<p>How does everyone find time to work out and stay fit between classes, jobs, internships? I am looking for creative ideas about small ten or fifteen minute fitness activities which we can do while busy with our college and other commitments.</p>
<p>First off, you’re going to have way more than ten or fifteen minutes to work out if you want. </p>
<p>Walking or biking to class instead of taking the bus is one way of burning more calories. You can do plenty of things in your dorm room like plank exercises, bicycle crunches, etc. that don’t require a lot of space or time.</p>
<p>At my university, almost everyone bikes to classes from their dorm or apartment, so that’s one way for us to stay fit. Some people pass by the recreation center daily on their way to classes, and on the way home, they just stop at the recreation center and get some exercise in before continuing on home.</p>
<p>I’m planning to visit my school CoRec center about three days per week for at least 30 minutes each days. We might increase the amount of time but that should be enough. There is gonna be a lot of walking at campus (and I myself will be longboarding) and I’m living on the fifth floor and planning to take the stairs everyday (should be easy for me since I always have the urge to take stairs if there are only less than 11 floors).</p>
<p>I used to be a big fan of bodyrock- they have short (10 minute or so) workouts that are super intense. I switched to pilates, etc. which take more time but give the results I was looking for. </p>
<p>Also remember that you have to eat right if you want to stay fit- you can’t just eat brownies and pizza three meals a day and expect to look like an athlete.</p>
<p>Wake up earlier.</p>
<p>Although it is easier for me (since I’m an athlete I have to build my schedule around a 3-4 hour practice block in the afternoons) I still wake up early 5-7 days a week to do one of my double runs. It really isn’t that hard to get up 30-45 minutes early each day. (Spring semester I was up around 4 each morning to get in 90-105 minutes of exercise. That bit kinda sucked, but the days when I only had to fit 30-45 in the morning were fine).</p>
<p>Well, you asked for creative-- I had a “mini” elliptical in my dorm. It was sort of a cross between an elliptical and a tiny stepper machine, it was small enough to sit under my desk when not in use and be out of the way. I think the brand was stamina pro or something, and I bought it on amazon for $100. I would use it for 20-30 minute study breaks. I did pilates in my dorm, too-- I had the room for it.</p>
<p>I could never get morning workouts to work for me in college, but they do work for me now in the working world-- it is a lot easier to go to bed early when you are done for the day at 5 than it is when you are not home until 7 or 8. If you want to do morning workouts, which may be easiest, it may help to schedule your classes early in the day too so you have time to get home, eat, do homework, and relax and still get to bed reasonably early to get up for your workout. I always had evening classes since I refused to schedule morning ones. :)</p>
<p>If you college has a free rec center for students, you will definitely find the time to go work out. Usually people at my school can go there for one or two hours and get in all of the circuits they need to without a problem. You can wake up earlier and go or find time during a break in your schedule but a lot of people just go after classes.</p>
<p>I really don’t think you will need to find “creative” and short work outs when the whole rec center awaits :D</p>
<p>Convict Conditioning, that’s all.</p>
<p>Not trying to take over the thread, but I have a related question. Do you guys think it would be rude to work out in your dorm room? I have free weights I want to use, but I feel like if I use them in the dorm room it might make the dorm room smell, which could be rude? Advice/Suggestions/Comments?</p>
<p>I usually find it best to go to the gym before my school day starts. I get up around 4am and go study for an hour, then go workout at the wellness center for an hour at 5 (then I can think about what I studied for an hour as well) and then when 6 o’clock comes I’ll go back to studying for an hour. At 7 I usually go eat breakfast and get ready for my calc-physics lecture at 8 :)</p>
<p>This honestly works WONDERS. It’s a little strange if you’re not an early bird but I can attest my 4.0 to it :)</p>
<p>I would avoid working out in dorm rooms. The room will likely start to smell, and it’s almost certain that you’ll be making bothersome noises. Schools have gyms for a reason, right?
This will be my first year not being a D1 athlete, but it’s pretty easy to fit in practices and extra work outs. Since I had morning practices, I usually liked to do my extra work outs in the afternoon. I would just squeeze in an hour of biking. If I didn’t have class for a while after morning practice, I would go for a run. Personally, I hate running at any time other than the early morning, so even now that it’s the summer, I go for runs at about 6:30.
This summer I’ve been focused completely on running because I’m in a place where I have no access to gyms, but when I’m back on campus and again have access to bikes, it’ll be hard to do anything other than cycling.
I always get in a good stretch after my work out too. Splits are my number one party trick.</p>