1. How To Work Out 3 Times A Week:
For College Students
By Karl Kumodzi
kumodzi@gmail.com
@KarlRodrigue

2. Why Work Out…
• Reduces risk of heart disease, high blood
pressure, diabetes, and many other diseases
• Strengthens immune system
• Reduces stress
• Slows the aging process

3. So Many Benefits!
Tons of college students want to work
out more, but can’t find the time to
work it into their schedule.
So I set out to figure out how to
GET COLLEGE STUDENTS TO WORK OUT
THREE EVENINGS A WEEK.

4. Trial 1
• Instead of studying at night in the dorm, I set
out to have subject 1 study at the library
(close to the gym) in work out clothes on
Monday, Wednesday, & Friday evening of one
week.

5. Trial 1 Results
• He went to the library on Monday and Friday,
and went to the gym afterwards.
• But Wednesday, he didn’t even go to the
library to study, because he was too busy

6. Trial 2
• I had subject 2 do all his reading on a bench at
the gym on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

7. Trial 2 Results
• Not much reading got done, it was very
distracting and uncomfortable to work on the
bench
• He did use the gym though, all three nights
• Subject got frustrated with doing homework
in the gym, so would stop, work out for a
little, and then go home

8. Trial 3
• Subject three had a friend
commit to going to the gym
with her MWF nights, doesn’t
have to be the same person
all three nights

9. Trial 3 Results
• Went to the gym all three nights!

10. Insights
• What few people realize is the extent to which
environment influences health

11. Insights
• What few people realize is the extent to which
environment influences health
• When college students live/study near food,
they’re going to eat regardless of how hungry
they are

12. Insights
• What few people realize is the extent to which
environment influences health
• When college students live/study near food,
they’re going to eat regardless of how hungry
they are
• In the same way, if college students studied
right at or near a gym, it suddenly becomes a
lot easier to work out

13. Insights
• But altering your environment too much in
order to achieve a desired behavior can have
adverse effects

14. Insights
• But altering your environment too much in
order to achieve a desired behavior can have
adverse effects
• Subject 2 worked out more when he was put
right in the gym, but was behind on reading
during the week because he couldn’t get
much work done on the bench at the gym

15. Insights
• Social contracts serve to increase motivation

16. Insights
• Social contracts serve to increase motivation
• She committed to meeting a friend at the
gym, and because of social pressures,
followed through on the commitment

17. What This Means
• In order to get college students to work out
more, it is important to both increase
motivationand increase ability

18. What This Means
• In order to get college students to work out
more, it is important to both increase
motivationand increase ability
• Making a commitment to meet with a friend
at the gym can increase motivation

19. What This Means
• In order to get college students to work out
more, it is important to both increase
motivationand increase ability
• Making a commitment to meet with a friend
at the gym can increase motivation
• Changing where you study at night can
increase one’s ability to get to the gym and
work out

20. This doesn’t just matter for college
students!

21. Remember all these benefits of
working out…
• Reduces risk of heart disease, high blood
pressure, diabetes, and many other diseases
• Strengthens immune system
• Reduces stress
• Slows the aging process

22. What This Means
• Knowing how to get your employees to work
out more can do wonders for Corporate
Wellness programs and SAVE employers tons
of money in health care costs

23. What This Means
• Employers who want their employees to work
out more can build gyms into or near the
workplace, so it’ll be easier for employees to
work out at the end of the day before they go
home

24. What This Means
• Employers who want their employees to work
out more can build gyms into or near the
workplace, so it’ll be easier for employees to
work out at the end of the day before they go
home
• They can also set up a buddy system for work
out schedules

25. The End
• Karl Kumodzi is a student at
• Whether you’re a Stanford University studying
history and philosophy, and
hopes to use Behavior Design to
college student, an increase the quality of people’s
lives through the public and the
employer, or any •
social sectors.
Contact Karl at
individual looking to kumodzi@gmail.com for more
info.
work out more, I
hope you can take
some of these
insights and
incorporate them into
your health efforts.