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Workout @ home
| Sat, 01-27-2007 - 9:24pm |
Hello everyone. It's been a few weeks since I've posted. I got off track but I'm ready to get back on. I have a few questions. Does anyone have workout equipment in their home? Does that help? Does anyone use the walk away the pounds videos? Is it better, as good as, or worse than the treadmill? I have young kids and I am in school. Timing is everything for me. It's impossible to get to the gym often enough. I'm looking for something that I can do at home. Need encouragement. Thanks!!!
Lady

I use Walk Away The Pounds and I love it! I have about 10 of Lelsie's DVD's and I rotate them everyday so I don't get bored! Some of the tapes use wieghts, some use a stretching band, some have kick boxing, some have jogging, etc...
It works for me becasue I can do it in the privacy of my own home, when I want, and no one can see me sweat!!!
Good luck!
Tina in Anitoch, CA
I use an exercise bike infront of the TV, and although I can't really say that I'm consistent with exercise, I tend to find less excuses to do the bike than to walk outside or do other outdoor activities.
I am on the lookout for exercise videos, I think they will be a lot of fun. I hope we can both get some pointers on exercise vidoes. I was thinking about pilates, but I'm not sure if it will challenge me enough (I have a flexible body and I need a challenge).
I have weights - I started with three pounds and now also have fives and eights and am planning to get a set of tens. They aren't very expensive.
I keep them under my TV, so when I am watching, they are 'looking' at me. On nights when I don't go to the gym, I aim for 20-40 minutes of strength training.
I do either a full body workout or just upper or lower, depending on what else I've done recently.
I started doing three sets of an exercise with 10 repetitions of each one (with the three pound weights). I've slowly worked up to doing sets of 15-12-10, or sometimes 20-15-12 reps, starting with lower weights for the first set and increasing.
I figure I get four benefits from this:
- whatever calories I burn while using the weights
- a metabolism boost from whatever muscle I'm building
- while I'm lifting, I'm not eating
- after I've worked out, junk food isn't as appealing
Cardio equipment probably gives you a better 'calories per hour' benefit, but I like the weights because they don't take up much space and I can leave them in plain sight and just 'grab and go'. I also do abdominal exercises at home - during baseball season, I do 'fifth inning' abs-if I'm watching the game during the fifth inning, and I haven't done abs that days, I drop to the floor and do them...
If you want more info on routines, let me know and I'm happy to share my favorites. Also, Fitness magazine usually has a good set of new exercises each month - they show them with bars and balls too, but I can usually figure out how to adjust them to use weights.
Happy workout!
SJ
225-170-135
The best workout is the one you will stick with. you have to experiment to see what you enjoy doing - if you don't enjoy it, you won't stick to a regular routine.
if its tapes, go to the library and check them out before buying.
i personally have a bunch of different ones to alternate to avoid boredom, i do WATP, i have the WW in shape, the WW walking kit, couple of Denise Austin, Kathy Smith, i have the whole Richard Simmons series so i just alternate. when time and weather allow i go outside and walk. some of my dvd/tapes are with weights and some are not. variety is the key plus variety will give your body a total workout over the course of the week.
i also wear a pedometer and average between 10,000-12,000 steps a day. the pedometer keeps me moving more.
Sue
302/136/160
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