Exercise Ahead of Holiday Eating

We are all going to be eating extra calories over the Thanksgiving weekend. Being able to gathering again with family and friends which should make things extra festive in most situations.  For many that means an emotional high and more eating.  To help alleviate the guilty and bloated feelings later, some extra activity is suggested.  Perhaps some light exercise or even a personal training session.

Want to burn 100 calories?

Walking 🚶‍♂️ 

Walking is a fantastic way to burn calories on the holiday.   Take your walk alone or in a group.  Keep yourself away from the chips and dip.  Invite your aunt, uncle cousin or parent to go for a walk.  Put in your shoes, appropriate weather clothing and go for a walk and talk.  A healthy catch up.  We enjoy family walks almost daily. Take an extra walk after dinner to help aid digestion. You can burn 100 calories walking in just 22 minutes. 

Swimming 🏊‍♂️ 

Swimming is the ultimate full body workout.  The only issue having access to a pool.  Which, around the end of the year holidays can be difficult.  Swimming helps you build lean muscle by throttling yourself through the water. You also build up your endurance in a way few exercises can.  Thirteen minutes of swimming is all it takes to burn 100 calories. 

Running 🏃‍♂️ 

This is my personal favorite.  Especially early in the day on the day of a big meal.  Running burns extra calories while you run, but also elevates your heart rate for a few hours after. Personally, I feel better eating later because I did some pre-planning for the over indulgence taking place. Comically, it’s like asking for forgiveness before the nutritional sin.  In 10 minutes you can burn 100 calories.

Cycling 🚲 

Biking is another fun way to be active. It also has an adolescent quality to it, as long as you aren’t on a stationary bike or going on a 30 mile trek.  Some might say adults don’t ride bikes enough.  It can be a youthful reminder pedaling, balancing and feeling the light breeze.  10 minutes of biking can yield a 100 calorie burn.

Weight-lifting 🏋

Another personal favorite. While it is the least cardiovascular focused form of activity listed, it certainly burns extra calories.  Lifting weights is the gift that keeps on giving if you do it consistently.  Weight training helps the muscles grow. As they grow over time, your body not only burns calories during training, but burns more calories at rest because you are fueling more muscle tissue. If you want to make serious gains you may want to seek the service of a NYC personal trainer. Though on a holiday you may be on your own.  Even NYC personal trainers deserve time off for the holidays. 25 minutes of working out burns 100 calories. 

Choose the activity or activities you’ll enjoy most.  Enjoy the holiday, the family, the friends and the fitness. 

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