Q: what's a good way to boost your metabolism for the start of the day so it stays higher for the next several hours? besides cardio, what could be done with a home dumbell, barbell set and a general home environment?

A: Single best way to boost metabolism in the morning is to have a nice big healthy breakfast with plenty of good carbs like old-fashioned oatmeal (my favorite) and/or whole fruits or berries. Check out my Nutrition article to read about how to have a metabolism-boosting diet and to see sample diet plans from which you can get breakfast ideas.

As far as exercise alone, I would definitely recommend weightlifting over cardio for metabolism boost. You can do this program every day if you cut it down to just 1 set per exercise or do this program, also with just 1 set per exercise. Both of those will give you a full-body workout for maximum metabolism boost and by not overdoing them (keeping to just 1 set per exercise) you can keep doing them every day.