Beat Cardiovascular Disease: Winter Walks

10/20/2009 | 12:00 AM

Put on your warm winter clothing and take a brisk walk around the neighborhood. Invite friends and family to join you. Winter walking helps burn calories, motivate you, keep your bones strong, and also lifts your mood. (Note: In answer to a common question: Yes, shoveling your driveway also counts as a winter walk!)

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Exercise doesn't have to be serious, and meeting your weekly quota of aerobic activity definitely shouldn't be stressful.

Fire yourself up with a brisk walk each day. Walk until you feel your body heating from the inside.

Any well-executed exercise begins with a proper warm-up to get your heart pumping.

If you think jumping rope is only for kids then think again.

Don't let rising temps keep you from moving. Instead, relocate your exercise regimen to a cooler locale - like your local water park.

Fire yourself up with a brisk walk each day. Walk until you feel your body heating from the inside.

Try to find a sauna in your area and spend 10-20 minutes in it 5 days this week. The sauna's heat creates a "fever" that kicks your body into action.

Dancing well, dancing badly, dancing outlandishly, dancing alone or dancing in a crowd - whatever kind of dance you're moved to do, you're doing your part to stay fit.

Each morning practice this 10-minute breathing exercise to cool your body in warm temperatures.

Try to find a sauna in your area and spend 10-20 minutes in it 5 days this week. The sauna's heat creates a "fever" that kicks your body into action.

Fire yourself up with a brisk walk each day. Walk until you feel your body heating from the inside.

In terms of maintaining a healthy and stable body and mind, sometimes what's simple is best.

Take a solitary 10-minute walk once a day between the hours of 10 AM and 2 PM.

We know the hectic last minute shopping doesn't leave much time for exercise.

The days of the boring old snowman are past.

Did you know that a 150-pound person burns more than 400 calories per hour of heavy snow shoveling?

Each morning practice this 10-minute breathing exercise to cool your body in warm temperatures.

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