With the unusually cold weather hitting Atlanta this week, Im sure that youve been reluctant to go to the gym let alone step outside unless absolutely necessary. No worries, we have a solution for you! A friend who is a yoga instructor, former body builder, and training to be a personal trainer made an awesome video that will how you how to do some great workouts in your dorm room. Especially with all the stress of the final weeks before Thanksgiving break, it is important to exercise for the emotional benefits in addition to the physical health benefits. These easy exercises in the video below will help get you in shape and chip down on the famous freshman 15 and it will help make you happier! Researchers at Penn State wrote after doing a study on exercises benefits, We found that people who are more physically active have more pleasant-activated feelings than people who are less active, and we also found that people have more pleasant-activated feelings on days when they are more physically active than usual (Huffington Post). Their study was specifically on college students and proved the incredible benefits of exercise on your emotional well being! If thats not enough to convince you to start working out, heres another reason: exercise helps boost your immune system too! With the virus going around campus, Im sure youll do just about anything to build up your immune system to avoid it. Why not give exercise a try? Medline Plus wrote, Exercise not only helps your immune system fight off simple bacterial and viral infections, it decreases your chances of developing heart disease, osteoporosis, and cancer (Medline). So, take a break from work, stop browsing Facebook, and watch the video below! Doing this quick 20-minute exercise will improve your mood and keep you healthy! Lets get started! Chan, Amanda. Exercise Makes Us Happy -- Its Science. The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost, 9 Feb. 2012. Web. 19 Nov. 2014. . Exercise and Immunity: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia. U.S National Library of Medicine. U.S. National Library of Medicine. Web. 19 Nov. 2014. < nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007165.htm>
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 01:24:38 +0000