularly it may throw you for a loop. Regular exercise is always recommended because we just perform better mentally when our body is in good shape. Cheers.

Cant Get Right

Don't do anything that's going to potentially throw you off from your norm. I think a more conspicuous but parallel example would be something like drinking coffee. If you don't drink coffee, the morning of the test is a really bad time to start, lol. But if exercising is something you do regularly anyway, I think it's great. Like Zach touched on, I designed a whole morning routine to mimic my ideal test morning, and I lived it every day for months. That definitely included exercise.

Alex

@"Meagan Hare" said:
Any thoughts about whether it's detrimental to exercise the morning of the LSAT?

I think you'll be fine, short of running 10 miles when you're used to only 2. Even if you don't normally exercise, I would still try to get something in. A quick jog/walk, or yoga. I find I do much better when I simply just do 50 push ups and 50 sit ups. I run a few times a week. But my focus is exponentially better after those push ups. Must get the juices flowing