Are you a fitness freak who has just enrolled into college only to be disappointed with the lack of space to exercise? While college life can be fun, living in a dorm can be constricting with barely any space for your belongings, let alone to exercise.

Well, fret not, for we have compiled for you a few exercises that you can try even in your dorm! Interested in knowing more? Read on!

The Need For Dorm Workouts:

With little time to spend after classes and a hectic schedule comprising of classes, practical sessions and chores, you may often find it hard to spend time on exercises to stay fit. You may also find your health and fitness levels beginning to get affected by a few factors:

• Limited choice of food.
• Cramped space in a dorm that limits physical activities.
• Freedom and activities get limited owing to living with roommates.

These factors can lead you among many other students to deviate from healthy eating and staying fit. However, it is prudent that you spare a few minutes each day exercising to keep your body healthy and fit.

Lack of exercise can make you put on weight and become attuned to a sedentary lifestyle. Try these exercises that can be performed in the dorm for staying fit and healthy.

Dorm Exercise Options And Ideas:

You will need to make right food choices, get adequate sleep, avoid staying away till late in the nights and perform a few workouts regularly. For exercises in a dorm, keeping 30 minutes a day aside would be good. You should try out cardio workouts, stretching moves and strength training.

Below listed are a few ideal dorm workout types:

1. Air Squats:

This exercise tightens your lower body – the inner thighs, quadriceps, and hamstrings. This is because it involves an intensive range of motions.

1. You will need to stand with the heels kept shoulder-width apart. The toes should be turned out a little.
2. Next, open up the chest and pull your shoulders down the back. Lower the hips until your thighs become parallel to the floor.
3. Ensure your arms are straightened out.
4. Bring both hands at shoulder level as you get close to the floor.
5. Push the heels to stand while you release the hands by the sides.
6. Your butt should be squeezed at the top. Do this move 10 times.

2. Leg Lifts:

This workout targets the abdominal muscles and hip flexors well.

1. You will need to lie on the floor and press your lower back firmly against the ground.
2. Next, keep hands under your butt and lift both legs till they are perpendicular to the floor.
3. Now, lower them back until they come close to the floor.
4. Do three sets with 10 repetitions.

3. Bulgarian Split Squats:

It adds variety to workouts and enhances muscle fibers. Partaking this can result in a well developed and bigger butt.

1. You need a comfortable chair to do this version of a squat. You will need to push the chair to the wall in a way so that the seat is facing you.
2. Stand in front of the chair and then put your left foot’s top part on a chair.
3. While ensuring the front knee remains behind the toes, sink downwards straight till the standing thigh becomes parallel to the ground.
4. Do this 10 times and then perform the same for the other leg.

4. Bicep Chair Curls:

This is one exercise that helps strengthen muscles in your upper arm effectively. You will get stronger and well-sculpted upper arms by doing it.

1. You will need to stand behind the desk chair and keep the feet apart by hip-width. Now hold both sides of that chair and ensure the palms are facing each other.
2. Lock your elbows on the sides and roll back the shoulders.
3. Bend your elbows and lift the chair up.
4. Slowly, put the chair back in its place without dropping it. Do this exercise 10 times.

5. Butt Kicks:

This dorm friendly exercise helps strengthen your glutes, hamstrings and calves as well.

1. You will need to keep running in a place and kick your butt with your heels.
2. Try to be as fast as possible and cover 3 rounds each of 30-second bursts.
3. Take a gap of 20 seconds between each round.

6. Quick Feet:

This workout helps tone your leg muscles and makes them sculpted.

1. You will need to make a low platform in your room with a low chair or stool. You may even use thick textbooks to form a stack.
2. Stand behind it with your arms and knees bent slightly.
3. Now, start tapping your toes alternately atop the chair or books in a fast manner.
4. Do it for a 30-second period and repeat for a few times.

Don’t let the lack of space in a dorm make you a couch potato. These simple exercises are all you need to stay trim and fit all through college and long after! Try them today!

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