Get moving with these video workouts:

Jasmine’s Foam Rolling 101

Jasmine’s Legs and Core Workout

Jasmine’s Kickboxing Demo

At Home Core Workout: Crunch Life

10 Minute Full Lower Body Workout

10 Minute Leg Workout

Upper Body Bodyweight Workouts

WERQ Dance YouTube Page

Looking for more group fitness videos and workout? Check out our suggestions on our Group Fitness page...

This is a stressful time.  Here are some articles about managing the stress and anxiety that you may have.

• Coping with Compassion/Disaster Fatigue (click the link for the definition):  Click here to download the pdf by the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
• Coping with Stress regarding COVID-19: posted by the CDC
• Ways to Cope with the Anxiety Spiral (aka Catastophic Thinking) (click the link for the definition):  posted by Wired and another by Huffpost
• Keeping the Cabin Fever Creepies at Bay

• Once you have prepared for your new-found home time, take a deep breath and know you have done everything you can. Remember you can only control what you can control.
  • Letting go of worry by Psychology Today
  • How to stop dwelling a simple practice to let go of anxious thoughts posted by Uplift Connect
• Ask yourself “what will this worry accomplish?” If the answer is “not much” then let go.
• How mindfulness can help you navigate the coronavirus panic by mindful.org
• Yoga for stree and anxiety
• How to meditate with anxiety - by Mindful.org
• Exercise!  See next drop down menu.

List of Wellness Phone Apps

 

Credit to Olympic College Recreation for compiling this list.

Now is a great opportunity to learn a new skill, read that book, or finally catch up on The Office before it leaves Netflix forever!

• Learn a new language
  • Duolingo
  • Babbel 
• Try a new craft
  • 10 New Crafts to Try This Year - posted by The Spruce Crafts
  • 15 New Craft Ideas You NEED to Try in 2020 - posted by The Crazy Craft Lady
  • The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross
• Try a new workout option
  • Intense 10 Minute Abs
  • 10 Minute Ab Workout
  • 15 Minute Leg/Butt/Thigh Workout
  • Intense 10 Minute Upper Body Workout
  • Home Upper Body Workouts
  • Jasmine’s Booty and Abs Work Out
• Get a jump start on Spring Cleaning
  • Your Ultimate Spring Cleaning Checklist - posted by Martha Stewart
  • House Cleaning Schedule - Create a Plan to Make Your Home Shine - posted by TIDY
  • Spring Cleaning Checklist (with Printable!) - posted by Taste of Home
  • How to Clean Your Car 
  • Declutter that junk drawer (We see it. We know you have it.)
• Take some time to Adult
  • Actually read your insurance policy
  • Balance your checkbook (if you even have one)
  • Create a budget
  • Update/Create/Organize important life documents (Personal Property Inventories, Will, SSN Card/Birth Certificate)
  • Have you kept up on your car maintenance?

 

Credit to Olympic College Recreation for compiling this list.

Social distancing doesn't mean we can't still have fun!

Wacky Wednesday: Win a Shirt!

• Every Wednesday for the rest of the semester, check here and on our Twitter and Instagram accounts

Interested in Esports? Sign-up on IMLeagues below. Leagues will be formed after registration is completed.

IMLeagues (note you will be leaving the UIS website)

Interactive, Virtual National Park Tours

• Kenai Fjords National Park (Alaska)
• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park (New Mexico)
• Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)
• Dry Tortugas National Park (Florida)

More fun!

• 10 Movies About Social Distancing to Watch While Social Distancing
• Visit a Museum Virtually
• Play a board game
• Finally do that puzzle
• Get outside
  • Local Trail Maps
• Listen to some new music
• Read all the books you have been meaning to get to!
• The Enneagram Personality Test
• 14 free online personality tests to help figure yourself out
• 100 things to do while stuck inside due to a pandemic by USA Today
• Listen to some music!
  • List of Quarantine Concerts by Curiocity
  • Tiny Desk Concerts by NPR
  • Watch encore performances by The Metropolitan Opera
  • Need a quaratine playlist?  Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks are out of quarantine now but while in lockdown she made a playlist.
• Virtual Rides on Disney Theme Park Attractions (unsanctioned by Disney)
• NASA media library - all free
• Watch Broadway shows on PBS for $5 donation (it is public television after all)

Credit to Olympic College Recreation for compiling this list.

Still More Fun!

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It can be easy to fall into a rut when you're at home so much. Try these resources out to keep your wellness up during this time!

Information about a virtual races, training programs, and the Fall 2020 Prairie Star 5K can be found here.

•  Practice Mindfulness
  • Mindfulness Can Help You Navigate the Coronavirus Panic - posted by Mindful.org
  • Download Headspace - guided meditation for any pocket of time (the beginning meditation series is free but the rest is by subscription)
  • Download Motivation - an app that provides motivational phone wallpapers
  • Keep (or start!) a journal using prompts (click here for prompts) or an app (click here for some journalling apps).
  • Try Meditation
    • Insight Timer App
    • Headspace - While usually a paid app, they now offer a small collection for free called "Weathering the Storm"
    • Calm - Usually a paid app, now has collection of meditation (including for kids) for this crisis called "Take a deep breath"
    • Oak - Meditation & Breathing
• Keep Tabs on Yourself
  • When was your last annual exam with your doctor?
  • Stick to a schedule even when working from home and, yes, that includes your sleep schedule
  • Workout at home (we have a whole tab on it!)
  • Drink enough water!
• Find yourself sitting a lot?  Make you you're getting up and moving!  Try this beginner's flexibility workout on YouTube
• How well do you eat?  Perhaps One Balanced Kitchen can help!

Credit to Olympic College Recreation for compiling this list.