Time for a weekly check-in for Eat Live Be. This week’s theme is Baby, It’s Cold Outside. It’s obviously about how we keep fit when it’s too cold to do anything but run to the car and back inside. Quickly.
It is cold outside. 21 degrees. While some people can put on some warm layers and go for a run despite the biting wind, I cannot. Maybe — and that’s a big maybe — if there wasn’t ice involved, I could suit up. But it’s doubtful. So I’m stuck inside until the ice melts and the air doesn’t hurt to breathe it.
Here’s what I’m doing indoors right now:
- Jillian Michaels’ 30 Day Shred. I downloaded it via iTunes last year and break it out when I know I can’t get out and about on the trail. I hate it. I hate Jillian Michaels. I hate the advanced chick who very obviously cheats when she thinks the camera is not on her. But? It works. It’s a great workout. I just started a new 30 days, and the best thing about this time around is that FireDad is doing it with me.
- Exercise.TV yoga workouts. Most specifically Cardio Yoga and Yoga for Hips, Buns and Thighs. I also downloaded these from iTunes last year. These two are my favorites, though I have some others that are meant for easier “off” days that aren’t really off days. ExerciseTV also has some other great videos for download (I prefer downloading than their free videos because our Internet is slow and makes live videos skip), so I might add some more non-yoga ones in for some variety. Their website actually has more downloadable stuff than they have on iTunes, so check it out as well.
- I signed up for a yoga class at the YMCA. I was, at the time of registration for this session, only free on Monday evenings. Which only left Power Yoga with one of the more difficult trainers as the instructor. I almost didn’t sign up, intimidated by her awesomeness. I signed up anyway. I’m not as advanced as I probably should be for this class, but it should be a great learning experience.
- Just Dance 2. I didn’t ever put this into the context of a workout until Carmen mentioned it. And now I add it in on days that FireDad is at work (meaning that I have a day off from 30 Day Shred). I do one of my yoga workouts and a 20-40 minute session of Just Dance 2. And I get so darn sweaty — and feel so darn awesome — that I can’t deny it’s a great workout. And it’s fun.
I should be working out at the YMCA on the elliptical and a few machines as well, but I hate the January crowds. Probably by mid-February, when everyone else has gone home, I’ll try to get back into a groove at the gym. Until then, I’ll be working it at home and ignoring the cold.
I honestly can’t wait until it warms up and I can get back outside. I do love winter. And, let’s be honest, sled-riding with your kids is a total workout. But I need some air that I can actually breathe before I can get back outside and start trying to run again.
So tell me, what do you do to stay fit when it’s too cold to go outside? I could use a few more ideas for variety! Do share! I’ll be checking out some of the other participants’ posts today for some great cold-weather recipes.
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