Winter sucks... and what sucks more is having to commute everyday in a busy city such as New York during the winter season.

With heavy snowfall, frozen sidewalks, and black ice patches popping up left-and-right like the plague, we all can relate to the pain of falling flat on our ass while strolling through the NYC streets.

So what's the trick to walking down the slick sidewalks without falling and busting your derrière? Walk like a penguin.

Yes, a penguin.

Thanks to some clever advice from Little Baby's Ice Cream, this step-by-step guide illustrates that the way we've been walking across ice this whole time is actually wrong.

The trick is to think like a penguin; and by shifting ones weight onto the front leg keeps us humans – and penguins – from slipping.

[via Little Baby's Ice Cream]

 And just like that, you won't fall flat on your ass. Now go outside and try it!

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