Staying Healthy During COVID-19
December 10, 2020
Exercising in the midst of a global pandemic might be the last thing you would like to think about, but staying healthy and building a solid routine is very important to our overall health. It is especially important during a time when it can be easy to set it aside.
Exercising and eating healthy along with setting up a routine for your workouts are big factors in overall health and motivation to stay healthy.
Despite what people might think, creating a healthy routine can be inexpensive and easy. Madi Laabs, a Junior at SPASH, has been simply taking walks throughout her neighborhood and trying to eat healthier during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an example of how easy it can be to build healthy habits, especially during a time where there isn’t much else to do.
Although it can be easy to just set your workouts aside and say to yourself that you will do it another time, building a routine can be very beneficial and can help keep you motivated to continue to work out. Bennett Ksicinski, Junior at SPASH, said that because he was able to make a routine he felt “very motivated.”, he continued by saying “Everyday I see an opportunity to either get better or worse, you can’t stay the same.”. One thing that I thought was helpful, for me, was putting reminders in my phone and scheduling a certain muscle group to work out each day. This might sound complicated but it was actually pretty easy and it made me more motivated to do the workouts.
Another way to help you stay motivated to work out is to set goals for yourself. Examples of these goals could be losing weight, gaining a certain amount of pounds on the lifts that you do, or even getting faster and shaving off time from your runs. Bennent Ksicinski set goals for his 1 rep max’s on various lifts to keep him motivated. Motivation is a huge deciding factor on whether or not you will actually complete your work outs, and setting goals can make it way easier to stay motivated to complete them.
In conclusion, staying healthy, especially in the midst of a global pandemic, is essential. Building healthy habits can be inexpensive and easy. Creating these healthy habits a routine can be very helpful. And finally, setting goals for yourself can also be a huge help in keeping you motivated to complete your exercises. I know it may seem like it’s a hard and complicated process but any simple exercise you can think of is better than none. Making sure you are healthy is the most important part and these tips can be very useful in the process of staying active
Isa Mahon • Dec 11, 2020 at 10:09 AM
Colby, I really enjoyed reading your article. I thought that the points you added about how simple things can help you stay healthy during this time. Something as simple as going for a walk may not seem too special, but really it is a great way to stay healthy and move your body when we’re all cooped up inside.
Dylan Williams • Dec 10, 2020 at 10:47 AM
Colby, I feel like this is something that needs to be discussed more. ALot of people have let the pandemic get to their health and we need to fix that. No matter how hard, we need to manage to stay healthy so it is easier in general to sometime get back to normal life.
Dylan Williams • Dec 10, 2020 at 10:31 AM
Colby, I really liked that you wrote about this! I feel like people. I feel like people needed to read about things to stay motivated during this tough time.
Eli Wetter • Dec 10, 2020 at 9:34 AM
Colby, I liked your article as I have also been struggling to stay motivated to run or lift weights. I thought your ideas to get around the lack of motivation were quite helpful to your audience, as well.