In my opinion, staying fit is one of the hardest things to do in times of a pandemic. Even though the country is not in lockdown, most of the public places are closed for security reasons. Only a limited number of people are allowed in a gymnasium at a specific time and swimming pools are completely closed without further notice. And adding up to that all the school work, assignments, and projects that give you nightmares leave you almost no time to get out and stretch your legs. But however, that is not good enough of an excuse if you really want to do it.

Despite school starting again, I have been following up with some of the routines I started off during quarantine. I and my father have been going on daily walks and runs, but with the busy schedule, we had to make them weekly runs. A good thing about DLP is that it saves you the hours of time spent in traffic going to and fro from school. Which also provided me the extra hours to work on staying fit and healthy. I once again started running in the neighborhood and doing some stretching in the mornings.

These are some of the stretches and workouts I’ve started following;

• The runner’s stretch
• The standing side stretch
• The forward hang
• The low-lunge arch
• The seated back twist
• The bound angle
• 10 lunges for 3 sets
• 10 squats for 3 sets
• 10 side-planks for 3 sets

With the government requesting all schools and other academic institutions to be closed, I have been unable to dance for almost 2 weeks. However, I hope to do some practices during the upcoming weekend as it would help me to not lose my flow.

Even though it is sometimes hard to sick up to this schedule with all the school work, I try my best to engage in some kind of physical activity at least once in two days.