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Vote in This Week’s Poll: What are your exercise plans over the holidays?

19-12-2009

Tagged Under : Weeks, Weeks Poll

We only have a couple of weeks left in 2009 and those weeks will be jam-packed for many of us. With all the travel, parties, visitors, shopping and wrapping presents, will there be any time to exercise?

I’m sure you know my thoughts on that – there’s always time to exercise. The trouble is keeping it a priority so you actually make time for it. A few tips that may help:

Go early: You may not like 5 a.m. workouts but, getting in a morning routine will give you energy for the rest of the day. Go short: Got 10 minutes? Choose 10 high intensity exercises and do each for 1 minute for a timesaver workout. Some ideas: Jumping jacks, pushups, burpees, squats, lunges, dips, mountain climbers, jump rope, ski hops, squat jumps. Go family: If you’re visiting family (or they’re visiting you), taking walks or runs together is a great way to reconnect – and get out of the house for awhile. Go simple: If you can’t do structured workouts, take advantage of opportunities to move – walking around the mall, playing Wii with the relatives, tossing a football in the backyard or, of course, the Holiday Arm Curl (i.e., bend the elbow to curl the drink towards the lips and extend the elbow to lower it back down).

This week, I’ll be offering more ideas for how to keep some movement going, but I want to hear from you. What are your exercise plans over the holidays? Will you workout more or will you wing it and see what you can squeeze in? Do you have any tips for exercising over the holidays? Leave a comment and tell us about it.

Edited to add: The poll only works if you vote from the rather than the and heck if I can figure out why. If you can’t vote, leave a comment to tell us what you’re doing over the holidays.

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