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Notes on mornings

Practical guides for getting up, the research behind them, how every part of Wakeletics works, and this week's challenges.

A push-up with the tracked joints drawn in lime, and the Wakeletics rep counter

Guides

How many push-ups should I do every morning, and is it OK right after waking?

There's no magic number. Here's how to pick yours, why a wake-up set isn't a workout, what the research says about push-ups and health, and how to look after your back first thing.

4 October 2026 · 7 min read

A man on a ridge at sunrise, and the Morning Earned screen in Wakeletics

Guides

How to get out of bed when your alarm goes off: the first 10 minutes

Nothing makes you sharp the second you wake up, and the research is honest about that. What does help is getting vertical fast. A minute-by-minute plan, with what's evidence and what's just habit.

4 October 2026 · 7 min read

Three Wakeletics screens in order: the alarm time, the wake exercise, and the alarm list

Tutorials

How to set your first Wakeletics alarm, step by step

Time, days, push-ups or squats, how many, the sound and the backup rings — every choice on the alarm screen, and what happens when it rings.

4 October 2026 · 6 min read

Setting a Wakeletics alarm in a dark bedroom, and the week widget with all seven days ticked

Guides

How to stop snoozing your alarm: a 7-day plan

Snoozing itself isn't the enemy. A snooze that never ends is. Here is why the button wins, what helps, and a one-week plan to get up on the first ring.

4 October 2026 · 7 min read

A dark bedroom at sunrise, the Next Alarm widget, and a phone counting push-ups

Guides

I turn off my alarm in my sleep. What can I do?

Why you can silence an alarm and have no memory of it, how common it is, when it's worth asking a doctor, and seven fixes, from the easiest to the strongest.

4 October 2026 · 8 min read

A push-up and a squat side by side, each with the tracked joints drawn in lime

Guides

Push-ups vs squats in the morning: which should you choose?

Upper body or legs, floor or standing, quiet or not. What each movement works, what it asks of you at 6 AM, and how to choose, including where the phone goes for each.

4 October 2026 · 6 min read

A dark bedroom before sunrise, and the Emergency Alarm cover from Pro Audio

Guides

Why do I sleep through my alarm? A guide for heavy sleepers

What makes some people sleep through an alarm, what decades of smoke-alarm research say about sounds that wake people, and what to change tonight: the sound, the volume, the placement and the sleep itself.

4 October 2026 · 8 min read

A Home Screen with the Wakeletics This Week, Streak and Next Alarm widgets, with the widgets floating around it

Tutorials

Wakeletics widgets: your streak and tomorrow's alarm, without opening the app

Three widgets for the Home Screen, the Lock Screen and StandBy, what each one tells you, and how to add them in under a minute.

3 October 2026 · 6 min read

Three Wakeletics selfies with the Devil, Angel and Sheriff lenses on a lime background

Features

Share Studio: lenses, cards and what your morning says

Seventeen selfie lenses you try on live, a card you build from your own numbers, and the share sheet. Everything you can share, and how it works.

2 October 2026 · 7 min read

The ten Pro Audio cover artworks, tilted in a grid

Features

Pro Audio: wake tracks written to get you out of bed

Ten produced tracks, six free tones, and your own voice or song as the alarm. What each sound is for, and how to choose the one that actually gets you up.

1 October 2026 · 5 min read

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Features

Achievements: seven milestones, and why there are so few

First Light, Riser, Steady, Master, First 100, Thousand and All-Rounder. What each one asks for, where you find them, and why none of them is for sale.

30 September 2026 · 5 min read

Two Challenges screens: this week's four challenges, and the two more that come with Pro

Features

Weekly challenges: something for this week to aim at

Four new challenges every week, two more with Pro, the same set for everyone, and Wake Points for each one you finish. How they work, and the ones worth chasing.

29 September 2026 · 5 min read

The Wakeletics home screen surrounded by Pro Audio covers, alternative app icons and an Angel lens selfie

Features

What Wakeletics Pro adds, and what stays free for good

Unlimited alarms, your whole history, Pro Audio, your own wake sound, fourteen lenses, nine icons and two more challenges a week. Here is the full list, and the promise behind the free version.

28 September 2026 · 6 min read

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Research

Your alarm sets your schedule. Light sets your clock.

An alarm decides when you open your eyes. What decides whether your body agrees is the light you get in the following hour — and indoor lighting barely registers.

27 August 2026 · 6 min read

The Wakeletics week widget with all seven days ticked, over a sunrise

Research

The weekend lie-in has a name, and a cost

About 70% of working people carry a permanent two-hour time-zone shift between their weekdays and weekends. Chronobiologists call it social jetlag.

26 August 2026 · 7 min read

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Research

How long until a morning workout stops being a decision?

Not 21 days. The real study found a median of 66 — and a range wide enough to explain why most habit advice fails you.

25 August 2026 · 6 min read

Research

Is the snooze button actually bad for you?

A 2024 sleep-lab study put habitual snoozers on polysomnography and tested them. The result is not what wake-up apps usually claim.

24 August 2026 · 6 min read

Setting an alarm in Wakeletics, and the camera counting push-ups the next morning

Research

Sleep inertia: the half hour where you are not really awake

The grogginess after an alarm is a measurable state with a name. Here is what is known about it, and what is still only a hypothesis.

22 August 2026 · 7 min read

A push-up and a squat with the tracked joints drawn in lime

Research

Does it matter what time of day you exercise?

The largest review of exercise timing looked at 35 studies and 17,259 people. Its conclusion is not the one the internet keeps repeating.

20 August 2026 · 6 min read

Challenges

Week 42 challenges: Squat Specialist, Double Up, 5 Mornings This Week, Early Bird

This week's board, 12 – 18 October 2026: four free challenges and two more with Pro, the same for everyone.

12 October 2026 · 2 min read