Walking help please!

Saunders2485
Saunders2485 Posts: 23 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi, the weather here is terrible today so I can't do my walk. I don't have a treadmill and the gym is not an option today. Is walking in place going to do anything for me or am I just wasting my time?
Any advice please x

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  • bebeisfit
    bebeisfit Posts: 951 Member
    I think a lot of people do those Leslie Sansone videos and have good results. No, it's not a waste of time. You could also dance around. Any movement is better than sitting on the couch.
  • monicaw44
    monicaw44 Posts: 71 Member
    I bought a 'step' thing, where you do aerobic step exercises. that can be an alternative to walking when you cant get out. it costs around $40.00 at target.com
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    Is there a mall close by that you could go to? A few laps could get your daily miles in......just leave the credit cards at home. :)
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,630 Member
    BrianSharpe wrote: »
    Is there a mall close by that you could go to? A few laps could get your daily miles in......just leave the credit cards at home. :)

    This ^^

    Brisk laps around the local shopping centre.

  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    Saunders2485 wrote: »
    Hi, the weather here is terrible today so I can't do my walk. I don't have a treadmill and the gym is not an option today. Is walking in place going to do anything for me or am I just wasting my time?
    Any advice please x

    No, you wont be wasting your time, I do a LOT of walking/running in place as we get so much heavy rain.
    Check out youtube, as already mentioned Lesley Sansone and also Jessica Smith do walking related workouts and they are fun.
  • TarahByte
    TarahByte Posts: 125 Member
    When I can't take my dogs outside we have doggy dance parties. Basically I put on my old ugly fake Uggs and turn up the music and dance around while they chase and bite at my feet.
  • evesmom2
    evesmom2 Posts: 231 Member
    I do "laps" around the house when I can't get out
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    edited June 2016
    bebeisfit wrote: »
    I think a lot of people do those Leslie Sansone videos and have good results. No, it's not a waste of time. You could also dance around. Any movement is better than sitting on the couch.

    YouTube has tons of "walking" videos. These come on DVD too. Check your local library, Amazon & Target.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njeZ29umqVE

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnCMUGnWVIg

    If there is no mall, a large home improvement store will give you lots of space to work with.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,630 Member
    If you've got stairs ... climb them over and over and over. Although I don't have indoor stairs, I live in a house on quite a slope with sets of stairs here, there and everywhere, so I have jogged up and down and up and down one flight then jogged to the next flight and up and down that one, and then did lunges to another set, etc. etc. around the yard. Even on drizzly days.

    My mother used to skip rope on bad weather days in some of the places we lived. I'm not sure how she did it ... we must have had high ceilings in part of the house.
  • huango
    huango Posts: 1,007 Member
    Any movement is helpful.
    Do you have stairs to 2nd floor or basement?
    I got a small trampoline and I jump/walk on it while watching TV.
    Squats are always awesome!
    So are pushups.

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