1. Bundle the family up and take a walk around the block after dinner to look at the Christmas lights. If you live in a snowy area, you could even pull the kids in a sled for an extra calorie burn!
2. Host a family dance-off. Put everyone’s name in a hat and pull out two at a time to see who will face off. Crank up the music and start dancing! Vote to determine who will advance to the next round until a champion is declared.
3. Take the family to the ice-skating rink. Even if you’re not Nancy Kerigan, you will still burn over 400 calories an hour!
4. Hitting those last-minute sales? Head to the mall one hour before the stores open to get in a brisk walk. Mix in some lunges and push-ups for even more of a workout.
5. Squat and Bake: Tighten that tush by adding in squats between each ingredients in your baking recipes. Add the sugar, do 5 squats. Beat the egg, do 5 squats. By the time the goodies come out of the oven, you will have finished one heck of a lower-body workout!
Love the idea of squatting while baking. Genius!
Next weekend we’re heading to Tahoe, if it snows! Snowball fights, sledding, and ice skating are our favorite holiday activities, and until now I never thought of it as exercise! Great ideas 🙂
I love the squat and bake suggestion! I’m so bad at working out all year long! I do try to park away from the entrance of the store so I have to walk a little bit farther but that’s about all I do to sneak some fitness in. Thanks for the tips.