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Preparing to transition from indoor to outdoor exercise

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No more excuses. Spring is almost here, and it’s just about time to get out and enjoy the outdoors.

For 34-year-old Ryan Gruber, it means a return to his exercise routine of 5-mile runs around his Springfield, Ill., neighborhood.

Gruber’s workouts for the past five months have consisted of some time on an elliptical machine and jogging around the basement with his 5-year-old daughter.

Many of us swap our exercise routines for a cozy couch during the winter. If you stopped or cut back on workouts, you need to take special precautions before you hit the pavement.

To avoid injury, Dr. G. Brett Western, a sports medicine physician with the Springfield Clinic, recommends starting slowly.

“Go back to about 50 percent of what you were doing the previous fall,” he said. “Start increasing 10 percent every week to two weeks, depending on how you feel.”

To stay injury-free and enjoy the season, Western suggests the following five tips.

Source: Hannibal.net