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"  The days between Thanksgiving and New Years are filled with pie, cookies, and marathon mall sessions. What often goes missing: regular exercise. Workouts aren&amp;#039;t just crucial as a way to compensate for holiday indulgences. Fitting them in will help you sleep more soundly and stress less, both key to weight control and a happy and healthy season. Here, four ways to squeeze in more movement this month: Focus on intervals You could log your usual cardio session, or, slash the time commitment by alternating bursts of high-intensity activity with a more restful pace. Try a 15-20 minute interval routine that alternates jogging and walking... and boost your calorie burn for hours. Log on to shed pounds If you need a little extra motivation, hire an online personal trainer for a fraction of the cost of an in-person one at Wello.com. The service will set you up with certified trainers for one-on-one sessions via video chat. You can also join small-group yoga, aerobics, and other classes. (It&amp;#039;s also a great place to buy gift certificates for your fitness-loving friends.) Channel your inner kid I challenge you to do any of these with a frown on your face:  Jogging on a mini-trampoline (burns 118 calories in 20 minutes) Jumping rope (burns 13 calories per minute) Hula-hooping (burns 7 calories a minute). A weighted hoop, like the ones from Hoopnotica, will move more slowly and will be easier to keep going than the plastic ones your kid keeps in the garage  Make your holiday events more active Rather than having your cousins over for a cookie exchange, why not meet at the skating rink? The kids will love it and you&amp;#039;ll burn 552 calories an hour... enough to earn a hot chocolate and a fitness boost. Other fun winter calorie burners:  Skiing (cross-country burns 630 calories/hour, while downhill burns 474) Walking around the neighborhood to see everyone&amp;#039;s decorations (burns 300 calories/hour) Snowmobiling (burns 276 calories/hour)  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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