Exercise Tips?

abrand2014

Hey guys,
Im looking for any good exercise tips
I'm currently a college student, and I can't afford to go to the gym Also, where I live I can't really go running outside. Sometimes I go up the mountain and go on hiking trails, but its really far from my house and its difficult to go up every day.
i mostly workout in my basement with DVD's but its getting really boring doing the same thing over and over. Im also running out of room.

Can anyone make me a suggestion for a good, fun workout that will help me to lose weight? Keep in mind I only have 2 5lb hand weights at home and a resistance band.

Any tips would be awesome ox

jesspl13

Hey I feel your pain, I'm at college too and have little time and money too

What I try and do is walk around campus as much as possible (I don't know what your campus is like but ours is pretty big). Also if you live around some areas with hills, walking up the hills or doing lunges up the hills reaaalllyy gets those butt and thigh muscles going haha also just walking with weights is really good as well.

As for the basement, maybe give the DVD's a break, I downloaded these two iPhone apps called Butt Workout, Belly Workout and 7 Minutes (which is a workout for when you have no time). They're all really good because you can adjust the difficulty and time lengths and they also have videos and instructions showing you how to do the workouts properly
Also there are a heap of exercises you can do without equipment like situps, push ups, donkey kicks and squats etc
Also music makes it more fun and if you youtupe pot pilates, it's really fun to do and actually really helps with losing weight!

Goodluck girl xx

Catlady87

There's a YouTube channel called something along the lines of dorm room exercise. Something with dorm room in the title. Check that out

KelliA0628

YouTube. As a Zumba instructor I'm on there allll the time looking for new routines and have come across SEVERAL fitness channels!! Dance Fitness with Jessica is AMAZING!! She's got a ton of great stuff!

mmoonstars

Have you checked the local city/county library? Maybe pull some DVD's from there to spice it up from the ones you own? I also hear fitnessblender is good

thepetiterunner

There are a TON of exercises you can do without much or any equipment at all. Try googling some youtube videos from Kaia Fit or Crossfit, etc.

Here's a short list of things you can do in varying combinations:

Sit-ups (traditional crunches, V-ups, cobbler crunches, weighted sit-ups, Russian twists/kayakers)
Planks (traditional, right or left side, rainbow planks, plank jacks, mountain climbers)
Push-ups (standard military, tricep push-ups, plank push-ups, diamond push-ups, downward dog push-ups, shoulder tap push-ups)
Lunges (walking, standing, reverse, jumping, weighted, kayaking lunges)
Hip raises (weighted or non)
Chest press
Tricep dips (standard, single legged, weighted)
Bicep curls
Squats (regular, jumping squats, weighted squats, wall squats, oblique squats, squat press)
Sprints outside with recoveries in between
Running man
High knees
Burpees
Broad jumps

I'll add more if I think of more, but here's some off the top of my head.

H_Factor

youtube and facebook have a TON of exercise options.

Zuzka Light
Melissa Bender
Adrian Bryant
bodyrock/dailyhiit
Fitness Blender
etc
etc
etc

catchafallingstar

Does your college not have a gym? All 3 of the colleges I have been to (2 for undergraduate and now my graduate school) have gyms and the gym fee is included in the tuition.

ninerbuff

There's a plethora of free exercise programs on youtube, ivillage, etc.

Just understand that exercise is for fitness and health. Calorie deficit is for weightloss.

A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness industry for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

SezxyStef

fitnessblender.com

Krishna_Veni

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abrand2014

Hey I feel your pain, I'm at college too and have little time and money too

What I try and do is walk around campus as much as possible (I don't know what your campus is like but ours is pretty big). Also if you live around some areas with hills, walking up the hills or doing lunges up the hills reaaalllyy gets those butt and thigh muscles going haha also just walking with weights is really good as well.

As for the basement, maybe give the DVD's a break, I downloaded these two iPhone apps called Butt Workout, Belly Workout and 7 Minutes (which is a workout for when you have no time). They're all really good because you can adjust the difficulty and time lengths and they also have videos and instructions showing you how to do the workouts properly
Also there are a heap of exercises you can do without equipment like situps, push ups, donkey kicks and squats etc
Also music makes it more fun and if you youtupe pot pilates, it's really fun to do and actually really helps with losing weight!

Goodluck girl xx

Thanks for this!! My campus isn't too big, but most of my classes are on the upper level so I do take the stairs. And the iPhones apps- I had just downloaded 7 Minutes before MFP. I love it too

abrand2014

Does your college not have a gym? All 3 of the colleges I have been to (2 for undergraduate and now my graduate school) have gyms and the gym fee is included in the tuition.

Yes we have a gym, But its really crappy. You have nearly a hundred students trying to get in and theres 5 treadmills, 3 bikes, 2 ellipticals, 2 stair masters, and then 1 of each weight machines, plus only a few free weights. I go sometimes, but I don't feel its really worth it.

abrand2014

As for everyone else's post- thanks guys! Deffinately going to search all those up on youtube

soxobsessed

youtube

ykomar

I love Jessica Smith...she has a lot of great workouts on youtube.

abrand2014

Thanks Guys- also, do you go by any meal plans or do you stick to making whatever you feel that day? If you do use a meal plan, can you suggest which ones to go by?