Isn't strength training part of your everyday student life, you say? Well, Strength Week 2024 is here to help you get started and become strong for everyday life!
– Strength exercises is important to make it easier for us to perform our everyday activities and for good health throughout our lives. Strength training can be done wherever you are, whether it's in your dorm room, out in the woods, during lunch breaks or at the gym, and what's extra motivating is that it doesn't take much for there to be a clear health benefit, says Ingeborg Frøyshov Rensel, who is both a trained physiotherapist and has partial responsibility for the Student Sports Center on Campus Ringerike (in addition to managing the bookstore on the same campus).
Strength Week is a broad-based initiative to raise awareness of the importance of strength training - and inspire simple and regular exercise. Strength Week is held in week 44 (28 October to 3 November 2024).
Read more about Strength Week 2024 at the Norwegian Directorate of Health.
During Styrkeuka (Week of Strength) in week 44 (28 October to 3 November, 2024) you can try out our sports centers for free! Maybe you'll find that the strength room at the gym is just what you need to get your workout in?
Want to try it out? Get access to the sports center on your student card:
Ringerike: Get access in the bookstore, Norli Akademisk.
Moov, Drammen: Go to the reception at Moov.
Vestfold: Come to SSN's service office at Fagerlund.
The offer applies to students and employees who are not already members. If you are already a member, there is no discount on your membership.
A little is better than nothing, and more is even better, but the most important thing is that if you find a way to do strength training that suits you, you're much more likely to keep doing it. Alone or with the gang? At the gym or at the lookout in the woods? While watching your favorite show or listening to a podcast?
Remember that every session counts and that the best session is the one you actually get done.
🏋🏻 Four exercises twice a week is sufficient.
⏰ Each session should last between 15-30 minutes.
🛌 It's best to leave 48 hours between sessions to give your muscles time to recover.
You can do it! 💪💪💪💪
The four exercises should be from each of the (four) major muscle groups in the upper body and legs:
In the legs, the extensors work to help you rise from sitting to standing: Squats, leg press and single leg squats.
In the upper body, you should be able to push off: Bench press and push-ups.
The pulling apparatus in the upper body enables you to pull yourself up: Rowing, pull downs and pull ups.
Shoulders and upper back "push up": Shoulder press with weights and lateral raises.
Throughout strength week in week 44 (October 28 - November 3), you can also find the exercises on SSN's Instagram - we'll help you get started with building your everyday strength!
Find exercises on SSN's Instagram