Working in the Workouts: Ice skating

Last week I told you about carpet skating. This week, I'm going more traditional. How about a spin on an ice skating rink?

As most of us are probably still spending more time with more family members than we typically do the rest of the year, it's important to come up with ways to keep moving while spending time together. Ice skating provides the perfect option, whether you live somewhere cold enough to enjoy an actual frozen lake or or you have to find an indoor facility where they recreate a frozen lake. Or maybe you're somewhere in between like I am near the nation's Capitol, where you can find many man-made outdoor rinks in the middle of town.

No matter how the ice under foot came to be, it's great family fun for a few bucks plus renting a pair of blades if you don't own them. Many rinks offer lessons for the less confident. And if you've got family members that are too old or young to join in the activity, I'm sure they'd enjoy watching the advanced set show off while the beginners fall on their butts.