Health Column: 5 Best Dorm Room Workouts

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If you don’t have the time, or energy, to make it to the gym here are great workouts that can be done in your dorm room!

1. 30 Minute Cardio

Equipment needed:

Dumbbells

Circuit: Perform each workout for one minute each, completing the circuit three times.

Bicep curls

Military press

Tricep extensions

Penguins

Plank

Crunches

Squat

Squat with dumbbell

Alternating lunges

 

2. Crunched for time

Equipment needed:

None!

Circuit: perform this circuit as many times as possible for 20 minutes (or for however long you have time).

20 air squats

15 crunches

5 pushups

 

3. All Abs

Equipment needed:

None!

Circuit: perform each workout for one minute each, taking a break at the end of each circuit. Repeat the circuit three times.

Knee to chest jumps

Mountain climbers

Russian twists

Flutter kicks

Leg lifts

Penguins

Sit-ups

Suitcases

Burpees (if you really want a burn)

 

4. Full Body

Equipment needed:

None!

Circuit: perform each workout for 45 seconds with a 15 second rest in between. Repeat the circuit three times.

Tricep dips

Flutter kicks

Air squats

Push-ups

Alternating Lunges

Leg lifts

 

5. Intense Cardio

Equipment needed:

None!

Circuit: perform circuit two or three times.

15 push-ups

15 air squats

10 tricep push-ups

10 lunges per leg

5 leg lifts

5 burpees

 

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