How to Maximize Your Off-Season
Are you ready for that big race that’s right around the corner? Chances are, you don’t have any races or big events within the next few weeks to months. Welcome…
Reading Time: 2mins
 |
| How to Lose Weight During the Holidays |
| Oh the holidays A wonderful time of year spent with family, friends, and food Gatherings focused on seeing those we don’t see often and eating foods we don’t eat often I love this time of year because, well, I love family, friends, and food It can be difficult to stay healthy during this time of year as sweets, cakes, and social pressures to eat them abound This is something I personally battle every winter I have a mad sweet tooth And when it comes to maintaining a healthy weight, we’ve all heard the simple mathmatical equation of calories in versus calories out In it’s simplest form, if you consume more calories than you burn, your body stores those extra calories as fat A common way that we maintain a healthy weight throughout the year is by exercising to increase the total number of calories burned This works well during the training season. Workouts are regular, structured, and long to the point they burn a significant amount of calories In the off season, however, with workouts being less calorie burning and high caloric sweets being readily available and encouraged to eat, the equation gets skewed against us I recently saw this instagram video where a guy runs as long as it takes for him to burn the calories of a cookie he ate Click the link above and give it a watch It highlights a very important point It is much easier NOT to eat the calories than it is to burn them off with exercise As hard as it sounds, my invitation to you (and myself) this holiday season, is to opt NOT to eat that cookie, that extra slice of cake, those chocolates, etc. You don’t have to be extreme about this But maybe reading this email and watching that video will give you enough motivation to say NO to those sweets at least 1 time And that 1 time will save you a few hundred calories in your daily calories in and out equation Do that enough times and you’ll stand a fighting chance Helping you maintain or achieve that healthy and happy weight during the winter months Happy Holidays Michael |
| Upcoming Event |
| How to Foam Roll Workshop What: Active workshop to teach you how to best use your foam roller When: Saturday December 16th from 11:30am – Noon Where: Fitness Defined, 3938 Church Street, Evanston IL 60203 Why: Use your foam roller to improve your mobility this winter to exit the off season better than you went in How: RSVP using this link |
 |
| Content Corner |
| Goza YouTube |
| Here is the full video of my Evanston Running Club presentation the other week: How to Take Advantage of the Off Season Click the image to view! |
