Ideas for low-impact excercise (not swimming)

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  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,459 Member
    edited January 2015
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    Walking and cycling are safest, really, and easiest to do every day. The Sansone vids sound good.

    For other options:

    Ice skating! You can do it with the kids. You'd have to stay with them, so your hubs could get his time in, but it's doable. Cross-country skiing might be a fun thing to do now and then, when you've got a sitter. You can rent skis in a lot of places.

    There are kickboxing videos that are low impact, just have to sub out the jumping jacks for marching in place. BUT - kickboxing still gets the heart rate up - does the doc want your husband to stick with low impact because he wants his heart rate to stay in a certain range? reread your post: no don't do kickboxing!

    Tai Chi (there are vids I imagine), too.

    What about ballroom dancing for you guys? Need a sitter but might be a nice thing to do once a week.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
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    walking
  • DylanSaffa
    DylanSaffa Posts: 8 Member
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    A rowing machine is low impact and also a total body workout. Start slow. Perhaps combine with yoga to increase core strength.

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