Michael Chernow,
Restaurateur

I wake up at 5:30 pretty much every morning. I try to shoot for seven hours of sleep ... but typically get five or six. I used to get eight before my son was born.

The first thing I do is go grab my son out of his crib and pass him off to his mom to feed. From there, I'll take the pooch out for a walk around the hood, come back and say my morning prayers, and then get into my morning calisthenics routine.

Spiritual prayer and body weight exercise are essential to me. Mentally, it humbles and grounds my day from the very start. The last few months I've taken on a killer core routine: I hold a push-up plank position with my legs elevated for two minutes, then go directly into 50 push-ups. From there, I drop my legs to the floor and hold the plank for another three minutes doing sets of 10 push-ups until I get to 100 total. This takes about six minutes. And finally, I hold a plank for six minutes and do 100 more push-ups. The final step is twenty-five side plank thrusts while holding the top position for two seconds. I used to live and die by body weight exercises and longer distance running, but have since changed up my gym routine to include weights and sprints and absolutely love it.

My job involves a lot of moving around.
So my daily uniform of a vintage T-shirt, worn-in jeans, and boots keeps me comfortable.

By far the most important part of my morning is breakfast with my family. I eat with my wife and son, and it's really one of my favorite parts of the day.

I take my coffee black in a French press at home. Breakfast is a little more cyclical though. Right now I'm eating four egg whites and one whole egg scrambled with kale, and one cut apple with Greek yogurt and a little muesli.