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Trying to stay fit during the winter season?
We all get lazy during the winter.
Piping hot food, sugary drinks, and cozying up in bed is what makes winters great.
But it’s also a time where you put on a lot of weight.
The good news is there are plenty of ways to lose it.
In today’s video, we’ll be talking about various ways to keep fit outside the gym during
winter.
Of course, taking the staircase should be your top priority.
What do active TV viewing and mall walking have to do with it?
We’ll be talking about all of these AND more…
1.
Take the stairs If you’re unable to go to the gym, or don’t
have access to it, one of the best ways to do cardio is using the stairs.
You can walk or run up and down your staircase at home.
This works as a high intensity workout for both cardio and legs.
For those just starting out on this kind of workout, you can walk the hallways after every
few floors so that you don’t strain your muscles or stress yourself too much.
After you’ve run two or three floors, you can take a break and do a slow walk through
the hallway before going back to the stairs.
You can increase the intensity of your exercises as well.
Instead of one stair at a time, try taking two at a time.
You can try sprinting up a few floors as well.
Another thing you can do is jumping jacks between various floors.
You can even try this free foolproof stairs workout.
Before doing this 30 minute exercise, you need to warm up.
It’s simple.
All you need to do is walk up the stairs, taking them one at a time.
Climb at a slow pace.
This will warm up your quads, hamstrings, glutes and calves, as well as your hips and
core.
After warming up, you pickup the pace.
Run up the stairs to continue loosening your legs and get your heart pumping.
Do this for a minute.
Now comes the main part of this stair workout.
You’ll be doing Bulgarian split squats.
Start at the bottom of the stairs.
You should be facing away about 2–3 feet in front of the bottom stair.
Now, lift your left foot onto the second or third stair so it’s at about knee height.
Rest your toe on the stair and assume a lunge position.
Lower your right leg, keeping your torso straight and hips square.
Make sure your knee doesn’t fall over your toe.
Extend your right leg, then repeat.
Switch legs after 10–12 reps.
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2.
Active TV viewing This one sounds weird doesn’t it?
Watching television is one of the most common activities at home.
Well, it’s not so much an activity as it is sitting on your couch without moving.
You’re most likely going to be snacking while you’re watching the television, which
means you’re just adding on to the calorie count.
Instead, you can make your television viewing more active.
While your favorite shows are on, you can try jogging or skipping on the spot.
This way, you’ll be doing a workout while staying entertained.
You can also increase the intensity by doing squats and push ups while the commercials
are going.
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Indoor sports Indoor sports are another way you can substitute
the gym and still get a workout.
It can be a team sport or an individual sport.
Games like basketball or badminton are great to get a good workout from your session.
If you don’t want to play a sport, you can try aerobics classes or sign up for dance.
There are other group fitness sessions you can check out as well.
If you’re looking to change things up, you can actually combine two or more activities
to increase the intensity.
For instance, you can try doing yoga right after you finish a session of pick-up basketball.
Or you could do Zumba in the morning, and play a few games of volleyball at night.
4.
Home workouts If you don’t want to leave your house for
workouts, you can always go on YouTube.
There are a number of aerobic routines available for you to watch and follow.
You’ll be able to do these workouts, even when you have limited indoor space.
You won’t need a lot of equipment to do these workouts either.
You will only need a few things like resistance bands, a stability ball, weights and a jump
rope.
To increase the intensity of the workouts, you can mix and match them.
For instance, if you want to do some workouts that burn fat, the best thing would be to
do some resistance training sets along with high intensity cardio.
Even if you do this for just 30 minutes, you’ll still burn more calories than you would have
on the treadmill at the gym.
You may even want to switch over to a home workout full time.
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5.
Dancing One of the best ways to get the same benefit
as a gym session is through a dance workout.
Not only does it have a lot of structure, you can even have fun while you do it.
You’ll be able to burn calories to the beats of some of your favorite songs.
All you need are a couple songs you love, along with three songs you haven’t heard
in a long time.
This way, you won’t get bored of your music while dancing your calories away.
If you want to increase the intensity of these workouts, you can try different things when
the choruses are being sung.
For instance, you can do jumping jacks, push ups or even burpees when it breaks to the
chorus.
6.
Mall walking Everyone loves shopping and malls are a great
place to do just that.
But you can use the mall for doing your walking routine as well.
This is especially true during the winter season, as the roads and sidewalks are often
covered in snow.
You don’t need to spend money to visit the mall.
You can just go window shopping while doing your routine.
A one-hour brisk walk will help you burn around 300 to 400 calories on average.
If you want to increase the intensity of the workout, you can use the multiple levels that
are usually present in malls.
Try to use the stairs instead of the escalators.
This way you’ll use your leg muscles.
7.
Ice skating If you have some ice rinks in your neighbourhood,
it’s one of the best ways to workout.
Not only is it a good aerobic workout, it’s also a great way to socialize with your friends
and neighbours.
Of course, you don’t have to do triple axels to get the heart pumping.
If you have a wide space to yourself, you can skate as fast as you can for that distance.
Then make a complete stop and touch the floor with your hand.
Sprint back to the starting position and touch the floor again.
You can do this 3 times, one minute a piece.
Skate slowly between each set so you can catch your breath.
As you get better at it, you can increase the distance and the time duration of the
sprints.
You can also try resting for a shorter period.
8.
Snow sprints Try doing snow sprints outside to burn your
calories.
Of course, you need to make sure you’re fully covered in layers to protect yourself
from the cold.
You also need to wear water-resistant shoes or something appropriate.
Considering that ice usually doesn’t form on grass, it’s generally safe to run on
snow when it’s on a field.
You can try running or jogging.
If you want to increase the intensity, you can try walking lunges, which increase the
number of calories you burn.
This is because the muscles have to be extra hard to keep you stabilized in the snow.
Even playing in the snow can be helpful in cutting down your calories.
When you do your workouts in snow, going back to a normal surface will be a whole lot easier.
9. Make housework exercise time
You know a great way to burn a few extra calories?
Doing chores around the house!
This way, both you and your house will be fit.
An average 150 lbs person burns around 190 calories scrubbing floors each half hour.
Raking leaves will burn 170 calories, washing the car burns 150, and mowing the lawn burns
165.
Even a simple sweep of the garage for 10 minutes would burn 40 calories.
It’s time you get working!
Your fitness is so important.
There are so many methods to staying fit, not just during winter, but all year round!
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Will you be doing any of these workouts this winter?
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