Winter Workouts

[Lamb]

What sort of workouts do you do in the winter that might be different from your workouts during the other seasons?

 

[Rens]

Nothing, I bike the whole year through because I have to lol

 

[Lamb]

I can't bike outside where I live because the roads are unsafe but I do have my bike hooked up to a trainer in the basement

 

[Krissy Cakes]

I would love to get a treadmill. As walking in the cold hurts my chest.

 

[Lamb]

We have a treadmill but it needs a new belt put on. The walking tread got some holes in it from age and use and a new belt would be over $100. I'm not sure if it's worth it though since I walk mostly outside.

You should look in the papers to see if anyone is giving theirs away for real cheap?

 

[Rens]

We have standing bikes at the office now. You can bike while working LOL. Some do it, looks really weird.

 

[Lamb]

Standing bikes at work? I would have loved that!! I hated being seated all day and getting no exercise whatsoever. I'm still working off the weight I gained in 2 years!

 

[tango]

What sort of workouts do you do in the winter that might be different from your workouts during the other seasons?

Shovelling snow is a surprisingly effective workout, not one I tend to do very often in the summertime

Hiking isn't as readily available in the winter, although I'm looking into getting some winter-friendly clothing so I can still do at least some walking done even if I stick to the mountain roads rather than the trails. Where trails are steep and rocky I can see them being treacherous in the snow.

An indoor bicycle is boring as far as exercise goes but works much better in the winter than the summer. When it's a struggle to keep the place cool the last thing you need is a workout that makes you sweat a lot but without moving the air over you to help cool and evaporate the sweat.

 

[Lamb]

Our area doesn't get very much snowfall to count on it being a workout too often The first year we lived here it snowed a lot but the 2nd year not much. We had our blizzard last year but that was the really major snow we got and I hurt my elbow from shoveling tooooooo much snow!

I walked on the paved trail that is close to the parking lot at the park I go to and I'm wondering if they plow it during the winter? A lot of people walk on that instead of the trails that I do. I suppose if this paved trail doesn't ice up much that I can always do it. It's 1 mile around so I can do it a few times.

 

[NewCreation435]

What sort of workouts do you do in the winter that might be different from your workouts during the other seasons?

I like to run but will not run in the cold. I will either go to the gym or not run. I have some dumbbells at home that I can do indoor exercises with if I ever get the motivation to do so, which is irregular to say the least.

 

[Lamb]

I haven't had to wear my winter coat outside yet! I'm seeing how long I can hold out!! So for my walking/hiking I wear a fleece jacket.

 

[tango]

I haven't had to wear my winter coat outside yet! I'm seeing how long I can hold out!! So for my walking/hiking I wear a fleece jacket.

As of yet I haven't needed to wear much more than normal for my hikes. The days it's been a little chilly when I set off have soon warmed up to the point I've been glad not to have been wearing long sleeves and long pants. The one day I did wear long sleeves I regretted it for most of my walk, and until I started finding ticks on my pant legs (long pants, as I wear if I don't know if the trails will be overgrown) I had my shirt rolled up as far as it would go in a desperate attempt to keep cool.

 

[Lamb]

I bought a new fleece jacket with a hood for my hikes/walks. Sometimes I forget to bring a hat and sometimes it rains so this will be nice!

 

[Lamb]

I haven't done any workouts in a few days and I NEED to get back to it. My favorite park is closed tomorrow so maybe my daughter and I will walk "around the block" which is about 50 minutes with 2 big hills. It will do!