It’s easy to skip your workouts this time of year. Holidays are for resting and relaxing after a long, strenuous year, after all. And slipping into your swimsuit is so much easier than lacing up your running shoes.
Yet physical activity during the holidays will not only help to prevent weight gain, but also make it so much easier to hit new fitness goals in the new year. Research shows that when regular exercise stops, de-training occurs within a few weeks. So why stop and lose what you’ve worked so hard to gain? Even if you need to reduce the time of each session or cut back one workout a week, maintaining the momentum of your regular exercise routine is much easier than stopping and trying to re-establish it again later. Give yourself the gift of health this festive season! You’ll thank yourself later.
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