College is all about routines. My routine includes a lot of eating and a lot of gym time, in turn, giving me awesome results. For those of you out there with a similar routine, going home for break can be scary. Sure we want to go home, stuff our faces and skip our workouts but where would that get us. I am not a fan of change. I like my routine and what it brings, so when I go home I have to change things up. Here are some tips for keeping your fitness a priority over break.
1) Write out a routine: If you write out a routine, you’ll be more prone to following it. If you go in blindly to any situation your results wont be good. I’m not saying you have to adhere to a strict regimen, but make sure you outline some basics; How many days a week, Your split, so on so forth. Click here to see a post I wrote about making your own routine.
2) Circuit training: If you want to be in the gym less but still get good results, you need to maximize your efficiency inside the gym. Pick a few exercises, body weight ones work too, and string them together so you perform them non-stop. Make it a full body attack and you will have just successfully burned a ton of calories
3) Eat out less: Obviously you are going to be tempted to eat out all the time with friends: don’t. Going out here and there wont kill you but try to cook a lot of your own meals so you know exactly what will go in them. If you do go out more often, try ordering off of the “light” menu ad remember always go for high protein and lower carb meals.
4) Don’t stress: Yes you want to stay on track with your training and eating, but not everything always works out. If you slack off a little who cares. We are all humans and humans make mistakes. In turn, a few days off can actually lead to you being stronger in the gym.
Keep Calm and College On 