Cold Play: Three Tips for Working Out in Winter Weather

It’s cold in Geezerville, and Geezer’s driveway, which someone neglected to shovel, is slick enough to host a Bruins’ game. Geezer is unafraid. He is determined to continue exercising outside, as long as that exercise does not require any equipment that looks like a snow shovel. Toward that end, Geezer has Googled up a few pieces of advice, much of which comes from MayoClinic.com’s helpful Tools for healthier lives.  Good piece of advice number one: break down and spend some money on some decent long underwear, the kind that is made of microfibers and wicks sweat away from the body. Good piece of advice number two: Pay attention to the wind chill. It can be a killer, literally. The Mayo Clinic tells us that  bicycling at 20 miles an hour in 10 F conditions and calm air creates a wind chill of minus 9 below zero. Good piece of advice number three: Start your workout heading into the wind. That way you can end it -when you are sweating most- with your back to the wind, and avoid frostbite on exposed skin that might be moist with perspiration. Read more tips for cold weather workouts.