Kelly & Sasha's Tips for Fitness & Wellness

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Posted: 3/4/09

By Jessica Sterrett
Rotunda Reporter

Kelly’s Fitness Tips:

“You can try to incorporate at least some sort of physical activity into your day, they recommend three to five days a week but all days per week would be ideal, 30 minutes is ideal for health benefits, if you can get more than that, that’s really good, we just want to encourage them to move. So if they can’t fit in 30 minutes if they have ten minutes on the way to class, they have ten minutes after lunch, and then minutes right before dinner; that 30 minutes accumulated is the same as doing 30 minutes all at once, so I think a lot of students forget about that. Variety, a lot of people stick with the same routine all of the time, they come in here and doing the same thing time after time and if your body gets used to it, there’s not going to be any changes, so you just have to find some new ways to get your fitness in, your body will adapt, and you will continue to loose weight and gain muscle. Start slowly, a lot of people try to do too much all at once and they burn out after the first week and you don’t see them back in here for months and it’s just because they did too much, too soon. So if they can accumulate, that 30 to 60 minutes their aiming for that will be really helpful. Also, find a buddy, like I said your more likely, if your accountable, to stick with it and if you have somebody to exercise it should be fun right off the bat.”

Sasha’s Wellness Tips:

“Sleep, to ensure proper rest, students need between seven and nine hours of night time sleep, it helps with stress management, time management, helps with concentration, memory, and strength because you need to be able to exercise. I would encourage exercising on a daily basis, even if it’s just walking, to eat healthy, try to manage stress in a positive way whether that be through exercise through just taking five minutes of your day to relax and meditate.”