Exersize? Exercize? Excersize? EXERCISE?

I don't why I can never spell that word!  It gets me every time and it never looks right.  
In winter it is so hard to get my exercise in.  It's cold and yucky outside (at least in UT) and even though we have an exercise bike I just never feel like using it.  (Lame I know).  Then I have to resort to exercise videos.  I only own about 3 of them and while they are great I get bored really really easily.  The last couple of weeks I have been taking advantage of our library selections to try and keep things exciting so I will keep doing it.  I know everyone has different tastes and needs but I have a couple of video suggestions for you if you are stuck in a rut and need something new.

http://www.firmdirect.com/firm/p/Cardio-Party-DVD.html  I just did this one this morning.  It is from "The Firm" series.  It was a lot of fun and it was challenging but doable, although I had to take some breaks.  The Firm has a bunch of different workouts.  The Cardio Party one was great because there were 5 girls who rotated teaching so if you didn't particularly care for one of them or their style it would change in a few minutes.  The Firm videos are also nice because they do cardio mixed with strength and toning exercises.  Sometimes I feel like workouts give you one or the other but I want both.

I also have been doing yoga regularly and I really have grown to like it.  I like that it helps me with my posture, which has always been poor.  It makes me more aware of how I am standing and does a lot of core strengthening.  I really like core stuff because it seems like it stays with me all day and helps me tuck in my tummy.  I have done a few yoga videos.  I haven't found my absolute favorite one to suggest yet but I do like Rodney Yee's stuff and I even did one geared to older people called "Yoga for Everybody, Yoga to reduce pain" (or something like that) and it was great as far as stretching out my body and loosening up.  I also did one that focused on the core and it was crazy hard but I felt great after it!

Lastly if you haven't tried Zumba yet (guys might not agree with me) you should!  It is super fun and it tricks you into thinking you aren't exercising.  I have gone online sometimes and just done zumba routine from Youtube.  That way if you don't like it you can easily change it and there are routines from 2 minutes to 60 minutes you choose.  To start you off watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra1kQED6S5w!!!!  It's only a little over 3 minutes.

Anyway, sorry this is a little long and boring but I just thought if it helps someone get out of their winter rut it might be helpful.

Happy Exercising!!!