Get fit and keep the winter blues away
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Your support makes all the difference.SparkPeople.com, an online healthy living community, is encouraging people this winter to get outdoors to ward off seasonal depression and benefit from the calorie-burning-efficient winter sports.
Here are some activities that will keep you sweating no matter how freezing the temperature, provided you have the right gear:
Snowshoeing and cross-country skiing top the list with both burning 510 calories per hour.
Most interesting is bromball, similar to hockey just with a broom and no skates, burns up to 470 calories per hour slightly beating out ice-skating (450/hr) and ice hockey (380/hr).
Family activities like sledding and hiking in the snow burn between 445-455 calories an hour.
Spark.com measured the calorie count with a female weighing 145 lbs. (66 kg), and according to Military.com, U.S. military and veteran online community, if you are a male around 190 lbs (86 kg) you can burn about 200 more calories during the same hour of activities
Spark.com's complete list of winter activities and calorie counts: http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/slideshow.asp?show=37
Military.com's physical activity/calorie chart: http://www.military.com/military-fitness/weight-loss/want-to-lose-weight
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