What’s your plan for the winter?

If you have the space at home, I like alot of the exercise videos on youtube. Popsugar fitness is a great channel. Leslie Sansone is great for low-impact aerobic exericse at home- some of her workouts are on youtube.

ritzvin wrote: »

northdakota84 wrote: »

My problem in the winter isn't the temperature, it's the shortened daylight hours. I leave for work before the sun is up and by the time i get home at the end of the day it will be already be dusk or very close to it. That leaves only weekends for outdoor workouts. How do other people exercise outdoors when it's dark?

As I often find myself sarcastically saying to my suburban roadie buddies come fall (when they whine that they'll soon be stuck on the trainer): "so they make these things now we call lights". but seriously.. there have been major improvements in headlamps (cycling and running/hiking/helmets) and tail lights, LED vests, spoke lights, etc. in the last bunch of years.

Yup. There has been. But what hasn't improved is drivers paying attention more. I've been tapped by a car in full reflective gear (headlamp, vest, neon yellow shirt) when I was over halfway through the crosswalk. I feel like I could be lit up like a Christmas tree and I'd still be at risk.

NorthCascades wrote: »

I found out about a way to turn a ski trail I love into a loop. Looking forward to getting out there and exploring these connector trails. 😁

Last fall someone used a leaf blower on the smaller trails in my nearby state park. It was so cool! I found lots of trails, and also found the way out of a section that had previously stumped me.

Now my OH is talking about leafblowing the trails behind our house. He was never a walker, but since the summer has been walking our cat on a leash, got bored with our street, and headed into the woods.

While I really appreciated the leafblowing, I see this as such a guy thing. I do trail maintenance all the time but it would not occur to me in a million years to bring a leaf blower.

kshama2001 wrote: »

NorthCascades wrote: »

I found out about a way to turn a ski trail I love into a loop. Looking forward to getting out there and exploring these connector trails. 😁

Last fall someone used a leaf blower on the smaller trails in my nearby state park. It was so cool! I found lots of trails, and also found the way out of a section that had previously stumped me.

Now my OH is talking about leafblowing the trails behind our house. He was never a walker, but since the summer has been walking our cat on a leash, got bored with our street, and headed into the woods.

While I really appreciated the leafblowing, I see this as such a guy thing. I do trail maintenance all the time but it would not occur to me in a million years to bring a leaf blower.

I've run across the idea of "cleaning up the woods" in various forms, from various people. Speaking as someone who pretty much grew up in a (pretty big) woods . . . this strikes me as a very odd idea, generally speaking. Quixotic, even.

that is an excellent question, and I am in California so I plan on swimming throughout the cold months, and before you knock it, it still gets cold out here especially for an outdoor pool, but it all comes down to how bad do you want it, and if we work hard through the winter ie the "Eating Season" think Halloween candy, Thanksgiving turkey, Christmas ham, then New Years hors devours, and then the Super Bowl pizza and hot wings, then we will be that much ahead of the game come the New Years resolution warriors and just in time for summer time

Youtube! I have a few favorites... CDorner fitness, fitoutsidethebox, Sydney Cummings, Yvette Bachman...my neighborhood is not the best for outdoor cardio(esp if dark or wet). I do enjoy running outside near work where there are paved roads or a track.