By Cody Fitzgerald
Campus News
With the recent news that we’re supposed to be staying in our houses and social distancing, it can be hard to stay on top of your day to day schedule. If you’re anything like me, you’ve exhausted every episode of “The Office.” and you can only name so many twigs on your lawn before it becomes weird.
Unfortunately my relationship with Pop Tarts has progressed to serious levels, preventing me from becoming a fitness expert. However, after some extensive research, discussions with trainers and an intense staring contest with a bottle of Powerade, I have composed a list of things you can do to stay active during the quarantine.
Go For a Walk. My go-to, not-physically-demanding-yet-very-healthy exercise is going for a walk. Throw in some earbuds, or don’t. and take in nature as you go. As a professional walker (been walking since age one; my crawling skills have slowly faded unfortunately), I must advise that if you are listening to music, you check your surroundings and make sure there is no other life in your radius before you start singing the song. Not that this has happened to me.
Go For a Run. On the contrary, you can go for a run. This is a really rewarding and fun activity to partake in, or if you’re anything like me, you have a thirty second run, thirty minute walk system. Fun fact, I unofficially hold the world record for fastest cramp (13.4 seconds). Long story short, water is your friend.
Clean the Lawn. This is usually disregarded as a chore but lack of allowance may immediately discredit this as a leisure activity — and there is some fun in it. Pick up some sticks, bring out the lawn chairs and inevitably rush them all back into the garage when we get our monthly surprise snow storm.
Play an Active Video Game. Admittedly, my video game knowledge ends with Candy Crush, but I have heard of several active video games that you’ve probably got stuffed away just like me. I haven’t touched a video game since elementary school but within thirty minutes I was dancing to “Promiscuous” on my old Wii, and letting go of the remote during the bowling game nearly shattering my television.
Work on Your Breathing. I’ll admit, I initially thought breathing exercises wouldn’t do much for me but they help a lot. Although I struggled initially with the counting up to ten aspect, you can very easily record your breathing on the in-two-seconds, out-four system that I definitely did not come up with myself.
These are just a few ideas of things to keep you busy during the quarantine. Remember to stay safe, wash your hands and remember your Netflix password.
Cody Fitzgerald is a Schuylerville High School junior aspiring to become a screenwriter and comedian.
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