Stress-free Holidays Through Exercise
Howdo!
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Holidays are coming!
Its official!
HOLIDAYS ARE COMING.
Its always official when you see the coca cola advert!
Weird though and my wife mentioned this last week, but you don’t really see many coca cola adverts on the telly any more…..
The stress and overwhelm of Christmas can be significant but one way to combat that is by movement.
Let’s have a look at ways we reduce holiday stresses with fun and family friendly activities.
- Go for a walk ( if its snowing, have a snow ball fight )
- Play a physical game such as ‘ just dance ‘
- Have a dance competition
- Do a YouTube workout
- Do mini challenges, like who can do the most press ups / squats / hold a plank the longest
- Musical statues
- Do a ‘cosmic kids’ yoga on YouTube
- Go for a kick about in the park / rounders
There’s loads of ideas and games you can play, which will make it fun for you and family and of course will get your movement in and do what we aim for. Movement to reduce the Christmas stresses.
Now this of course isn’t going to stop the stress of Christmas but it will significantly help!!
What kind of things do you enjoy doing at Christmas to help reduce stress? Drop us a comment below, we love hearing from you guys!
I read something the other day and it made me giggle but it was really true!
We need water and sunlight to grow…. We are basically houseplants but with complex emotions!!
I will share the below every week now in the run up to Christmas as I think they will help ALOT.
Some general self care tips for the colder and darker months which I have shared across socials @mindyourfitnessofficial over the years.
- Get in natural sunlight as much as you can
- Increase your step count
- Drink plenty of fluids
- Try peppermint tea
- Increase vitamin C, D3, folic acid
- Balance out your meat selection IE red and white meats
- Dont hide away from carbs
- Connect / reconnect with friends and family
- Don’t feel pressured to attend parties / gatherings if you don’t want to
- Speak out if you’re struggling
- Contact Mind Your Fitness for additional support
What have we missed and should be added? Again drop your thoughts below in the comment area!
Enjoy the rest of the day!
Keep safe and keep on smilingggg!
Love
Coach Thomas Fowler
