McCarren Park – Brooklyn, New York 12/10/2013
Taken by Rachel McCray
Let’s face it. It’s cold outside so most people are in hibernation mode, avoiding any contact with the outside world until the winter months pass. At McCray Chiropractic and Health Restoration Clinic, we recognize the hurdles that many face as they struggle to maintain a regular exercise routine during the winter. Here are some quick tips to help you stay active in the cold weather.
1. Create Your Own Holiday Fitness Wish List: List some areas of your body you would like to improve or tone, set workout goals for those areas and make it a priority to commit to these exercise habits. For myself, I would like to tone up my abdominal area so I commit myself to 200 sit-ups per night for 5 days a week. No exceptions.
2. Exercise at Home: Create a home workout routine for those days you can’t make it to the gym. There a lot of great exercises you can do without gym equipment in the comfort of your own home. I like to mix my routine up with a combination of sit-ups, jumping jacks, push-ups, planks, lunges and of course stretching.
3. Combine Exercise with Family Commitments: Try mixing quality family time with fun physical activity. Take the kids sledding, build a snowman, go ice-skating, or even go for a walk around the neighborhood and check out the holiday decorations.
4. Be More Health Conscious: Making mindful decisions to be more active with your daily routine will pay off whether you notice it or not.. Take the stairs instead of the elevator, park your car further away from your building, make a few more rounds while shopping, volunteer to run errands for others. Little things like this can make a bigger difference than you may realize.
5. Interactive Video Games: Get the whole family together for a fun night of virtual gaming. Check out some of the latest dance games and you will have the whole family laughing and playing together in no time. Your family will be so distracted with the fun; they won’t even realize they will be getting healthy in the process.
At McCray Chiropractic and Health Restoration Clinic we care about the mental and physical well-being of each patient. Dr. Will McCray and Dr. Dan McCray offer a variety of services to help you and your family achieve optimal health with chiropractic care, massage, nutritional recommendations, and various therapies. We pride ourselves in making our patients feel welcome and comfortable so they enjoy coming in to visit one of our chiropractic offices. Feeling comfortable is a major component of the healing process and we hope you see that difference at our offices when you come in for your next visit. Visit our website to find out more on how we can help you achieve optimal health today: http://www.mccraychiropractic.com/
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