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[CMECRZN]

OK. Let's start planning for what we are going to do to continue to get our exercise in during these upcoming cold winter months!!

I realize that not everyone has the problem of adjusting your exercise plans for the winter months, but for those that are in the northern areas of the country, it can be a real issue.

For example, I have been walking and biking all summer. This has worked great for me (as a non-native exerciser!!) but the time is coming up really quickly that there will be snow on the ground and those 2 options are done until Spring. So, I have been in the process of figuring out how I am going to continue to get enough exercise so I don't go into a stall over the Holidays and beyond.

My Plans:

1, Just bought a recumbent exercise bike and planted it right in front of my TV. At least 30 minutes per day.... minimum!!!
2. Dust off the treadmill and plug it in and use it!! We mounted another TV right in front of it on the wall. At least 30 minutes per day.... minimum!!!
3. Investigate a new boxing club that just opened up around the corner. No plans yet, but curious about it.

What are YOUR plans???

[Blessed4Life2]

My plans are much like yours Deb......Treddy and my Elliptical. It really is a challenge to workout in the winter ...but it MUST be done!

Great idea for a new thread, btw.

[Susanjt]

I love my DVDs and exercise TV. My favorite DVDs are a Chris Freytag kickboxing DVD; any Amy Dixon DVD - she's awesome; I found a kettlebell routine, Power Body: Kettlebell Bootcamp with Angie Miller (2009) that's a little flat from a "production value" standpoint but it has a large number of short routines (4-11 min ea) that you can mix and match - allows you to start slow and build. On exercise TV, during any season, I like the 360 yoga routine. It's a 9 min routine that is energizing, simple and a great way to start your day. I also use Leslie Samsone routines on exercise TV when it's raining or other inclement weather.

Since we already got hit with snow in the Northeast, much like last year I foresee snow shoveling as part of my winter regimen

[Savana]

Treadmill and powerwalking for me...doesn't get that cold here.

BTW/ Debbie,how is your new bike? Do you love it?? And,did you say boxing? You go girl!!!!


Savana

[CMECRZN]

I think I am going to like the bike. I just got it on Friday so the new smell hasn't wore off yet!!! And yes I am a bit curious about boxing. If nothing else I am thinking the guys at work might be a little nervous about messing with me!!! 😜

[I Called Jenny]

You mean sitting in front of the TV eating my JC meal isn't considered enough exercise?

OK, I'll come up with another plan.

Phyllis

[CMECRZN]

Phyllis, I doubt that in South Florida you have to deal with much snow and cold!!! ;-)

[I Called Jenny]

CMECRZN, on 30 October 2011 - 11:53 AM, said:

Phyllis, I doubt that in South Florida you have to deal with much snow and cold!!! ;-)

LOL - actually that's WHY we moved to Florida! Seriously!

My last winter in NY there was an ice storm while I was at work and it took me a couple of hours in the freezing rain/sleet to chip my way into my car! That was it. I was through. Then when we came to FL on vacation and I realized that people LIVED here, my DH and I decided to move. No family, no friends, no jobs - just gorgeous weather. (Of course that's the type of irrational decision you can make when you're in your early 20s. Now I'd have to have all sorts of plans and decisions in place. But, still, it was the best decision we could have made.)

We actually look forward to winter because then it's not so oppressively hot (of course, you don't have to shovel "heat" - LOL) that you can actually walk outside without dying of the heat and humidity.

But we DO get some cold weather and we often look forward to the unseasonable cold - 30s to 40s - for short periods. But last winter, it stayed that way for about a month! Besides almost destroying the tourism business and crops, the "novelty" of the cold got old very quickly and we were thrilled when it went back into the 60s and 70s (most people down here don't own winter coats, hats or gloves).

So, yes, I will be doing more walking outside my home (as opposed to in front of the TV with a Leslie Sansone video).

Phyllis

[camelsrule]

Well thankfully North Carolina, the winter isn't too cold so we'll probably still be about to get out on some weekend afternoons for jogs/walks. Beyond that, I'll still be doing my treadmill in the morning, trying to layer in some strength training in the evenings.

For me, the bigger challenge is the start of "busy season" after the first of the year. While I trust my ability to keep going with the JC foods during that time, exercise can be tough when you are working A LOT and not sleeping enough.

[CindyMor]

I live in Buffalo.....enough said. Haha

[CMECRZN]

CindyMor, on 30 October 2011 - 09:04 PM, said:

I live in Buffalo.....enough said. Haha

OMG.... I do! My sister used to live just south of Syracuse. She measured snowfalls in feet instead of inches. Or by her second floor balcony. YIKES!!!

[CindyMor]

CMECRZN, on 31 October 2011 - 03:12 AM, said:

OMG.... I do! My sister used to live just south of Syracuse. She measured snowfalls in feet instead of inches. Or by her second floor balcony. YIKES!!!

LOL....that's what we do here, and they are projecting this as one of the worst winters coming, we get horrible lake effect storms... My husband wants to buy a new snow blower, but I told him he has me...Good exercise, great to burn calories. Do you live in the city??

[CindyMor]

CMECRZN, on 31 October 2011 - 03:12 AM, said:

OMG.... I do! My sister used to live just south of Syracuse. She measured snowfalls in feet instead of inches. Or by her second floor balcony. YIKES!!!

LOL....that's what we do here, and they are projecting this as one of the worst winters coming, we get horrible lake effect storms... My husband wants to buy a new snow blower, but I told him he has me...Good exercise, great to burn calories. Do you live in the city??

[CMECRZN]

No I am in Columbus Ohio. I avoid I-90 like the plague after Nov 1 each year!!! I don't shovel snow. My back would be in agonizing pain for months if I tried. I have to stick with the easy on your back exercises.

[Dshireman]

I was pleased to see this thread on the forums as this is something I have been thinking about the last couple of days. Walking in the mall is still a fun option for me, but the distance from the mall door to where my car is parked can often be long (in fact I rather like that it is long for a little extra distance to the walk) but walking through the cold with sweat soaked clothes is not a good idea.

I don't want to return to the gym for a couple of reasons; but what I have been rearranging my finances for is to resume taking dance lessons. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays will see two hours in the evenings when I could attend dance classes (well every other thursday at least) and the lovely thing about the dance studio is that I'd be able to take an extra shirt for me to change into, and the parking lot is much smaller. Fridays will see one class I am interested in attending, and Saturdays also offer a class. I like the dancing a lot more than the gym, even though I do recognize that the gym, much like my walks, offers a steady pace of exercise, where as with the dancing there are periodic interuptions to the activity for instructions or just the need to rest. But to be honest, hoping for 2 hours of dancing three days a week is setting a high goal, but since I have spent the last two months working m walking up to a comfortable 1 hour four or five times a week, I think I could do well with the dancing. Even if it was just one hour four or five nights a week like I was doing before over the summer that would be awesome.

there is also an exercise bike in the spare bedroom at my home that my parents bought for me a year or two ago that i never really used because my large belly made well, difficult, uncomfortable, upset my stomach, etc etc to use; but I figure even if I just start doing five minutes on it each day then that would be a good thing. Plus when the rain comes, I'm going to have to rely on that bike and my exercise/dance videos at home. And some day i'll be more fit and ready to take up those yoga - pilate videos again (but last time I did that stuff i was 150 lbs. lighter so will probably have to file those as long term options).

anyway those are all my thoughts and beginnings of plans, thanks for letting me share them.

[CMECRZN]

Dancing is a GREAT exercise and a GREAT idea!! What do dance lessons cost in your area?

[Storyteller Mark]

I do Insanity (which is a 7 week program) its a bit intense, based on track n field and muscle confusion. But, doing it one and a half times the whole way through and winter is nearly done!!!