Los Angeles-Based Fitness & Media Company O2 Max Helps College Students Avoid The Freshman 15 With New Health And Fitness Ebook

Online, December 19, 2012 (Newswire.com) - No one wants to gain the Freshman 15 in college, but many students do. In college, students are busy keeping up with their heavy workload, making new friends, and finding a niche at their new school. Staying healthy and fit is often low on the list. Revolutionary wellness company O2 MAX makes it easier for college students to ward off the Freshman 15 with a new health ebook, contests, and group fitness.

The new ebook, "College Fit Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Stay Fit, Fight the Freshman 15 and More," is all about keeping off the pounds and being healthy in college. The guesswork is taken out of the equation for stressed college students. O2 MAX has done the research and planning. The guide helps students be healthy in the least stressful way possible.

"College Fit Guide" tackles nutrition with dorm-room meals that need only five ingredients for five different recipes. Students are shown how to navigate their cafeterias to make healthier food decisions. The easily-accessible food at college can be hard on freshmen, but this guide teaches them how to fill up without blowing up. "College Fit Guide" also tackles exercise. Students learn different ways to stay active on campus, whether in fitness classes or intramural sports or right in their dorms. The sample workout routine requires little space and almost no equipment, allowing students to perform the workouts without leaving their rooms.

To jumpstart students' healthy lifestyles, two online personalities also offer their tips and tricks. Euchante, a YouTube beauty blogger, and Taralynn McNitt, a healthy food blogger, share fitness ideas and motivation to help students start college on the right foot. Purchasers of the guide will also be helping a good cause: each purchase donates $1 to Operation Prom, a nonprofit dedicated to aiding girls in need. "College Fit Guide" is a great holiday gift for one's friend, child, or sibling; it's a fun way to get the 2013 started right.

In addition to the guide, anyone can enter O2 MAX's exciting contests, which utilize the free Smart Phone app Glueper. This fun gaming app gives players the chance to win prizes including stability balls, fitness bands, cute tank tops, and the ultimate prize, a free Event Ready Fitness package. To encourage group fitness, O2 MAX is also offering free training videos when three friends sign up.

About O2 MAX Fitness: O2 MAX is a youth fitness media company based in Santa Monica focusing on lifestyle transition fitness programs for high school and college students. The founder, Karen Jashinsky is a Certified Fitness Trainer and the recent recipient of the First "Emerging Female Leader" Award by IHRSA, the fitness industry's professional organization. In 2007 she was also named "One of the 25 most influential young leaders in the fitness industry" by IHRSA. For more information please visit www.maxufitness.com

For Press or Review inquiries contact Karen Jashinsky by e-mail [email protected] or phone (310) 927-7526.
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