Your Ultimate Guide to Avoiding the Much-Feared Freshman 15
10 Tips How to Avoid the Freshman 15
4. No gym access? Work out in your dorm room. Convicts get crazy ripped in their prison cells, so you definitely have enough room. Stock up on cheap equipment like dumbbells, yoga mats and resistance bands. Run sprints in the hallways. Flights of stairs are your butt’s best friend. Pretty soon the guys around your dorm will be asking “who’s that hot girl always running stairs like a maniac?” You. That hot girl is you.
5. Don’t overestimate how active you really are. Campuses may seem gigantic, so you might think you walk more than you actually do, but don’t assume. Know for sure how much activity you are getting by wearing a pedometer and aim to get about 12,000 to 15,000 steps a day. Careful, though: this doesn’t count as a full workout. You need cardio more intense than walking and full-body strength training is a must, but upping your steps is a start.
6. Stay hydrated by drink half your body weight in ounces a day. Of water. Those ounces need to be of water.
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Great tips! I always used to use the “no gym” excuse, but now ive found online so many different workouts you can do in just a dorm room, plenty of body weight exercises to do too so your resistance training is covered. Setting aside the time is also a big one. If you keep thinking to yourself “oh ill get it done right after this, or this, ect.” it will never get done.