The sound of the ball against the glass lingers for a moment before fading into silence.
We’re sitting inside Racket Club in Kløvermarken, where Marc Møller — professional padel player and founder of Move Your Game — spends most of his days. This is where he trains. Where he works. Where he leads.
It’s his base. His second home.
“I’m here more than anywhere else,” he says, looking out across the courts. “This place means something to me. Not just professionally, but personally.”
Mornings weren’t always something Marc took seriously.
“I used to wake up almost right before I had to leave. There wasn’t really any intention behind it.”
That changed. Inspired by books like The Daily Stoic and Atomic Habits, by the entrepreneurial world’s focus on routine, and by classic military principles about making your bed and starting with structure, he began experimenting.
Not with the ambition of building the perfect morning routinem but one he would actually want to return to, again and again.
Today, he wakes up an hour and a half before he needs to be anywhere. Some days at 5:30 a.m., if he has to be on court by 7:00. He prepares his aioss. Makes a cup of coffee. Eats breakfast slowly. Reads a single page from The Daily Stoic.
That’s enough.
“They say a good start is half the job done. I believe the energy I create in the morning is something I carry with me through the rest of the day.”
The importance of mornings isn’t defined by what he does for a living.
It’s defined by how they make him feel.
“I’m not naturally a morning person,” he says. “I have to win the morning. It doesn’t come automatically.”
It’s not about motivation.
“Consistency is more important than motivation. Motivation fluctuates. Habits keep you moving on the difficult days.”
Marc has experienced stress and periods of low drive himself. Instead of long to-do lists, he works with what he calls a “ta-da list” - small, concrete wins. Not biting off more than he can chew. Choosing a few things. Repeating them until they become second nature.
And accepting that it takes longer than you think.
Even though his routine is simple, there are still mornings when time is tight. And if he has to reduce it to the absolute essentials, there are two things he never leaves home without.
“If I have two minutes with aioss and a cup of coffee, I feel like the day has started properly. Without them, it feels like the day hasn’t truly begun.”
Part of it is the ritual. And part of it is knowing he has covered the foundational micronutrients his body needs to perform.
He has tried adding more, movement, breathwork, extra optimisation.
It didn’t create more calm. Quite the opposite.
“Many people think the morning has to be perfect, or it doesn’t matter at all. That’s black-and-white thinking. You only need to start with one thing, if it works for you.”
Today, his mornings are about more than just himself.
He has a daughter under two. The focus has shifted. It’s about becoming a better version of himself — for her, and for his fiancée. And that starts before the rest of the house wakes up.
He wants to get better at packing his bag the night before. Avoid unnecessary stress. Avoid disturbing the people he loves.
Morning should never become a quick fix. It’s a foundation that sets the tone for the rest of the day.
He’s still working on it. Packing the bag at night. Reducing stress. Protecting the quiet of the house while they sleep.
Small adjustments. Big difference.
If you feel like you’re “bad” at mornings?
“That’s a subjective judgment. Identify one or two things that truly matter to you. Test them for a month or two. See how it feels. What looks healthy on paper isn’t always what’s right for you.”
