Winter Sports

If you become a winter sport enthusiast, when the temperatures drop, your spirits will soar. Winter sport participation is the perfect solution to winter weight gain. Cold weather requires you to expend more energy to keep warm. This translates into burning extra calories. Additionally, the extra weight of your clothing and gear forces you to work harder, thereby burning even more calories.

For calorie burning, cross-country skiing and snow-shoeing are the winners. Both of these activities burn over 500 calories an hour. You can burn extra calories by actively using your poles. An hour of ice skating burns about 425 calories. Intensify the leg workout by skating backwards. While downhill skiing burns only 324 calories an hour, you can burn more calories on a mogul field. Aside from calories burned, winter sports improve dynamic balance and coordination.{relatedarticles}

In summary, to paraphrase Dr. Seuss: You're off to great places. Today is your day. The outdoors is calling. Now go out and play!