How often should people exercise during this time of year?

It depends on the individual. An inactive person’s body has to get used to exercise. An active person can add an extra couple of workout days to increase frequency. Many variables affect exercise results, one being frequency. Frequency, or how many times you work out, affects your results.

What activities can people do outside the gym to restrict weight gain during Christmas?

Just overall being active. The law of thermodynamics is if you burn more calories than you consume, you’re going to lose weight. Anytime you consume an excess of 3,500 calories, you gain a pound of fat. Anytime you burn an excess of 3,500 calories, you lose a pound of fat. If you can stay active, just walking or moving around more so than you were already doing, that’s already more of a stimulus for your body and overall helps your body use more calories and increases your chances of not gaining weight.

Things to Remember:

• Weight training is one of the best ways to lose weight.
• Lifting weights activates muscles and corrects muscle imbalances.
• Ever pound of muscle you gain burns an extra 50 calories.
• Post-Christmas (January) is the busiest time for gyms, so be sure to start exercising now to stay trim and fit this holiday season.