Workouts Without Leaving your Dorm Room!

There are three main components to a beneficial workout. These components can even be achieved without leaving your dorm room. They are:

•       aerobic exercise
•       weight lifting
•       stretching

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Aerobic exercise has been shown to improve the strength of your heart, lungs, muscles, immune system, and help with weight loss and stress reduction. Aerobic exercise can be done almost anywhere you go and does not require any type of equipment. There are many ways you can do aerobic exercise in your dorm room. Some of these ways include:

• Do a 60-seconds worth of jumping jacks.
• Simulate jumping rope by squeezing your feet together and jumping up and down. If you want more of a workout move your arms as well in the motion of jumping rope.
• Is your dorm room on the third or fourth floor? Take the stairs, but this time, take two stairs at the time if you need more of a workout.

Aerobic exercise is not limited to these ideas. As long as you are in motion, you are doing aerobic exercise.



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  Weight training has a positive effect on the muscles of the body. Weight training will help improve your muscular endurance and will reduce your risk of several diseases such as osteoporosis and obesity. When weight training, it doesn't mean you need to use dumbbells to lift. Why not try using your chemistry text book? What about using two water bottles? These are everyday objects that can be used as gym equipment almost everywhere. Another exercise that will help strengthen your muscles without using any other objects is a great exercise to work your shoulders and chest while sitting on your chair. Place both hands on the side of your chair, slowly raise your bottom off the chair, hold for a few seconds. Then, lower slowly, stop shortly before reaching the chair and hold again for a few seconds. Doing this exercise 15 times will help increase your muscle strength and also create positive energy throughout your body.



Stretching is a very important everyday essential to help keep your body in the best physical shape. It is important because it increases the range of motion of your joints and relives your stress. Stretching is also seen as a way to reduce your risk of athletic injuries. Some of these important stretches are displayed in the picture below. When it comes to stretching, it is also important that you keep breathing so you keep the oxygen flow going throughout your body and keep your muscles from not cramping up. These stretches can be done almost anywhere at anytime.

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