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Exercise Exercise Lose Weight With Exercise Workouts Exercises By Muscle Group From Paige Waehner, your Guide to Exercise I can always tell when the weather starts to affect my workouts. The first sign is when I start to think of all the ways I could do my workouts without actually leaving my bed. My bed, unlike my gym includes an electric blanket and two warm, purring kitties. My gym, unlike my bed, includes a variety of ways to avoid the extra layer of fat so easy to accumulate this time of year. It's quite a conundrum. Until we can bypass the whole getting-out-of-bed-to-workout thing, I've come up with a few ways to approach your cold weather workouts to make them more comfortable and less boring. Unfortunately, these ideas don't involve an electric blanket and a soft mattress, but I'm working on it. Stay warm and have a great week! Cold Weather Workouts Weather can be the difference between doing your workout or piling up on the couch for your favorite TV show. If it's rainy, snowy or just plain cold outside, most of us avoid exercise like the plague. While it's normal for activity to slow down in the winter, cold weather isn't a license to give up exercise completely....Read more See More About:  winter exercise  cold weather  depression Vote: Do you go to the gym when you're sick? This time of year, you may notice new sounds at the gym. These sounds go beyond the usual grunts, groans and sobs that sometimes accompany workouts. You may hear sniffling, snorting, coughing and wheezing, all signs of the latest cold sweeping through the area ...Read more See More About:  exercising when you\'re sick  don\'t feel like exercising  health and exercise Exercise of the Week - Bear Crawls Whole body exercises are a great way to burn more calories, build endurance and take the body through multiple planes of motion. Bear crawls are a good example of this and an exercise that causes many of my clients to say: "Really? You want me to crawl on the floor for exercise?" If you have to ask...Read more See More About:  body weight exercises  compound movements  no weight workouts Active Challenge of the Day It's Wednesday and time for our active challenge of the week. If you're finding it hard to exercise, this challenge may give you a little nudge in the right direction....Read more See More About:  30 day fitness challenge  holiday wieght gain  stress and exercise Exercise Ads Exercise Fat Burning Exercise Fitness Workouts Weight Loss Exercise Diet and Exercise Featured Articles 10 Minute Workouts Exercise may help you beat a cold 30 Day Fitness Challenge How to Track Your Walking Workouts Hanging Leg Raises Low Fat Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins   More from About.com Great Gadget Gifts iPad or iPod? Kindle or Nook? Point-and-shoot or DIL camera? If you're confused by this year's must-have gadgets, check out our top picks. More> The Gift of Entertainment The lowdown on the latest holiday releases, plus recommendations on the best in music, movies and more. More> This newsletter is written by: Paige Waehner Exercise Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Exercise newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   Must Reads Exercise Basics Exercise for Beginners Exercise for Weight Loss Weight Loss Success Stories Exercise Gear Advertisement