How can I maintain good fitness during cold weather?

We are experiencing a very chilly winter. The cold can lower our desire to keep up with our regular exercise routines and make us indulge on junk food and high calorie comfort food. To keep yourself motivated to maintain good fitness throughout winter, you need to stick to a warm and safe fitness environment.

You can keep yourself focused and healthy by enrolling yourself in a physical therapy program that can personalize your fitness workouts. The physical therapy center of your choice should offer you a fitness center that has state-of-the-art workout equipment you can use on a daily basis. It is crucial that you can perform the majority of your fitness routines indoors because cold weather conditions can put your life in danger. You may slip on ice as you walk or run outdoors. You may catch a cold from being outdoors for long periods of time.

Instead of worrying, you should take your outdoor winter workouts indoors. By performing your workouts indoors, you won’t have to worry about putting on or taking off multiple layers during your workouts.

No matter if your workout is indoors or outdoors, you should provide your head and feet plenty of warmth. The head and feet are the two areas where body heat can quickly escape.

To maintain good health and fitness, you must eat healthy foods and regularly exercise. By regularly working out, you will find your body operating better and faster. You will protect yourself better from common diseases such as heart disease. You will lower your risk of diabetes and high blood pressure. You can even improve your mood with regular exercise.

Here at Life Fitness Physical Therapy, we will make sure you stick to vigorous exercise on the daily to keep you healthy and fit. It only takes 20 to 25 minutes of high intensity workouts to keep up with good fitness. You can always break up your workout times into small bursts such as 10 minute workouts to regularly complete muscle strengthening workouts during your busy work weeks.

Bottom line: We are here to help you get fit and stay fit with our high quality personal training and physical therapy services.

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Life Fitness Physical Therapy Towson and other Maryland Physical Therapy locations are open for you to start and maintain a healthy fitness routine.

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Source: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/staying-active-full-story/

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