Weatherproof training is awesome, especially if you’re experiencing a day where you can’t make it to the gym due to weather or time (or if you’re just lazy). You need to use your environment to your best advantage, and what better environment for cardio could there be other than snow or rain. Think about it, it comes fast and often, and intentionally hitting a drop takes a lot of time and speed. Note that in the next paragraph, you could do the same techniques for weapons, but that’s another article. Let’s talk about your basic boxing/mma/kickboxing.

One of the simplest exercises you can do while it’s snowing (and hopefully not too hard) is to hit the flakes as they fall. You can use your jab, cross, hook and uppercut and take out as many flakes as you can. If you have a good snowfall, you can do some good cardio work. It is important to note here that you should not throw Thai kicks into the snow for two reasons:

1. It is probably slippery and you will fall. Your round kick will definitely cause a knockdown, and your push kick could cause a knockdown. You want to stay healthy, so it’s best not to try your luck. Don’t throw your Thai kicks in the snow

2. You will cut your knee to death if you throw your roundhouse kicks. Your round kick is meant to hit someone and launch them into the air and trying to retract that force will injure your knee. That is not worth it.

So what techniques do I recommend?

1. jab

2. Cross

3. Hook

4.Uppercut

5. Overhead

6. Back fist (if you throw it, however, it doesn’t rotate the fist back, due to the potential to fall)

7. Eye pokes (obviously not for mma)

8. Anything from the above to the body (of course, not the punch in the eye)

technical lower body

1.Knees

That’s it here and I’m not talking about knee jumps, or knee jumps either, unless you’re into concussions.

This is how I would structure the routine:

beginner

1 minute and 1 minute rest or a total time of 10 minutes, you want to exercise at a 6-8 on a scale of 10 (how hard is exercise for you)

Intermediate:

2 minutes on 30 seconds off

Pushups 15 x 2 sets

Squats 15 x 2 sets

Advanced:

3 minutes on and 15 seconds off

Pushups 30 x 3 sets

Squats 30 x 3 sets

There you have it, get out there and get an intense workout right away.