Bentley's CEO of North and South America reveals how his morning routine fights jet lag

• Christophe Georges, the CEO of Bentley's Americas division, told Business Insider that exercise is an important part of his morning routine.
• Georges frequently travels between North America and Europe, which makes that routine difficult to follow sometimes, but when he's not traveling, he makes a point of using an exercise bike for 45 minutes in the morning.
• Georges said his exercise routine energizes him and counters the exhaustion he feels from international travel.
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Christophe Georges, the CEO of Bentley Motors Inc. — Bentley's Americas division — frequently travels between North America and Europe, which can leave him jet lagged.

So on days when he's not traveling, Georges makes it a priority to exercise in the morning. 

"My routine, when I am at the office — when I travel, it's not always easy — is every morning, I go to the gym, and I bike for 45 minutes," Georges said in an interview with Business Insider.

Georges said his exercise routine energizes him and counters the exhaustion he feels from international travel.

The benefits of Georges' morning routine are backed by science, as participants in multiple studies have displayed mental and physiological benefits after exercising in the morning. A 2019 study from the British Journal of Sports Medicine concluded that working out in the morning improved the ability of its participants to focus and make good decisions. And a 2019 study from the International Journal of Obesity found that participants who exercised in the morning tended to lose more weight than those who exercised in the afternoon. (A story from The New York Times emphasized that the study examined in the journal article was not designed to test the effects of exercise timing, and one of the study's authors told the publication that exercising at any point in the day has benefits.)

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