Student Stuck at a Desk All Day

[Nutrition_Nerd]

I am a high school student, and I am stuck at a desk from 9am-4:15pm. The only times I get up are in between classes - mine aren't that far apart so I'm only up for about 2 minutes - and walking to and from lunch. Our teachers don't like us standing up during class, so I don't get many steps during the day, but when I get home I have about two hours of free time on the typical night. I try to get nine hours, so waking up earlier would mean that time gets taken out from my free time at night. On tuesdays and thursdays I have running club, so I always get 10,000 steps on those days, but on all of the other days, I rarely do. I'm also sick very often which I know is most likely due to lack of vitamin C. While I do take vitamin C supplements, I rarely eat citrus foods. Does anyone have any tips?

[emili]

other than telling you to walk around after school, I am not sure what else there is based on your story. I am curious though what your fitness goal is. because you can do loads of other stuff that takes about 30 minutes. Also, here is a list of other foods you can eat with high C: High vitamin C foods include bell peppers, dark leafy greens, kiwifruit, broccoli, berries, citrus fruits, tomatoes, peas, and papayas. good luck, I hope others in the community have better advice...

[LordHeathen]

@Nutrition_Nerd Hello,

Perhaps I could throw in my tips.

I work very long hours sat behind a steering wheel or a desk. I have found that by understanding what you want to acheive to very important.

With little time, no problem, perhaps try doing 10 push ups everytime you walk through a door in your house or squats or anything. Before and after sleep, do something before having a shower and getting ready.

In terms of food, pint of water when you wake up with some cereal and then just make sure you have at least on portion of fruit with you for every meal and should be alright based on that.

However, it is what you want, I personally, wouldn't worry, studying leads to qualifications and this in turn could lead to a secure future so I would priortise that first and foremost, being super fit isn't going to provide that. So think of the longer game and as long as you are doing something like running twice a week that should be enough whilst you are busy and then come back to it perhaps.

Hope this helps.

[nerdyartguy]

I'm not sure how Fitbit records steps--I can walk ten, but ten won't necessarily be the number Fitbit records. (I'm kinda short, so maybe that's why?) Anyway, sometimes I boogie in front of the tv or while I'm cleaning up around the house--dance steps record as more steps (more energetic, maybe?) even if it's just a your basic box step. So, if I'm low on steps and it's late/rainy, I have options. I don't need a track, just enough square footage to get down with my bad self. 

A caveat: I do think it requires some walk-like motion, which in my case is either back and forth or side to side. It doesn't require much in the way of clear floor space.

[Trimble642]

How much time are you given to move between classes?

In highschool and college I always had 5-10 minutes. If you have this much time try walking the lenght of the hallway as many times as you can between classes.

My school always had a stair well at the end of every hallway so I would walk from my class to the stairs go down them then through the hall and back up the other side to my classroom it might not seam like much but after 4-5 class changes it can add up to 2,000 steps!

[divedragon]

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@Nutrition_Nerd wrote:

I am a high school student, and I am stuck at a desk from 9am-4:15pm.  I try to get nine hours, so waking up earlier would mean that time gets taken out from my free time at night.

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I work at a desk job and leave the hotel at 7 am and don't return until 6-6:30pm.  I work with computer software, so I'm chained to the desk all day.  I get up at 5 am and do at least an hour.  At lunch, I take a walk and sometimes I'll walk again when I get back.  This routine can get me 14k plus each day with many days getting to 20k. On travel days, I get to the airport at least an hour before my flight and during that time, I walk up and down the concourse until it's time to board the plane.  You might try using the full time between classes to walk up and down outside the classroom, taking a walk at lunch or going for a walk/jog after school.

It's really a question of setting your priorities.  I have no idea how you use your free time, but you have to decide if that is a higher priority for you than getting the exercise.  There are no magic bullets here, just plain hard work and commitment.