Episode 33Jan 26, 2026· 5:10

Snowed In? Here's How to Keep Moving Without the Gym

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Can't make it to the gym because of snow? You're not alone, and you don't have to skip your workout. In this episode of More Movement Please, Ashley Grant shares her practical plan for staying active when winter weather keeps you home, including YouTube exercise classes, creative uses for light dumbbells, and a walking video that promises 7,500-10,000 steps without leaving your living room. Learn how to maintain…

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Full transcript

00:07

up you guys famous Ashley Grant here welcome

00:09

to more movement please the podcast where I hope

00:10

to inspire you to move your body more today I

00:13

want to talk about being snowed in so I'm not

00:17

snowed in right this second but the weather reports

00:20

indicate that I will be and I want to talk about

00:24

what it is I plan on doing to keep moving my

00:26

body even though I might not be able to get to

00:28

the gym I've done a similar episode whenever

00:31

I was talking about how you know if it's just

00:33

cold out people decide not to come to the gym

00:35

but What happens when you really can't? What

00:39

happens when the roads are closed and you literally

00:41

cannot get to the gym? So it's the same advice

00:44

I gave during that episode. It is basically that

00:47

I plan on using YouTube exercises, YouTube exercise

00:50

classes, to continue moving my body even though

00:54

I can't physically get to the gym. So I only

00:57

have a couple of dumbbells at home. I have two

01:01

three -pound dumbbells and two five -pound dumbbells.

01:03

And no, that's not a lot. I've gotten to the

01:06

point where I reach for the eights and the fifteens,

01:09

and so to drop back down to threes and fives,

01:12

it's not enough. It's not as much as I would

01:15

normally grab, but it doesn't mean that I'm not

01:18

going to use them. I'm still planning on using

01:20

them. I also have some like armband weights that

01:23

I can use that if I want to pump up the weight

01:25

just a little bit, I can. But if I can't, I'll

01:27

just increase the reps. And my plan is to take

01:31

a couple of these YouTube exercise classes. I

01:33

every Sunday I take a YouTube stretch class that

01:36

is just fantastic. It is. Oh, God, they're so

01:39

good. I have several of them that I use and I

01:42

will put them on rotation. Whatever is hurting

01:45

that day. I'll you know, I kind of remember which

01:48

which exercises are. are the most helpful. So

01:51

I'll use that particular video. And if I'm trying

01:54

to get to 30 minutes, I'll do multiple of them

01:56

in a single day to count that as one class. So

01:59

my plan is to use these YouTube exercise classes

02:02

to continue moving my body. Normally on Sundays,

02:05

I go for a longer walk as well as part of my

02:08

active recovery. And that's looking like that

02:11

won't be possible as well because we're expected

02:14

to get quite a few inches of snow. So my plan

02:18

is I found this video on YouTube. It's like,

02:22

I think it's like an hour long class. And the

02:25

idea of it is that while standing pretty much

02:28

in place, you can get between 7 ,500 and 10 ,000

02:31

steps in one hour. And that sounds like fun to

02:34

me. So I'm going to try that out and see how

02:36

that goes. And I'll report back after I try it.

02:38

But basically, the whole point of this episode

02:42

is just to basically say. You know, even if you

02:45

can't get to the gym, there are things you can

02:46

do to work out. I mean, thank God we're living

02:48

in a time where all these amazing free classes

02:51

are available online. I mean, I've even seen

02:53

videos on TikTok and Facebook and Instagram.

02:57

And if you put them together and like make basically

03:00

make a playlist for yourself, you could get 30

03:02

to 45 minutes of exercise. without having to

03:06

step inside a gym. Is it as fun? No. I'm the

03:09

first to admit that I prefer to be in group classes.

03:12

There's something so special about having people

03:14

around you that are also trying to do the same

03:16

thing that you're doing. It feels more like a

03:19

community effort rather than you're just sweating

03:21

alone. And so for me, I'm not as excited about

03:26

working out by myself, but if it still keeps

03:29

me moving, it's worth it. And so I'll leave some

03:32

links in the show notes to... to these videos

03:36

because the more we can move our bodies, even

03:39

when it's cold, the better. And yeah, so that's

03:43

kind of why I plan on doing, even though I plan

03:44

on being snowed in. I, I hope that I'm not, I

03:49

hope that I can somehow get to the gym anyway,

03:51

but I have to be realistic and just accept that,

03:54

you know, mother nature's going to do her thing.

03:56

And if she's going to do her thing, well, I'm

03:57

still going to do my thing, even though, um,

03:59

I would prefer to be at the gym. I. I got to

04:03

do what I got to do and continue moving because

04:05

that is definitely my goal is just to keep moving

04:08

because I've said it a bajillion times at this

04:12

point. It just feels so much better than what

04:14

I used to do. That sedentary lifestyle, I never

04:16

want to go back. I just don't. So that's all

04:22

I've got for you today. I hope that you will

04:24

take this advice that even if you are snowed

04:27

in or if you can't get to the gym, that you do

04:29

something to move your body today. It doesn't

04:32

have to be intense. It doesn't have to be crazy.

04:34

It just has to be movement. So onwards and upwards,

04:36

my friends. Have you worked out today?

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