The holiday season can do a real number on your fitness routine. Yet luckily, there are plenty of ways for you to counter that.

1. Staying Fit
This Holiday
Season
By Steve Moye

2. Plan ahead
• Work around vacations and
family commitments.!
• Schedule out weeks of training
surrounding travel plans.!
• Use days off as recovery and
amp up training before and
after.

3. Go early
• Change up your schedule to
hit the gym early and get in
a workout before having to
go to family commitments.

4. Partner up
• Find a workout
partner to keep
you motivated.!
• If spending time
with your
family, get them
involved in
group activities.

5. Use
bodyweight
• Even if you can’t hit the gym, you can
get in a great workout by yourself
with bodyweight.!
• Workouts can be done anywhere with
limited equipment and just about 20
minutes.

6. Accumulate volume
• If you can’t
do one big
workout in
the day then
use smaller,
shorter
workouts
throughout
the day
instead.

7. Keep
evaluating
yourself
• Evaluate your progress regularly to
determine if your program is
achieving desired results.!
• Knowing about the progress you
are (or aren’t) making will be able to
motivate you to work over plateaus.

8. Indulge and resist
• Resist the urge to overeat.!
• Indulge in your favorite foods, but limit
yourself to how much of them you eat.