Campus life
Gym-core on campus: starting without a gym membership
29 Jun 2026 · 5 min read
Fitness content from Ghanaian students is booming, and most of it happens outdoors — the field, the stairs, the hall corridor.
The starter routine
- Push-ups, squats, lunges, plank — 3 rounds, four days a week.
- Two runs a week, early morning before the heat.
- Stairs when it rains.
Worth buying
Resistance bands and a decent pair of trainers. That's the whole list. Everything else is optional until you're consistent for a month.
Breathable training wear genuinely helps in Ghanaian humidity — cotton holds sweat, technical fabric doesn't.
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