How to Burn Extra Calories this Winter

During the Winter months, too many of us dread the snow and wish we had warmer weather. We also tend to use Winter as an excuse to stay in doors!  Be sure to dress warm, then you should go outside and have fun while you are burning those extra calories!

Build a Snowman – When was the last time you built a snowman when it snowed? It’s not just for the kids, and when you are working on building your very own Frosty, you will burn about 240 calories an hour.

Ice Skating – This is one of my favorite things to do in the Winter time! You don’t have to be doing triple axel jumps to get a good exercise with Ice Skating. All you need to do is just try to balance yourself and keep moving forward – oh, and have some fun! While you are Ice Skating, you will be burning an average of 470 calories an hour. Not bad!

Snowball fight - Have a friendly snowball fight with your kids, and plan on burning 319 calories an hour.

Cross Country Skiing – Looking for a good workout while enjoying some beautiful scenery? With Cross Country Skiing, you will burn an average of 610 calories burned per hour. That’s a lot of calories you will burn without realizing you are working out. Ok, you will know you are working out, but this definitely beats the treadmill at the gym. Enjoy the scenery!

Snow Shoeing – Enjoy some time Snow Shoeing! Unlike Cross Country Skiing, you can go uphill, downhill, and on flat tundra. With this fun activity,  you will burn about 540 calories an hour.

Sledding – I love sledding and never knew that I could burn about 460 calories an hour! That’s a lot of calories being burned while going up that big hill so you can sled all of the way down.

Snowboarding – One of the great things about Snowboarding is that you can go up and down the hill for hours and not even realize how much time has passed you. The next day, you can feel it: 450 calories burned per hour!

Now that you have fun activities to do, you can start singing “Let is Snow!” and actually mean it.

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Cycling

Cycling is a fun way to get your body moving. I remember when I was younger I could ride my bike for hours since I was just having fun, feeling the wind in my face, and viewing the scenery. Back then, I didn’t realize that riding my bike (cycling) was actually good for me and that I was exercising.

Health benefits

Cycling is good for you for several reasons. First of all, it is a great cardiovascular workout (helps fight against heart disease). Cycling tones your muscles, such as your butt, your thigh muscles, and your calf muscles. More toned muscle comes with helping your body burn those calories, which if you want to lose weight, is a good thing. If you need to make sure you are careful with your knees, cycling is a great way to go. Cycling is easier on your joints than running for example, and can also help improve your joint’s movement, and reduces your risk of arthritis (which is usually caused by worn out cartilage in your joints).

Healthy you, Happy World

Another reason I can have an appreciation for Cycling? It’s not only good for your body, but also good for the environment. No pollution is a good thing, and something I just have to promote.

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The Frisbee Workout!

For those who might not like to go to the gym or “workout”, here is an idea for you: Frisbee. That’s right, play Frisbee with your kids, with your dog, or with a friend. And if you can, play Frisbee when it is really windy outside – It makes it more challenging.

I recently played Frisbee (the first time in years), and with the wind blowing at the lack of aim and catching coordination, I was left running after the Frisbee again…and again. I ended up running around a lot, but I didn’t mind because I was having fun and wasn’t thinking about myself working out, but just playing this game and trying to improve at it.

As adults working all day every day in this little office/desk/cubicle, it can be hard to get up and do something. Try to find something you enjoy that helps you stay active, gets you moving, and hopefully laughing all at the same time. By the end of it, you will have had fun, and burned some calories all at the same time. Good for your mood and your body all at the same time.

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