Focus: This week, make time for the most important meal of the day - breakfast.
"Eating a healthy breakfast has been linked to better learning ability and memory functions,"
Jessica Nyrop, assistant director for aerobics and cycling at UB.
Nyrop recommends buying easy foods for breakfast like fruit, low-fat yogurt, whole grain breakfast bars or granola bars. They come in handy on mornings when breakfast has to be on the go.
Fitness Tip: Use a restroom on a different floor and take the stairs instead of the elevator for a few extra steps, or park in the Center For Tomorrow lot and walk to the spine while the weather is still nice. If you live close enough, ride your bike to campus.
Exercise Move: Leg Lift for Abs
Lie on the floor, arms out at a 45-degree angle from the torso, and the sides of your legs and feet touching each other (for added comfort, lay on a mat or rug).
Keeping your back pressed flat against the floor and pointing your toes, slowly raise both legs in the air until they have reached a 90 degree angle. Then slowly lower them until they almost touch the floor, and then elevate again. To target harder zones such as the oblique muscles, lift legs in a 45-degree angle either to the right or left side of your body.
Reps: Three sets of 10 for front, left, and right sides. 10-15 per leg.
Photo: Courtesy of Laron Fomby
