Quick Tips
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Fun Stuff
| Nutrition | Physical Activity | Sleep | Stress |
Nutrition
| Activity | Time |
| Schedule and attend a session at the Penn State Nutrition Clinic (cost is $25 for the first visit; $15 for subsequent visits) | 1 hour |
| Pick up a Penn State HealthWorks' Cellar Market cookbook at 201 Student Health Center, the Cellar Market, or view it online and make one of the recipes | 30 minutes |
| Watch a healthy video/recipe from the Mayo Clinic website and prepare it | 1 hour |
| Take the Meals Matter calcium quiz, get personalized tips on managing your calcium intake, and make a recipe | 30 minutes |
| Check out the healthy recipes on the New York Times website, and make a recipe | 30 minutes |
Physical Activity
| Activity | Time |
| Have a Fitness test conducted at Penn State's Student Fitness Assessment Center (requires student to be enrolled in KINES 61, 65, 67, 72, 84, 93, or 201 or Fitness Pass members must purchase the additional benefit with their membership) | 1 hour |
| Attend a "Fitness Yoga" class through PSU Fitness (need current student fitness pass) | 1 hour |
| Participate in an intramural sport you have never played before | >1 hour |
| Take a cardio class that is unfamiliar to you through PSU Fitness | 1 hour |
| Pick up a walking map at 201 Student Health Center or online and walk the perimeter of campus (jogging route) | 1 hour |
| Take a walk and explore Penn State's arboretum | 30 minutes |
| Watch and follow along to a yoga video on the Mayo Clinic’s website | 30 minutes |
| Select and watch at least 6 videos or slide shows from the Mayo Clinic’s fitness media and try them yourself | 30 minutes |
| Watch and follow along to the videos from the Yoga Journal website | 1 hour |
| Watch and follow along to Yoga Journal's free "Yoga Practice Podcast" on iTunes (choose from 37 podcasts) | 30 minutes each |
Sleep
| Activity | Time |
| Listen to the University of Florida's sleep podcast and try implementing the tips | 30 minutes |
| Test your sleep quality by taking each of these assessments: | 30 minutes (for all 3) |
| Create a sleeping plan and commit to it for the next 30 days | 1 hour |
| Debunk common sleep myths by clicking through these interactive videos about sleep | 15 minutes each or 1 hour for all 4 |
Stress
| Activity | Time |
| Attend a CAPS workshop about stress | 1 hour |
| Attend a "Fitness Yoga" class through PSU Fitness (need current student fitness pass) | 1 hour |
| Visit the De-Stress Zone in 201 Student Health Center or at the Penn Stater | 30 minutes |
| Listen to a podcast about managing stress | 10 minutes |
| Relax and explore Penn State's arboretum | 30 minutes |
| Complete an iStudy module on: | 1 hour each |
| Watch a video about art therapy from the Mayo Clinic website. Try one of the techniques yourself | 1 hour |
| Watch a video from the Mayo Clinic’s website | 30 minutes |
| Watch and follow along to videos from the Yoga Journal website | 1 hour |