There are several reasons to train in the winter and here are just a few of them: To Defend Against Colds and Flu So according to researchers keeping active can cut the risk of catching flu by 20-30 %.
So hit the streets for 45 mins of running daily for winter training and you could rid yourself of those blocked up noses and feeling like you just want to stay in bed.
Layers of clothing are crucial, as you don't want to be seizing up after the first 10 minutes.
The extra clothing keeps your muscles warm but be careful not to over heat so wearing something with vents would help keep this in check.
Help Shed That Excess Blubber Yes that's right, winter training can help you burn more calories because the body has to expend more energy to stay warm.
After warming up try doing a rope jumping routine, skip as fast as you can for a minute, rest for 30 secs and repeat it for 10 - 20 mins or until you have fallen.
This will then activate your brown fat which in turn helps burn more lard calories from your lard stores.
Just stimulating 85 grams of your brown fat it can help burn 400 - 500 extra calories, so get outside.
Train Your Body To Take In More Oxygen And Use It Efficiently In Sweden they call this workout the FARTLEK.
Nice eh, and consists of this: 10 mins jogging, Sprint for 30 secs, recover for 90 secs, do 3 sets then reduce the recovery by 5 secs until you reach 15 secs, after the last sprint jog for a 10 mins warm down.
This can also help build higher fitness and smash your personal best in the summer.
So get out and do some winter training and improve your fitness and fight off those winter blues.