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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
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61% Women Exercise Less During Winter – 9 Simple Ways to Stay on Track When It's Chilly Out

Working out in winter: A woman stretching in an autumnal-looking forest.

Did you know? Two-thirds of women exercise less in cold weather. It's not surprising, really - there's nothing harder than getting out of bed when it's still dark outside and practically Baltic, and that's before you've even struggled into a pair of the best gym leggings and headed out for your session.

Research from Women in Sport and Equal Play, Sports Direct’s initiative to make sport fair and impartial for women, found that 61% of women exercise in cold weather less.

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