#23 How your fitness can survive the silly seasonThis is a featured page


It’s that time of year again, time to eat and drink more in one month than you have in total this year. I, like you reading this, struggle to keep a training routine over this period. Fortunately I have learnt a few tricks over the years that can help you keep your fitness over this period…so without further ado here are my top 7 fitness tips for surviving the silly season.

  1. Water is your friend. If out drinking either have water in between drinks or have a few glasses before bed. Dehydration and hangovers does not assist in training motivation. Drinking water also fills you up so you are inclined to eat less.
  2. Train in the morning. This time of year is tempting for long lunches and drinks after work, which will kill your training routine. If you can, try to train in the mornings, it lifts your metabolism for the day, which means you can be bad later in the day if you need to.
  3. High fat foods do not help hangovers. All the research points to eating and drinking water the morning after as the best way to rid the body of the effects of alcohol. High fat foods (such as bacon and egg rolls) do not help any more than food that is good for you, except in helping you pack on the kilos.
  4. Do not set any ambitious fitness or weight loss goals during this season. Unless you have a will of steel, and are not planning on having any fun this holiday season, do not set big goals as you will be disappointed. The only goal I recommend to set yourself is to maintain your fitness levels…then you can set an ambitious goal as your New Year’s Resolution.
  5. Re-evaluate your poison of choice. Refer to my previous fitness tip which looks at different types of alcohol and what you should think about when choosing a poison.
  6. Go play in the sunshine. Ok so maybe the weather hasn’t been that great in Sydney over the last week or so, but things are looking up, so aim to go for a walk/run at lunch time or after work this week. Also if you are eating big Christmas meals get out for a walk around the block, or play a game of street cricket afterwards
  7. Get off your behind. Aim to cut the time spent sitting on your behind by 10%. Get off at a different bus stop, take the stairs, hook yourself up to a printer on the other side of the floor….whatever just move. That is it for this week.
Next month I will show you how to set a New Years Fitness Resolution that you will stick to this time!
Til next month,

Chris

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