Beach bod or bust

By Casey Semenza
February 24, 2016

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Although swimsuit season is not for a few months, many are preparing now. Emily Rowan/Photo editor

The weather patterns recently have left students not only confused but upset by the heavy snowfall despite Punxsutawney Phil’s message of an early spring arrival. Spring break is a welcome to many hoping for warmer weather and a break from a busy semester. But is it time to start breaking out those swimsuits?

Since the new year, an influx of people have started to pack Cabrini’s gym in hopes for a better bod and healthy mindset.

“I have seen a lot more people at the gym so far, so now sometimes I go later at night in order to avoid the crowd,” freshman fitness enthusiast Steven Chamberlain said.

Both men and women alike seem to be on a mission to get their bodies right for summer.

“I run usually five miles a day to keep my endurance up but I go as high as 16 miles,” Emily Lauzière said. “Plus it helps me to stay in shape for summer.”

According to quora.com, the second week of January is the busiest time for gyms when their memberships increase 33-50 percent. By the second week of February, almost 80 percent of the New Year resolutions crowd is gone.

Even retail stores receive shipments of flip flops, tank tops and swimsuits by the end of December in order to get ready for the spring break crowd.

“We get a small shipment of pieces to put on mannequins for January,” American Eagle Outfitters manager, Ashlee Couke said. “But by March we need to have most of our store stocked for summer shoppers and send all winter items to clearance.”

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Men and women alike find themselves spending extra time in the gym. Emily Rowan/Photo editor

Women received the infamous Victoria Secret swimsuit catalog as early as January, which pushed many to start thinking of gym memberships and celery sticks.

“I think that people should always remain healthy because of the hundreds of benefits you gain from just getting to the gym a few times a week,” Lauzière said.

If students are looking for tips on how to stay in shape, eat right and get ready for summer, Chamberlain has some advice.

“Take out foods that consist of bad carbs for at least five days a week and get in the gym at least three times a week,” Chamberlain said. “Keep up your water intake and add cardio into all your workouts.”

Lauzière makes sure to intake healthy foods and develop healthy habits.

“I make sure to eat a really well balanced diet,” Lauziere said. “I’ll have apples with peanut butter, yogurt, granola bars, protein shakes and some type of vegetable everyday.”

Eating well isn’t the only thing that helps her maintain an active physique.

“Besides running, I do light resistance training, I lift some weights and I’m even taking a yoga class,” Lauzière said.

There are many sites online such as menshealth.com, bodybuilding.com and womenshealthmag.com that offer great online workouts that people can download for easy access on smartphones. Students can choose from work- outs that require no equipment or even workouts in the pool to keep cool after a long day in the heat.

 

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