Avoiding Crazy When the Weather Doesn’t Let you Run

 

If you don’t have access to an indoor gym or treadmill, you don’t have to channel your inner Emil Zatopek – the 1965 Olympic Champion who would run in place on top of dirty clothes piled up in his bathtub when the weather outside prevented him from running.

• Do a circuit routine in the warmth and safety of your own house. Wear your heart rate monitor (if you have one) to get your rate to equal your running heart rate goal. Perform the circuit for 20-60 minutes, depending on how accustomed to these sessions you are. Add a few of these movements to your favorite indoor workout to get your heart, legs, lungs and everything on your body working and heated up on these cold days:

  • 20 push ups

  • Front plank for maximum time

• Side plank for maximum time

• Other side plank for maximum time

• 25 squats in place

• 25 single leg bridges

• 25 single (other) leg bridges

• Side to side band walks

• Repeat!

Now is also the perfect time to make sure your body is injury-proof and to address any nagging aches or pains that you’ve been feeling. Check out the Common Injuries and Self Treatments, here!