I honestly don’t advise people to do any sort of exercise daily. Everything has wear and tear. Even walking. People who walk 5-10 miles on a daily basis – whether it be a part of their weight loss routine or work related – will eventually feel the burn out and exhaustion from the routine.

Exercise works in a very simple way: High intensity exercises will cause burn out quicker. Lower intensity exercise will cause burn out slower. Of course, this is all based on frequency.

Going back to bodyweight squats, I’ve heard of people doing a mini morning routine consisting of pushups, pullups, and squats. Perhaps such a routine using only a fraction of the repetitions you are able to do in each movement would be beneficial as a warm up and a way to get the blood flowing early in the morning.

I’ve used such a routine in the past. But the key to using a daily wake up routine is to make sure that it in no way interferes with your regular training. Mine did. Or I should say that my regular training interfered with my morning routine.

Try doing a set of pushups first thing in the morning when your shoulders are dead tired. Or, try doing a set of squats when you cold calves from the lower body work you did the day before.

So, like most things in life, I can’t give a straight answer to this question. However, what I can say is to be careful with such a high frequency routine. Carefully track your level of intensity and frequency and keep recovery in mind.

In fact, your recovery should be your number one concern.

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