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6 Ways To Shake Up Your Pre-Christmas Health Challenge

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30-Second-Summary
  • The holidays are fun but can have a huge effect on your health goals.
  • One of the best ways to maintain your goals during this time is by taking part in a health challenge.
  • Your health challenge should help you focus on your fitness goals while allowing you to partake in and enjoy everything you love about Christmas.

Introduction

Are you looking for a way to stay healthy throughout the holidays? If you need several Christmas health tips this year, then you have come to the right place. There are some pre Christmas activities that you should consider taking part in if you want to make sure you’re keeping healthy this year. Joining a Christmas health challenge can keep you accountable and ensure that the holidays don’t have a negative effect on your health.

Here are some Christmas health tips that you should know about this year.

What Is A Pre-Christmas Health Challenge?

This time of year, many people start doing pre Christmas challenges or other activities that are designed to help keep them healthy around Christmas. Christmas and the pre Christmas time can be fun, but they can also be filled with a lot of stress. Stress can lead to you making choices for your health that aren’t going to benefit you in the long run.

A Christmas health challenge is about making sure that you’re participating in pre Christmas activities that will help you stay healthy and active. Various people may want to partake in different pre Christmas challenges. There’s no wrong type of challenge for you.

What’s important is that your pre Christmas activities are ones that you enjoy so that you stick with them and get the most out of your challenge. Joining up with other people who are partaking in a Christmas health challenge can also be hugely beneficial, as it will help keep you accountable throughout the process, and you can support each other.

If you’re looking for inspiration, here are a few Christmas health tips that may help you stay healthy this year.

Top 6 Ways To Shake Up Your Pre-Christmas Health Challenge

Consider Your Nutrition

1. Consider Your Nutrition

One of the best things about holidays and even the pre Christmas period is how much good food there is, and don’t worry because your challenge shouldn’t involve eating less food or not eating the food you’re excited about. It is about balance, though. While it’s perfectly fine to indulge, part of your Christmas health challenge needs to involve that you’re still getting the nutrients your body needs.

This means making sure you’re eating enough foods that contain antioxidants[1] as well as lean proteins to help fuel your body for your pre Christmas workouts.

2. Do Some Yoga

If you’re looking for a fun, easy pre Christmas workout that’s going to make you feel great, then you may want to consider signing up for a yoga class or two. Yoga is a great way to help your body stay mobile as well as build strength.

Additionally, it can also help you reduce christmas-stress. Make sure you check out if any pre Christmas yoga classes are running in your area, especially if you want to meet others who are also interested in maintaining their health throughout the holidays. If you can’t find any local classes you want to join, then there are lots of places online where you can sign up to do virtual classes.

3. Get Your Heart Rate Up

Are you getting in enough cardio during the pre Christmas period? Part of your Christmas health challenge should involve making sure that you’re getting your heart rate up. It’s important to keep your heart healthy, so you can avoid potential life-threatening health risks like strokes and heart disease.

Your heart is a muscle, and you need to exercise it to keep it strong. This is why you should make sure you’re getting plenty of cardio in your pre Christmas workouts. You can try going to a spin class, running on a treadmill or at a track, or running outside if you can brave the cold. Even going for a brisk walk at least once a day will do a lot to improve your overall heart health.

4. Work With A Personal Trainer

Not everyone is going to want to partake in an especially intensive Christmas health challenge, but if you do, then you may want to think about getting a personal trainer. Your trainer will be able to tell you what your body needs and will help you stay on the straight and narrow throughout the holidays.

They can also help you design your pre Christmas workouts to ensure that they’re as effective for you as possible and that are the exercises you genuinely like doing. Many personal trainers offer free consultations, so take advantage and meet with a few trainers to see who you’d like to support you during your Christmas health challenge.

5. Reduce Stress

Reduce Stress

There’s no denying that for many people, the holidays can bring about a lot of stress. This stress can cause some unhealthy habits to form and make it hard to stick with your health goals.

That means that one of the most important pre Christmas health tips to keep in mind is to reduce your stress as much as possible.

Meditating regularly can do a lot to help you feel calmer and more relaxed even as the holidays start to ramp up. Even just taking a few moments to focus on your breath can help regulate your emotions and help you manage stress better.

6. Get Enough Sleep

The holidays involve a lot of pre Christmas activities. You may find yourself sleeping less as you try to keep up with everything. However, your body and mind need to get enough sleep. It is going to help you stay energized, and it will significantly lower stress. Aim to get around 6 to 8 hours of restful, uninterrupted sleep every night.

Conclusion

Christmas is a great time of year full of fun, friends, and family, but it can be hard to keep up with your health goals with everything else going on. Maintain these goals by keeping the above tips in mind so you can have fun and feel good in your body throughout the holidays.

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