Fitness for Teens in a Hectic college life !

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With the modern lifestyle dominating our country, the obesity rate among teenagers has drastically increased. Gone are the times when children used to go to Gurukuls to attain education. The gurukuls trained students in all spears of life engaging them into holistic practices like Yoga, Nritya, Pranayaama and other sorts of healthy activities. Students were disciplined in all aspects of life: waking up early in the morning, going to the forest to collect firewood, practicing martial arts and sword fights, and most importantly having a well balanced diet prepared from organically produced vegetables, fruits and cereals.  Resultantly, the teens of past were healthier and livelier than the teens of today.

Today, teens start their day, late, rushing up for schools and college. Life is so hectic that sometimes they miss out on taking a morning shower either. Morning walk is considered a waste of time. Often, when teens wake up in the morning, the first thing most of them irresistibly do is check their facebook notifications. The school bus arrives, and escorts them luxuriously to the schools and colleges. And then they spend hours in the class, their lazy butts fixated on the benches throughout the academic session. No physical activity is entertained. Rather, entertainment comes in the form of gossiping about girlfriends and boyfriends, and playing games on cell phones while the teacher is delivering the lecture. As a teenager, I know that. And I too have been doing that!

 So, why do you think I am instructing you on teenage fitness and changing your lifestyle if I myself engage into all of those negativeness?

Well, I am not exactly asking you to change your lifestyle completely. It’s impossible to revert to the age old practices pf waking up at 4 in the morning and doing pranayama till the sun shows up at the horizon. It’s impossible to live without cellphones and mobiles either. You must follow the trends of mordenisation but at the same time be smart enough to incorporate practices that allows you to stay fit despite all the challenges of modern world. Here are some pointers:

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1.  Start a health and fitness club in your college

2. Engage in sports and other outdoor activities

3. Drink plenty of water (12 glasses approx, if you live at the tropics)

4. Join fitness groups on facebook to stay motivated

5. Manage to Get  eight hours of sleep daily, no matter how hectic your life is.

6. Abstain from having junk foods and too much of cola.

7. Download fitness apps on your smart phones and use them to educate yourself about fitness.

8. Ask your girlfriend to join a yoga class so that you can there together.

9. Avoid friends who abuse drugs, and /or are alcoholics or chain smokers.

10. Challenge your friends for push-up matches.

With these ideas I am sure you got a picture of how you can bring about small changes in you teenage life to effect a significant change in terms of health and fitness. The key point here is to embed practices into your hectic lifestyle that provides you the benefits of health and fitness without distorting the flow of your bound schedule.