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.
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
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
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
11. Horizontal running
Fat Amy was truly onto something. You can do this from bed if you just