Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Maintain Your Cardio Activity During the Winter Months


People generally tend to cut back on their cardio training during the cold winter months and lean towards increased inactivity. This may be due to the weather making it a more difficult task to get to the gym, excessive holiday partying, or the poor outdoor conditions making it too difficult to perform your regular outdoor cardio routine. These are all reasonable explanations but it is no reason to cut back on one of the most important aspects of your training regiment.

Bring your cardio indoors and work the treadmill, elliptical, exercise bike, or rower. You can make it more fun and interesting by setting distance and time goals for yourself. Staying in shape and strong will also help boost your immune system and ward off those nasty winter illnesses.