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Workouts You Can Do In Your Dorm

Too busy to make it to the gym? Here are some workouts you can do in your dorm room.

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Workouts You Can Do In Your Dorm
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Worried about gaining the Freshman 15? Struggling to make it to the gym on campus? Maybe you really don’t want to trudge across campus when it’s cold this winter. Maybe you only have a few minutes of free time during a study break. Whatever your reasoning, it’s totally fine because there are workouts you can do in the comfort of your cozy dorm! If you have a spare dumbbell chilling in your dorm room, that’s great, but if not, you can always just use one of your heavier textbooks to do any of these exercises:

1. Squats


Squats can easily be done in confined spaces and are perfect for doing in your dorm. If you’re not very experienced with squats, you can just do as many as you can and keep working on doing more each time. If you’re a squat pro, try adding a little weight by holding your textbooks above your head and then doing your squats.


2. Pushups

Pushups are also easy to do in your dorm room. Once again, if you’re a beginner, just do as many as you can. For a good toning exercise, try doing 3 sets of 15 pushups at least 3 times a week. Pushups getting a little too easy? Try piling you textbooks on your back and then doing them.

3. Bicep curls

Bicep curls are another exercise that requires little space. You can do them standing up in your dorm room, sitting at your desk, or even sitting in bed as you watch Netflix. If you have a dumbbell in your room, try doing three sets of 15 reps for each arm. No dumbbell? Use some of your heavier textbooks or even grab your sturdy backpack by the top handle and use that.

4. Triceps

Like bicep curls, these can be done standing up or even sitting at a desk when you need a little break from studying. Grab your dumbbell or textbook and give it a try. Try doing three sets of 15 reps for some nice tricep tone.

5. Calf raises

Calf Raises also require very minimal space, so long as you have standing room, you can do them. They can also be done sitting down at your desk.

6. Crunches and Sit-ups

Want sick abs? You don’t even have to leave your bed! You can use the hard surface of your dorm room floor or those rock hard mattresses to do crunches and sit ups as you marathon your favorite show on Netflix. Want a nice challenge? Try the some twisting sit ups and twist your torso as you sit up for even more tone.

7. Stairs

If you’re not usually one to go for a run through campus, or if #dontputmedownforcardio is your life motto, try something a little different and run up and down the stairs of your dorm building. Hit up those back stairs that nobody really uses and get some sweet uninterrupted cardio. Stairs give you even better leg tone than running on flat surfaces.

8. Lunges

Lunges are a good stretch and leg builder and they don’t really require much space. They are also good if you’re mad at your roommate.

9. Chin ups

Have a lofted bed? Use the sides and try your hand at chin ups.


10. ZUMBA


A lot of zumba workouts require little space and you can usually find routines on YouTube set to your favorite songs.

11. Horizontal running

Fat Amy was truly onto something. You can do this from bed if you just REALLY REALLY don’t want to get up and go to the gym.

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