FROZEN FITNESS

WORDS JENNIFER SAVIN.

Hoping to use the cold weather as an excuse to sack off working out? Bad news: turns out a drop in temperature helps to burn fat more effectively, with recent studies showing that chillier climates activate your brown-fat stores. That may explain why New Yorkers (who else?) are currently heading to new fitness studio Brrrn, where yoga, cardio and HIIT classes are all undertaken at between 7°C and 15°C. The optimal way to get in on the action? Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center say that 15.5°C is the ideal temperature to train in – not so cold that muscles stiffen, but chilly enough to reap the benefits. Brrrrilliant……

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Cosmopolitan UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2018

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