Happy Friday! If you read yesterday afternoon’s post, you’ll know how my week has been. If you haven’t read it, go check it out – some great photos and a general life update from the week. It’s always an adventure around here! For today’s Friday Five linkup, Courtney, Mar and I decided to talk about our Favorite Winter Activities. I decided to focus on my Five Favorite Winter Fitness Activities because it’s getting chilly out there lately and we have to think of good things to look forward to about the winter. Right?
Are you with me?
Think happy, positive, glass-half-full-even-though-the-water-in-the-glass-is-frozen thoughts!
Since I already did a post about 5 Tips for Staying Fit Over the Holidays (check that link for ideas), I figured I’d focus on five fun favorite winter fitness activities.
1. Sledding. Last year I had so much fun sledding with my two older kids. The youngest is still a little young for this to be enjoyable, but the older two are the perfect ages! We just went down a small hill, but it was still a blast and a really good workout too.
2. Trying new fitness classes. Since the weather has been colder, I’ve hopped into a cycling class, yoga class, and I’m hoping to get back to Barre classes. I love trying new things and winter is a great time to branch out of my swim-bike-run routine. I re-upped my Pilates at work classes this winter, and those have been great for me.
3. Ice skating. I really enjoy ice skating and we’re trying to get my hockey-obsessed middle child to feel more comfortable on skates. He dreams of the day he’ll finally be a “hockey boy” so we’re making it our mission to take him skating more this winter. This is how it went last winter:
4. Swimming. I’ve mentioned swimming a lot recently since it’s a great indoor workout. It’s also a winter fitness activity that works your whole body.
5. Drinking wine and snuggling with my dog. Wait, that’s not a fitness activity. I’m a cheater. I consider this a great winter activity, but it’s not really fitness-related. How about chilly walks in the neighborhood with the dog? Preferably with piles of snow to trudge through?
THEN we can come home and drink wine and snuggle.
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What’s your favorite winter sport?
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