Written by Jane Tucker | Wednesday, 06 January 2010 | There are 3 comments
just stay in and eat healthily
If going for a run after work was your New Year Resolution you are surely being put to the test today! With snow all over the United Kingdom going running is not only pretty unpleasant but could be dangerous too. The thing to do is to give your run a miss a day and hope for good weather tomorrow.
It is important that you enjoy exercise and you should look forward to it and if you go for a run this evening the chances are you are going to come back miserable, cold and in any case you are unlikely to really do a good workout because you’ll be dodging slush puddles, snowmen and snowballs. Probably with all this snow around it’s a good idea either to go to the gym or just stay in and eat healthily.
One of the advantages of living in a warm climate is that you are outside far more often. In hot countries it makes it much easier to go for a walk and you are more likely to get out of the house. In fact the Mediterranean people make what they call the Passeggiata an important part of the day and this has been linked to the better heart health, and lower weights of people in Italy and the Mediterranean region.
For those of you who don’t know what it is, the Passeggiata is a gentle walk in the early evening that can take as much as an hour with people of all ages strolling around stopping for a quick gossip now and again. The reason why the Passeggiata is such a popular form of exercise is that it is easy to do and has a social dimension to it. If you are one of those people who finds exercise difficult see if you can incorporate a social aspect to your workout. Maybe you should team up with a friend and play squash or work out in the gym together?
Whatever you do don’t go out for a walk in the UK in this snow unless you really have to!
There are 3 comments on this article.
Kity Ragbrutty said:
Well how boring.This is bad advice.
Running in the snow is easily doable, esp off road. Snow and ice in no worse that wet chalk and we run on that all the time.
A good pair of off road shoes, even spikes, makes running in the snow fun. I know of only a few runners how have failed to venture out in this recent cold spell.
btw - running in snow and on ice is easier and safer than walking. You are less likely to slip.
There is plenty of good advice online that shows that running in snow is doable.
Tricky Dicky said:
Fully agree with other comment - this advice is pathetic. If you are used to running, then running in snow presents very little additional challenge. Especially when the temperatures are so much below freezing. The danger of slipping comes when the snow is melting and slushy but even then, with good care, the health benefits are greater than the possible risks.
Where Next said:
I totslly agree with Jane, I don't think you should go running in the snow either, so you just stay wrapped up indoors, whilst the rest of us enjoy our lives.
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