Welcome to the Get Fit Guys quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

Well, Santa Claus and a turkey are commonly seen symbols of the season.

The body shapes of these holiday celebrities may not be quite the look you're going for.

But between gravy, cookies, airplanes, long car rides, and

back-to-back football games on TV, there's a lot of excuses during the holidays to wind up

looking like a butterball when January 1st arrives. So in this episode, you're going to learn how

to stay fit during holidays with the best exercises and workouts and timing tips to be able to squeeze in your calorie

burning and body toning sessions with the greatest effectiveness. As a personal trainer, I've had the

pleasure, or more appropriately, the discomfort of witnessing the extreme unraveling of the fittest

bodies during the holidays. There are two primary reasons why people get

fat at this time of year. Number one, abundance of calorie-dense foods. If a hidden camera were placed

in your refrigerator, pantry, or cupboard during the holiday season, you'd notice a significant

skew towards foods that are low in nutrients but high in calories, such as meats with heavy

sauces, candies, and chocolates, or gift baskets

with processed, packaged foods coated in oils. There's nothing wrong with enjoying these foods,

but out of sight is out of mind, and during the holidays, insight is, well, you get the idea.

Number two, busy schedules. Social events, shopping, and other obligations tend to abound during the holidays,

and time spent driving, flying, standing in line, socializing, and partying is time that you can't exercise.

To make matters worse, as stress from a busy schedule builds, your propensity to fall victim to cravings for calorie-dense foods increases.

Well, here's the good news. Among a multitude of other

healthy effects, exercise helps to control food cravings, de-stress the body, and increase

calorie burning. The question becomes which holiday exercises are best. Here are three criteria.

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