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In many parts of the country it is snowing like crazy. The temperature is dropping as is normal for mid-January in many parts of the North and Midwest. But don't let that stop you from accomplishing your fitness goals.  If you find yourself snowed in the house, try doing push ups or sit ups at home. 

You can start by getting a deck of playing cards. Shuffle the deck and pick a card. For every card that you pick, do that number in push ups and sit ups (or crunches). You can be creative by giving face cards a value of 20. Aces could have a value of 30; it all depends on your level of strength and stamina. 

If you want to exercise your legs. You could use the same deck of cards to do squats. Here's how:

1. Pick a room where you would be able to walk from one wall to the next without any obstruction 
2. Hold the deck of cards in your hand
3. Stand with your back 
   
4. take one step from the wall, squat down(keeping your back straight) and place a card on the floor in the spot that you squatted 
5. Stand back up and take another step
6. Squat down and place another card in the spot where you squatted.
7. Repeat this process until you have reached the far wall
8. Now turn around and take a step towards the cards that are placed on the floor.
9. At each card, squat down and pick it up.
10. Repeat this until you have picked up all the cards from the floor

As you become more advanced, try squatting down and placing two cards on the floor, one at a time, which would give you two squats per step.

You will see that this exercise will have your legs burning.

This routine is often used by boxers to build strength and endurance in the quads(thighs). You will also improve your definition.

Try it.

 As you can see, there is no excuse for missing a workout. When you cant make it out of the house, you can still get a good workout in. 

Speaking of snow: Be careful while shoveling snow in extremely cold weather. Even if you are in tip top shape, shoveling wet, heavy snow for a long duration in cold weather puts extreme stress on your heart and could lead to you passing out. If you have to shovel snow, do it in small phases and/or try to get someone to help.

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