Quick Morning Workout
Do the “9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1” challenge: 9 burpees, 9 jumping squats, 9 push-ups … 8 burpees, 8 jumping squats, 8 push-ups … 7 burpees, 7 jumping squats, 7 push-ups … You get it, don’t you? Rest between one and two minutes per series and leave us your record in the comments section or on Instagram by tagging @uibuniversitat with the #SempreUIB hashtag.
If it’s too easy for you, access the virtual classes of Campus Esport here.
Our Favorite Playlists
- A playlist to lift your spirits a little.
- Coldplay singer Chris Martin gives concerts on Instagram Live from his home. Enjoy this piece of “Yellow”.
Productive Lunch Break
- The Office for Cooperation in Development and Solidaritat offers a collection of resources to help you get through these days of confinement.
- Stay up to date: these are the latest news from the UIB.
Viral Videos for Your Whatsapp Groups
- Coronavirus isn’t a joke but neither are our healthcare staff.
- Steve Martin plays the banjo and it’s quite nice.
Dinner plans?
Prawn ceviche from @kelvin_freijo, EHIB student.
- Ingredients:
- 500gr of prawns (or any white meat or seafood fish), 1 red onion, 2 tomatoes, 1 green pepper, all cut into small squares.
- 2 teaspoons of ketchup and mustard.
- 3 limes or 2 lemons, 1 orange.
- Coriander, salt and pepper to taste.
- Preparation:
- Peel the prawns and dice them, arrange them in a bowl together with the juice of two limes with a pinch of salt and keep in the fridge for 1h; This will make the citric acid to “cook” the shrimp (it is called “pickling”).
- The sauce: squeeze the remaining lime and orange juice and mix them well with the ketchup and mustard.
- When the shrimp is pickled, mix it with the sauce, tomato, onion, pepper and coriander. It is important to incorporate the vegetables at the end to taste them fresh.
- Correct with salt and pepper and ENJOY!
- Peel the prawns and dice them, arrange them in a bowl together with the juice of two limes with a pinch of salt and keep in the fridge for 1h; This will make the citric acid to “cook” the shrimp (it is called “pickling”).
Thanks a lot, Kelvin!
COVID-19
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Psychological Recommendations
A group of former psychology students from the UIB have reviewed the recommendations given for confinement and have chosen those with the most scientific support. We will be sharing them with the entire community in small bits.
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
The seventh week of confinement begins, Can you believe it? At this point, it is normal to experience symptoms of stress and anxiety that produce some sort of discomfort. Have you noticed more muscle tension in the last few days? Does it affect your mood?
We want to share with you a simple relaxation exercise so you can benefit from reducing that extra stress. It is about tightening and relaxing the different muscle groups: legs, arms, abdomen, face, hands, and so on.
We recommend that you practice it in a quiet room and, if possible, in dim light. You can do it stretched or sitting; the key is to stay comfortable.
The sequence with all the muscles would be as follows:
- Tense the muscle for about 10 seconds.
- Relax it slowly.
- Maintain muscle relaxation and focus on the pleasant feeling for at least another 10 seconds.
Example with our face
- Wrinkle your forehead and then relax it.
- Raise and lower your eyebrows.
- Close and tighten your eyelids a little (without hurting yourself) and then open them a little.
- Clench the jaw and then relax it.
- Purse your lips as if you are about to kiss someone and then relax them.
And so on with the rest of your body parts.
If you understand Spanish and prefer to try a relaxation through visualization, Patri Ramírez, who also studied at the UIB, gives us this mental exercise of only 10 minutes. And if you have young children, you can practice together with this other exercise adapted by Patri.
#SempreUIB Contributions
Our beloved teacher of math, programming, mobile applications, and a lot more awesome things, gives us his Master in Machine Learning at Udemy for free. Yes, we are talking about Juan Gabriel Gomila.
Healthy Tips
The Oficina d’Universitat Saludable i Sostenible teaches us how to plan our weekly shopping-list to eat healthy and, at the same time, save some money.
At night
No-Screen: a good board game like Monopoly, Risk, or Catan with your family or roommates.
Screen: we aren’t outdated but this classic of board games is succeeding on social media. Still haven’t played Parchisi Star? Download it for Android or iOS.
#SempreUIB
Have you studied at the UIB? Do you have cool tips to share? Tell us at sempre@uib.cat and we will publish it in the next post.