{"id":24,"date":"2010-02-16T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hundredtenpounds.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/16\/snowshoeing"},"modified":"2010-02-16T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T12:00:00","slug":"snowshoeing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=24","title":{"rendered":"Snowshoeing!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of my favorite winter activities is snowshoeing. I’m fairly new to the sport, and haven’t attempted to do it on my own yet. I hope to remedy that in a few weeks when I go on vacation with some friends. We plan on renting some snowshoes and poles from REI for the weekend and exploring Mt. Bachelor.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some people might be intimidated by the concept, but really, after a 5 minute lesson on how to put the shoes on, you’ll be fine. I suggest a guided tour at first, unless you have training in outdoor navigation. When everything is white, it’s very easy to get turned around.<\/span><\/p>\n

Besides the fact that snowshoeing is a lot of fun, it’s a GREAT workout! If you don’t like running, but walking or hiking is your thing, snowshoeing will be a snap. It’s essentially just walking on top of snow.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of the benefits include:<\/span>
*You burn 45% more calories snowshoeing than if you were just walking or hiking.<\/span>
*<\/span>Hip flexors and quadriceps can get more of a workout than just walking due to the lifting motion of each step. (Which is great news for runners and bikers!)
*It’s a low-impact aerobic exercise.
*It’s much easier to learn than skiing! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Depending on what part of the country you live in, winters can be pretty brutal. If you’re a runner and it’s snowing (like in Philly where my brother lives!), you can’t go for a run outside. Snowshoeing is a great cross-training activity.<\/p>\n

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One of my favorite winter activities is snowshoeing. I’m fairly new to the sport, and haven’t attempted to do it on my own yet. I hope to remedy that in a few weeks when I go on vacation with some friends. We plan on renting some snowshoes and poles from REI for the weekend and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37,127,174,213,248,249],"tags":[8587,8721],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}