This week I thought I would show you the creative side of workouts. I have devised a few fun things to do for each season. Though you may never have realized that these things produce fitness they do indeed. Hope you enjoy.
Winter:
1) Go build a snowman. Rolling a big ball of snow till it collects more and more snow is an incredible lower AND upper body workout. Plus you will burn an estimated 280 calories.
2) Do some snow shoveling for an hour and you will burn an estimated 400 calories.
3) Make some snow angels for an hour and you will burn an estimated 218 calories.
4) Best yet have a snowball fight and you will burn a whopping estimated 318 calories per hour plus let out some stress.
Spring:
1) Do some light yard work or gardening and you will burn an estimated 250 calories per hour.
2) Go for a nice bike ride at a moderate pace and you will burn an estimated 238 calories per hour.
3) If you are a golfer go play a round of golf and carry your own clubs to spark an estimated 265 calories per hour.
4) Pick your favorite trail or mountain path and go hiking for an estimated and whopping 380 calories per hour.
Summer:
1) Go for a refreshing swim and you will burn an estimated 413 calories per hour.
2) Go for an intense jog and you will burn an estimated 472 calories per hour.
3) Head down to the basketball courts and dribble your way to an estimated 472 calories per hour.
4) Take your usual aerobic routine outside and let the sun shine on you. Doing so will burn an estimated 413 calories.
Fall:
1) Go for a walk in your community and admire the beauty of nature and the colored leaves. All while burning an estimated 240 calories per hour.
2) Rake up some of those leaves for an hour and you will burn an estimated 218 calories per hour.
3) If you clean out your own gutters from all those leaves for an hour you will burn an estimated 250 calories.
4) And if you are trying to get in the last few lawn mows of the year take heart that you will burn an estimated 202 calories per hour.
All of the items above do indeed burn calories but they also get work your body in different ways that is great for fitness.
I am sure you can think of much more items that should be on this list. I have provided just a sampling. Be creative in your exercise approach and you will never get bored and you will always be at the top of your game.
Note: Most of the calories were calculated using the following profile:
135 pound female age 35 and five foot five. They were provided for example only. Your profile may be more or less then my example.
P.S. for the romantics out there squeeze in a minute kiss here and there and you will burn an estimated 26 calories. J
As always - I am available for personal training either in person (if in NJ) or over the web. If you feel you have stalled in your pursuit of fitness and need some expert knowledge to get you on track reach out to me.
Regards,
Eddie Camaroto CPT
Perfect You LLC
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I really do need to start moving more than just my mouth! I'd like to start with a walking program, nothing crazy but one that will give me gradual results in weight loss and just feeling better. What do you suggest? Also, I've heard that I should "warm up" before walking? I've walked my whole life and never "warmed up" to do it. Is it really necessary?
Jackie, A walking program can "help" in the process of weight loss but you still need a sound nutritional and weight training program to truely see results. BUT a walking program is still a GREAT way to start.
I suggest that the best way to start the walking program is strive for 10,000 steps a day see my post about this at http://personal-trainer-nj.blogspot.com/2009/03/walking-as-part-of-your-fitness-goals.html
This article is a great start to understanding the 10,000 steps rule.
When you are getting 10,000 steps a day seek me out again and I will talk to you about the correct way of creating a walking program. Studies have shown that 75% of people walking are doing it wrong and possible hurting themselves in the process. You would think walking is easy but from a science approach it is very complicated.
As for stretching "before" working out the latest science says that stretching before a workout can actually causes more bad then good. Stretching is currently recommended "after" a workout.
But one still needs to be warming up the body before any exercise. This type of warmup is called "functional stretching".
Functional stretching is preparing the body for what it is about to be asked to do: Let me explain: If you are about to do a walking routine then you should do some light squats, some calf raises, and some lunges. This warms up the muscles that are going to be used for the task. A great example is a baseball player in the on-deck-circle swinging the bat with a metal or rubber "doughnut" on the bat to make it heavier so that their muscles can be stretched in the way the are about to be asked to perform.
To make stretching more complicated - there's some solid research that says too much stretching is particularly bad for knee pain sufferers. If you have knee problems seek me out "Before" you start stretching.
I could spend hours talking about stretching so I hope my reply at least touches on the basics to get you started.
Good Luck,
Eddie Camaroto CEO
Perfect You LLC
1-732-319-9616
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