WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart Uses This Smart Hack To Make Morning Workouts Easier

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If I had a choice, I don’t think I’d be a morning person. But my wife, Marta, and I are definitely morning people because we have a 2-year-old, Ruby, and an infant, Theo—they’re up, so we have to be up.

Ruby wakes around 7 a.m., so we have a sprint of an hour to get her ready and bring her to school. I take out my night guard, wash my face with CeraVe, and do skin care. I put on my workout clothes so that once I eat, I can just go.

One of us will get Ruby dressed while the other makes her breakfast, then it’s coffee time. When I was playing in Russia in 2018, I wanted to become a coffee drinker because I felt like I needed that burst. But I didn’t want all the extra stuff that comes along with it, so I drink it black.

Ruby has to be at school by 8:30, and we’re sprinting out the door to walk her there. When I come back, I’ll eat breakfast: toast with cream cheese and an omelet on top. Marta's a fruit person, so I also get fruit in there, plus coffee (which is usually cold by the time we get to this part), orange juice and immunity shots. I have all my drinks on deck.

Then it's time for my workout. In the beginning of the off-season, I was just working out in my home gym, lifting or on the Peloton bike, but now I'm back on the court. I've been going between working out with trainer Chris Brickley in Manhattan—I take the subway there, I love how convenient it is—and working out with the Liberty staff at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. I start with stretching, Pilates, and my Theragun before an hour or more on court.

Afterward, I head into the weight room for about 45 minutes. I put in my headphones and just go (Meek Mill's "Dreams and Nightmares" is the first song I play when I want to get hyped up). If I stop and talk to people, Marta will be like, “Where were you?” and I’m like, “Well, I was just talking and working out for four hours.…”

Her Morning Must-Haves

K-Compact Single-Serve K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker

“I feel like coffee is the start of my day. We do the K-Cups—easy—and have them throughout the morning.”

Theragun mini

“That’s what I use as my first activation before I get on the court, just massaging everything.”

Hydrating Facial Cleanser

"When it's my time to get ready, I wash my face with CeraVe—the one for normal skin, not the oily one."

Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Day Cream

“I like the Shiseido toner, serum, eye cream, and moisturizer. I’m on a full regimen, thanks to my wife.”

Ultimune Power Infusing Concentrate Mini

"I try to do skin care in the morning and at night. Sometimes at night it doesn't happen because I'm so tired. I'm just like—water."

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