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adidas Originals OZWEEGO Real Madrid Shoes winter-run loving readers do moves like burpees, jumping jacks, and a few laps of the couch to help them get the most of their chilly miles—and make stepping outside into the cold a bit less of a shock.

As it turns out, thousands of you love going out for a cold run—we asked via an Instagram post for Reebok Shoes and Clothes and why UGG AUSTRALIA Classic Tall Ii Boots than summer running. Even if this doesn’t sound like you, you might still be looking for ways to make winter running PUMA Platform Metallic Sneakers Shoes 362339-06, Runner’s World Coach Jess Movold to offer some tips. What she wants you to know: Getting prepped to get out the door is all about mindset.

“Sure, getting your blood pumping a little bit is important so you don’t step out on cold muscles, but it can also help you get hyped up to go outside,” she says. “As useful as it is physically, it’s more mental—having positive energy can help you convince yourself it’s warmer, even when it’s not.”

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The intensity of the warmup should be low to start and progressively become a little more intense while never feeling stressful or overly challenging. (Save that for the workout or the run itself, says Movold.) She suggests doing what you might do in in an actual cross-training workout, such as a burpee, at 60 percent intensity. When you start to feel like you might be losing you breath or are heating up and get tempted to take off a layer of warmth you put on for the outdoors, you know you’re good to go for your run.

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Need more advice on getting warm and excited for a winter run? Here are a few things you can try that your fellow runners do to psych themselves up for a cold run and warm up their bodies.

  • “Agree to run with someone else. Don’t let them down—encourage them to stick to the plan. If going solo, warm up before you leave the house with mountain climbers and burpees, which will help when you hit the fresh air with inner warmth.”mac.l.83
  • “I just need gloves, a beanie, and those neat headband/earmuffs/scarf thingys to keep over my neck/mouth/nose. Warmup inside before running out the front door!”minimelini
  • “Fun run hats! I get all layered up then do some jumping jacks until I’m too warm...then the cold feels good! Then a reward of a warm beverage when I return.”elizabeth5wells

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If doing a few moves to get warm sounds like something that will help you look forward to running in the cold, try this warmup created by Movold before you head out the door.

High Top Lace-Up Sneaker T3A9-32345-1351 M White 100 Tabata-style warmup, performing each move for 20 seconds with a 10-second rest between, going through each movement twice. Rest. Then, pick four more movements and repeat the same way. After those two Tabatas (that’ll last eight minutes), you should be good to head out the door. Here, moves to inspire you.

Coach Jess’s Warmup:

  • Bodyweight squats
  • Hamstring sweeps
  • Burpees
  • Hip circles

Repeat

Rest

  • Jumping jacks
  • Plank hold
  • High knees
  • Butt kicks

Repeat


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Jordan Smith is a writer and editor with over 5 years of experience reporting on health and fitness news and trends. She is a published author, studying for her personal trainer certification, and over the past year became an unintentional Coronavirus expert. She has previously worked at Health, Inc., and 605 Magazine and was the editor-in-chief of her collegiate newspaper. Her love of all things outdoors came from growing up in the Black Hills of South Dakota.