<p>It is a compulsive habit of mines to do 100 pushups and 100 situps everyday. Right now, I usually do them on my home floor in the mornings and afternoons - and since there's never anyone around, I avoid any awkwardness associated with my physical activities. </p>
<p>But at Berkeley, there will be people around, meaning I can't avoid the awkardness factor if I want to continue my habits. Where would be the best hiding place to do 100 pushups and 100 situps at Berkeley (without getting seen)? My dorm room in Clark Kerr? The trees behind Foothill?</p>
<p>Your dorm room.</p>
<p>The Recreational Sports Facility (gym).</p>
<p>Why do you care if anyone sees you?</p>
<p>Do pullups to balance your back with your chest, and do planks to strengthen other parts of your core.</p>
<p>You could do them right in the middle of the street and it wouldn’t be awkward. It’s Berkeley.</p>
<p>Dorm room, just get it in, roommates won’t look at you or question you…at least they shouldn’t.</p>
<p>If you’re looking for the right “social” situation, there are stretching areas in the RSF gym where you can do your push-ups/situps.</p>
<p>Why would you walk all the way to Foothill from Clark Kerr?! Anyways, you’ll be fine in your room. I doubt your roommates will mind!</p>
<p>if anything you should encourage your friends to try to stay fit with you. maybe you doing your routine will help others get into a healthier frame of mind.</p>
<p>Seems to me that we’re not really answering OP’s question. If s/he wants to do this little exercise regimen in peace and solitude, that’s not really for us to judge. (Speaking as a person with compulsive habits myself that I similarly try to keep hidden from other people.) </p>
<p>As for places I’d recommend: </p>
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<li><p>When I was living in one of the units there was a private bathroom in the central building where I could do my business in peace. Maybe Clark Kerr has something like that? Probably not ideal for exercise purposes, though.</p></li>
<li><p>You could always take a little hike into the nature-y area directly to the east of Clark Kerr, where you probably won’t encounter too many other people.</p></li>
<li><p>Maybe try keeping track of when your roommate isn’t in the room and do it then. You and your roommate will become pretty familiar with each other’s schedules (when and for how long each will be in the room or be out at class/clubs/etc.) fairly early in the semester. Slightly more difficult if you’re gonna be living in a triple.</p></li>
<li><p>Explore the Berkeley campus and Clark Kerr. There are plenty of wonderful little nooks and crannies all over the place.</p></li>
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<p>And I know this might be slightly contradictory to what I’d written earlier, but you do well to keep in mind what the other posters here have said regarding awkwardness and what other people think of you. Because you’re gonna be living in close proximity with a floor full of people and in even closer proximity with a roommate, which may take some getting used to if you’re accustomed to having your own space and enjoy having a considerable degree of privacy.</p>
<p>hahaha I started doing push ups in my dorm room the last week of school. I stayed in a triple so one roommate was in, and the other opened the door and asked me what I was doing lol A day or so later one of my roomies joined me for a bit. Dorm room is the best way to go - and Clark Kerr rooms are huge!</p>