Take it outside: Winter exercise is a snap with the right gear
Tribune-Review file
Hearty souls take part in the Polar Bear Plunge into the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh on Jan. 1, 2016. Anyone contemplating doing a similar plunge should remember that sudden immersion into cold water causes an instantaneous and massive increase in heart rate and blood pressure.
David Zalubowski |AP
Even though your body warms up during outdoor winter exercise, it’s important to cover skin to avoid frostbite. Here, an unidentified runner braves sub-freezing temperatures, high winds and light snow as a winter storm swept through Denver on
Jan. 21, 2018.
David Zalubowski |AP
Layers of clothing provide insulation to keep the body warm during outdoor winter exercise. Here, a jogger and his dog brave a winter storm that rolled through Denver on Jan. 28, 2019.
