How can we stay fit?

Sport not only keeps us physically healthy; it also improves our concentration, willpower, and stamina. It's no coincidence that physical exercise is often used as a remedy for stress. Good physical fitness can really help, so get moving: go for that run, or dance yourself dizzy in your kitchen! Below we have some tips to help you stay active. 

Our tips

Take breaks from sitting still

‘Sitting is the new smoking’, they say. If you're calling a colleague or fellow student, you could stand or walk around for the phone call. Get up every half hour and walk around the house. Do some stretching exercises or walk up and down stairs a few times – then you'll go back to work with renewed energy. Or watch this ten minute video about how you can release physical tension behind your desk, by using three yoga inspired poses.

Make a schedule

It can be easy to put tasks off and forget to prioritize exercise. The danger is that your exercise period will get forgotten. So schedule a time for exercise, as well as scheduling the short bursts of activity in between work blocks. The University Sports Centre offers a wide range of sports.

Stay active at your home office

Instead of popping out to the printer, a lecture, or a meeting, walk around the block, do an errand, or walk up and down the stairs in your house or apartment building. Also, do all those chores that otherwise get overlooked: go to the bottle bank, wash the windows or the car, work in the garden, kick a football around outside with your roommates or children, or go for an energetic walk or bike ride.