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Excerpt Ageless Athletic Assassin: Page 177
COLLEGE OBESITY
In 2017, there were 20.4 million college students in America who will or have experienced the “Freshman 15” which is the human experience of putting on 15 pounds of body weight during their first year in college. For students, this is their first time living away from their parents or guardian without home-made food. On college campuses, students encounter several challenges relating to nutrition, exercise, and mental health.
For nutrition, most students are on a buffet-style campus meal-plan where students can have seconds and more - leading to more calories than they should be eating. When eating on campus, students must stay disciplined with portion size and not go get seconds.
Outside of the dining hall, students garf down pizza, soda, and beer at student club meetings and parties. This is an easy way to put on unhealthy weight. When going to a meeting or party, bring a healthy snack or a nutritious cold meal with you to eat when you feel hungry. It’s also important to replace sleepless benders with solid sleep.
With over 7 billion people, college students typically feel stuck in a “campus bubble” secluded from the “outside world” where they must follow the crowd or risk being criticized by their friends. Don’t feel pressured to drink alcohol at college parties - convince others it is cool to be fit, healthy, and smart by drinking water.
Some of the most successful people are college dropouts: Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg. They weren’t concerned with peer pressure as they knew their purpose and plan outside of the college bubble.
Packing on the weight from junk food and beer makes exercise a tough habit to make. College students have additional no-time excuses ranging from class, homework, club activities, career search, hangovers, social media, online shopping, “Netflix and Chilling,” and partying. Everyone has the same 24 hours in a day. If a busy person like President Barack Obama managed to exercise, you can too.
If you attend a college where college athletes are the “Big Man or Big Woman on Campus,” you probably cheer on the football and basketball teams during big games, but don’t be afraid of their presence if you work out in the gym. The majority of college athletes don’t make it professionally often just reflecting on their glory days while working a subpar job because they didn’t focus on their career plans while in college. Hollywood captured this with Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart in the movie “Central Intelligence.” Remember to have a mindset beyond the campus bubble to get in your exercise so you can go pursue your dreams after finishing college.
I too went thru the college freshman 15 at Bowdoin College - consistently ranked the top dining hall in the United States. My exercise slipped from high school as I used all those time excuses mentioned earlier such as studying and partying. To overcome this, I started controlling portion size every meal and ate healthily when out socially. For exercise, learning how to structure a weight lifting program from my roommate helped me realize the benefits of lifting to boost metabolism and physique. Training with partners helped for social accountability and motivation. Go find your partner!
Mental health is a huge issue where students can go thru depression or commit suicide for low grades or not succeeding with their Tinder-swiping dating life on campus.
At college, what other students think of you may seem like the most important thing in the world, but when you ask adults and your parents what they got wrong at that age, nearly all say they cared too much what other kids thought of them. Just ask anyone who’s 5 years out of college if any of those peer pressure moments back then mattered now.
If you’re someone who’s packed on the college freshman 15 or want to avoid going thru it, start finding a friend who’s willing to be disciplined with nutrition and exercise so you can enjoy the rest of your college experience to dominate after college with a great body and smarter mind.
If you, your friends, and college community are ready to take your college health to the next level, reach out to JustHuynh Fitness for online and studio group fitness programs. Feel free to invite your professors and school administrators too!
COLLEGE OBESITY
In 2017, there were 20.4 million college students in America who will or have experienced the “Freshman 15” which is the human experience of putting on 15 pounds of body weight during their first year in college. For students, this is their first time living away from their parents or guardian without home-made food. On college campuses, students encounter several challenges relating to nutrition, exercise, and mental health.
For nutrition, most students are on a buffet-style campus meal-plan where students can have seconds and more - leading to more calories than they should be eating. When eating on campus, students must stay disciplined with portion size and not go get seconds.
Outside of the dining hall, students garf down pizza, soda, and beer at student club meetings and parties. This is an easy way to put on unhealthy weight. When going to a meeting or party, bring a healthy snack or a nutritious cold meal with you to eat when you feel hungry. It’s also important to replace sleepless benders with solid sleep.
With over 7 billion people, college students typically feel stuck in a “campus bubble” secluded from the “outside world” where they must follow the crowd or risk being criticized by their friends. Don’t feel pressured to drink alcohol at college parties - convince others it is cool to be fit, healthy, and smart by drinking water.
Some of the most successful people are college dropouts: Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg. They weren’t concerned with peer pressure as they knew their purpose and plan outside of the college bubble.
Packing on the weight from junk food and beer makes exercise a tough habit to make. College students have additional no-time excuses ranging from class, homework, club activities, career search, hangovers, social media, online shopping, “Netflix and Chilling,” and partying. Everyone has the same 24 hours in a day. If a busy person like President Barack Obama managed to exercise, you can too.
If you attend a college where college athletes are the “Big Man or Big Woman on Campus,” you probably cheer on the football and basketball teams during big games, but don’t be afraid of their presence if you work out in the gym. The majority of college athletes don’t make it professionally often just reflecting on their glory days while working a subpar job because they didn’t focus on their career plans while in college. Hollywood captured this with Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart in the movie “Central Intelligence.” Remember to have a mindset beyond the campus bubble to get in your exercise so you can go pursue your dreams after finishing college.
I too went thru the college freshman 15 at Bowdoin College - consistently ranked the top dining hall in the United States. My exercise slipped from high school as I used all those time excuses mentioned earlier such as studying and partying. To overcome this, I started controlling portion size every meal and ate healthily when out socially. For exercise, learning how to structure a weight lifting program from my roommate helped me realize the benefits of lifting to boost metabolism and physique. Training with partners helped for social accountability and motivation. Go find your partner!
Mental health is a huge issue where students can go thru depression or commit suicide for low grades or not succeeding with their Tinder-swiping dating life on campus.
At college, what other students think of you may seem like the most important thing in the world, but when you ask adults and your parents what they got wrong at that age, nearly all say they cared too much what other kids thought of them. Just ask anyone who’s 5 years out of college if any of those peer pressure moments back then mattered now.
If you’re someone who’s packed on the college freshman 15 or want to avoid going thru it, start finding a friend who’s willing to be disciplined with nutrition and exercise so you can enjoy the rest of your college experience to dominate after college with a great body and smarter mind.
If you, your friends, and college community are ready to take your college health to the next level, reach out to JustHuynh Fitness for online and studio group fitness programs. Feel free to invite your professors and school administrators too!
