It is a marathon to be a college student; between attending lectures, going to study groups, completing assignments and preparing for exams, it can be hard for students to find time to relax, let alone have time to work out if you are traveling from dorms to classes or balancing part-time jobs, social life and personal responsibilities.
Staying active does not have to be an exhausting task. The University of North Dakota offers a great variety of services through the Wellness Center’s online resources. They have a program filled with gradually increasing skill level home workout videos, which can perfectly cater to the busy schedules of college students. These videos can serve not only as workout guides but also a stepping stone and tools to help you create personalized routines. These videos are designed to fit into your day whether you have ten minutes between classes or need a study break.
These videos are a game changer for visual learners, providing a step-by-step demonstration, all making it easier to follow along and understand each exercise. These exercises can be done in-between cooking dinner, during short breaks, or even a great way to unwind after a long day all in the comforts of your home. These routines can be repeated until you are comfortable with them or have gone through all of them and still want to work out.
It can be a bit hard to think of a work-out routine, especially if you are new to working out. However, with the resources from the Wellness Center, you do not have to worry. Each day’s workout is broken into five weeks, with every day having a written layout of what you are doing and a video going through the workout showing you how to do the workout. All of it gives you an approach that ensures that you can follow along easily, regardless of your fitness level.
Getting to these resources is very straight forward. Search for the Wellness Center on Google or find it on the UND website. When you search for the Wellness Center, click on the first link and then navigate to the student life section at the top. From there, scroll down to campus life and select health and wellness. You will be directed to another page and if you scroll down, you will find online resources. Clicking this link will take you to the online wellness weekly workouts.
So, all you do is search up the Wellness Center, you’re then going to look at the top and hit student life. Scroll down to campus life and click on health and wellness. This will bring you to another page where if you scroll to the bottom again, you will see “online wellness resources.” If you click on it will bring you to the online week’s workouts. It seems like a lot of steps, but it is really easy to find the 30 day at home workout.
These resources are designed to be user friendly and accessible, all ensuring you can find and use them. However, the Wellness Center has many more resources for you on their website just waiting to be used. Some of these include mental health videos, all full of meditation, emotional wellness anxiety management, and many more. There is nutrition and cooking videos full of recipes and videos for you to follow along with. All these videos can also be found on their wellness and health program on Instagram and YouTube.
The Wellness Center is not the end; UND has so many lovely resources for busy students to help them make their college life easier and better. Almost all of them are even free for you to use them.
UND’s Wellness Center offers a fantastic solution for students with a busy schedule that honestly just do not know where to start. By taking advantage of these online resources, you can have a convenient way to stay active, release some stress and maintain a healthy lifestyle, all without leaving your dorm room or home. Just remember that when juggling multiple responsibilities, there are resources in your corner just a few clicks away.
Zoe Booth is a Dakota Student General Reporter. She can be reached at zoe.booth@und.edu
