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Staying healthy in high school At home fitness tips for students BY NIKKO PHILLIPS
Do you ever find yourself in a time crunch? During the school year, it may be hard to find time if you’re busy with homework, work and balancing your social life. A lot of us forget about staying healthy, whether that be the meals we eat, or staying active. Here are some quick and simple at-home workouts and tips that can make you feel better both physically and mentally. Using circuits is really helpful with at-home workouts. Circuits are having multiple short workouts and alternating between them. For instance, you could start with doing sit ups, and next do jump roping, and then move onto bicep curls, and so on. By using circuits, you are alternating between all of your muscles and working more than just one area or body part at a time. Depending on your endurance, you can have one circuit last for only 30 seconds or even up to a few minutes. It is very easy with circuits and stations to personalize your workout and discover what works best for you.
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Something else that is easy to do at home is yoga. Yoga doesn’t require much equipment and has many benefits. It is easy to start as a beginner in yoga, for it doesn’t require very much, just practice. It can increase flexibility, increase muscle strength, relieve stress, and more. Yoga can be done easily at home, and as a beginner, the only thing that might be needed would be a mat to help your grip, and a video or some sort of visual to help you with the poses and flows. Along with yoga can come meditation. Meditation isn’t considered a physical workout, but I would consider it a mental exercise. It is used for relaxation, stress relief, a positive mindset and mindfulness. Taking just five minutes out of your day to meditate and reflect on how you are as a person can make a huge difference. Taking time out of your day to get exercise and a proper workout can benefit your mental and physical health, and is strongly encouraged. You can get exercise and stay healthy from the comfort of your own home.