De-Stress at Santa’s Work(out) Shop

Give your inner Grinch the heave-ho-ho-ho with a quick Christmas workout that's fun and simple. Yes, visiting, hosting, shopping, and just plain being inundated with holiday messaging can leave you feeling tense, overwhelmed, and exhausted. The last thing you want to do is drag your backside into a gym. I get it. But get this: your muscle tension, racing mind, and smoking-hot credit card all need a break and an outlet to release, and you can either enhance your chance of getting a stocking full of coal by releasing it on others while inching along in a traffic jam or set aside 10 minutes in your day and release some stress in your own workshop. In fact, exercise has been shown to have a buffering effect on our brain’s ability to cope with a stressful stimulus. With exercise, it takes greater exposure to stressful stimulus to elicit a stress response. That’s right! With an investment of as little as 10 minutes per day, you can put up with more toy snatching, wine spilling, and kid whining than ever before! Try two rounds of these five fun and festive exercises to de-stress, re-energize, and maybe even create a little room for more eggnog and sugar cookies.