Do you skip the gym in freezing weather?

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  • serenapitala
    serenapitala Posts: 441 Member
    Nope, my gym is heated and I get warm working out. (I think most gyms are heated...?)

    If you're worried about sweat, dry it off. If you're worried about how cold it is outside, wear long johns and a big coat and boots!

    Of course, I'm in Texas. My idea of being cold is a lot like your idea of spring. But I've lived in Minneapolis and dealt with gyms in -5! If a Texan can do it, what's your excuse? XD
    Love this
  • SGT_Reg
    SGT_Reg Posts: 186 Member
    Depends on your level of commitment.

    Do you want to only be healthy when the weather is warm?
  • vim_n_vigor
    vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
    I live in the northernmost city in Canada with a population over a million...so yes. Yes I do. It gets down to -40 here (same in fahrenheit and centigrade), so there's no way I'm leaving my house in that sort of ridiculousness! There's no plug-ins at the gym, and my car often refuses to start at that temp...so not about to risk being stranded in subzero temperatures. Instead, I'll pop in an exercise DVD or use my stair-stepper.

    ETA:

    -7 F = -21 C -- original poster put her temps in fahrenheit, so it's colder than it actually sounds to Canadians.

    You have a pass! That is too cold for anyone to go out for non-emergency situations!
  • CrisAlex
    CrisAlex Posts: 236 Member
    Just do it - you'll feel better afterwards. If you really want to stay in, you can do videos at home. My go-tos are the Insanity and Cathe DVDs. Plus I have a gym in my building so no excuses for me.
  • SGT_Reg
    SGT_Reg Posts: 186 Member
    Never. Do you skip work when it's cold too?

    Nice
  • 714rah714
    714rah714 Posts: 759 Member
    I hate winter, the only good thing about it is that there is nothing else to do except go the gym.
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    I just got home from work, it's around 7:30am. Usually I hit the gym on my way home, but right now in Milwaukee it's -7 out, so cold it's painful! Am I wrong for skipping the gym when it's that cold out? I don't want to go outside all sweaty (there's no showers at the gym I go to). Does anyone else wimp out when it's freezing out?

    I'm from GA living in MI....first off, I WOULD HAVE A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN IF IT WAS -7 HERE! And I probably will at the rate we're going -_-

    Anywho, I genuinely hate winter so I around November when it really started getting cold, I made sure I always go straight to the gym from work. During the warmer months, I could go home, watch tv and then go. That won't happen now. I also started bringing my dinner to work with me.

    I understand if you don't do it though! LORD! Maybe get some workout DVDs for the winter?

    Oh dear. You must be new.

    Last winter? Yeah. That was like a ****ing cakewalk of amazingness. Get ready girl.
  • Blondie1984
    Blondie1984 Posts: 75 Member
    -7 isnt too much here for Canadians. I still run outside in this weather :)
  • Honeybea86
    Honeybea86 Posts: 107
    No I don't skip the gym when it's freezing out. I go to the gym when it's freezing out so I don't have to work out in colorado frigid cold air.
  • bmqbonnie
    bmqbonnie Posts: 836 Member
    Well it's -23 here and my car won't start, so maybe today, but otherwise no. It's actually always hotter than heck in the gym, I wish they'd dial it back a little.
  • bcf7683
    bcf7683 Posts: 1,653 Member
    Nope. I let my car run for a good 15 minutes with the heat blasting, layer on the clothes, and get my butt out the door. I go to the gym at 4:30am, it was a steamy 2 degrees when I left this morning.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Nah....my gym is climate controlled...heated in winter and A/C in summer. The only way I skip it is if road conditions become too perilous to be out on the road, which is pretty rare here in Albuquerque.
  • Tiffanie0407
    Tiffanie0407 Posts: 112
    well actually I can't really answer that my gym is in my house
  • mallen404
    mallen404 Posts: 266 Member
    I just got home from work, it's around 7:30am. Usually I hit the gym on my way home, but right now in Milwaukee it's -7 out, so cold it's painful! Am I wrong for skipping the gym when it's that cold out? I don't want to go outside all sweaty (there's no showers at the gym I go to). Does anyone else wimp out when it's freezing out?

    I live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.. Minus 7 is warm. It can get up to -50 ( degree celcius) here.

    YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE TO NOT GO FOR -7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I go to the gym in -50!
  • piggydog
    piggydog Posts: 322
    No I get extra exercise because I run like mad from my warm car to the gym door lol
  • toomuchbootyindapants
    toomuchbootyindapants Posts: 811 Member
    It was -2 when I went to my workout this morning....and I work out in a warehouse style gym that is heated, but not much. ;) I went to wash my hands after using the restroom and SLUSH came out of the faucet head. LOL! I wouldn't miss a workout because it was cold out - forget that. Now, if there were ten feet of snow on the ground - well, that's another story. ;)
  • bluecrush1203
    bluecrush1203 Posts: 22 Member
    -11 here in Michigan. If you really want to skip the gym why not just work out at home? There are plenty of bodyweight exercises you can do in your own living room!
  • melbogg
    melbogg Posts: 135 Member
    I skip everything when its cold outside! Recently moved from Texas to Delaware and have only worked out a handful of times.............I'm so ready for spring
  • laughingdani
    laughingdani Posts: 2,275 Member
    I workout at home, so it's not much of an issue unless I want to go running.

    But to put it bluntly, your body doesn't "skip out" on storing fat or getting weak when it's cold outside.
    So we can't stop either.
  • TheRealPDouble
    TheRealPDouble Posts: 153
    the colder the better!
  • Jerrypeoples
    Jerrypeoples Posts: 1,541 Member
    cold to me isnt really an excuse not to go to the gym. unless the only parking is 5.6 miles away. the only precaution i take when it is that cold out and i am at the gym is i try to stay away from machines near the door.

    i also have started taking an extra shirt and a plastic shopping back with me to the gym. at the end of my workout i hit the locker room, dry off and put my dry shirt on. i live 2 miles from the gym and it is just more comfortable to shower at home, plus i can sing when at home as i sudz up
  • Chicagogrey
    Chicagogrey Posts: 2
    I work out at home when I don't want to leave the house. Plenty of DVDs/online videos to choose from! :)
  • Dawnhasajeep
    Dawnhasajeep Posts: 180 Member
    I love going to the indoor pool and swimming when its freezing out. I close my eyes and do the back stork and pretend I am in the Caribbean somewhere.
  • sanndandi
    sanndandi Posts: 300 Member
    It's 18 here in CT, i went ahead and took my dog for her daily walk but it was just too cold with the wind starting to pick up so we cut our usual 40 minutes down to about 25 and that's good enough for me, besides I did the rest of my workout indoors.
  • MarthasVineyard
    MarthasVineyard Posts: 35 Member
    I woke up today to an ice and snow covered car at 4 a.m., sighed, put on my coat and started scraping. Left the gym feeling great! I am not a winter girl. My morning workouts help me get through the long winter days. As I'm working out, I think about summer, days at the beach and finally being able to wear a cute little sundress :)

    Keep at it, but don't beat yourself up for one day off. We all need them!
  • serenapitala
    serenapitala Posts: 441 Member
    Minnesota native here. I used to have to run out side in - 30 degree weather.
    I'm a Minnesota native too, but that's something I wouldn't do. I'm doing a 5k this weekend and I am really hoping the forecast holds up and it gets above ten that day. If it is below zero I may just wuss out. Also, I just looked it up and it's colder than I thought here, -12 without windchill. Apparently I am too used to the cold because I really thought it was around -6.
  • StefieLou
    StefieLou Posts: 45 Member
    Its only 6 degrees where I am today. When its SUPER cold, I skip my outside walk, and thats when I DO end up going to the gym.

    Now if its snowing really hard, and the roads are slippery, I skip the gym
  • Shara126
    Shara126 Posts: 144 Member
    I just got home from work, it's around 7:30am. Usually I hit the gym on my way home, but right now in Milwaukee it's -7 out, so cold it's painful! Am I wrong for skipping the gym when it's that cold out? I don't want to go outside all sweaty (there's no showers at the gym I go to). Does anyone else wimp out when it's freezing out?

    I'm in Wauwatosa and I am saying screw it!! I have about a 6 minute walk to our other building to use our fitness center and I am not up for the walk because the frigid dry air irritates my asthma. I am getting in a DVD workout tonight. Getting my sweat on with Bob Harper is a good way to end my evening;)
  • morningmud
    morningmud Posts: 477 Member
    We have mild winters here but there have been a couple of cold days that I opted to do a Zumba video at home or something like that.
  • mkookies
    mkookies Posts: 67 Member
    It's -10*C here (Ontario, Canada), feels like -25*C... it's a total blizzard out there and all the roads in the area are closed. But I got my *kitten* out of bed, bundled up real nice, and WALKED to Bootcamp.

    YOU CAN DO IT!!!

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