Cardio / Calorie Burn with Lower body injury

mandashereee

Does anyone have any ideas for workouts while wearing a boot? Non weight bearing for 4 weeks and I need to elevate my heart rate and get a good burn. Some of the workouts I've been doing feel as though they're not challenging enough.

_BlahBlah_BlackSheep_

Are you only looking for cardio options, or do you lift weights as well? I couldn't really do any cardio when I was in a boot, but I did continue with modified weight lifting and yoga to stay in shape. Some options for non-weight bearing lifts include:

Leg Extensions
Seated Good Mornings
Leg Curl
Weighted Back Extension
Seated Adductors
Weighted Roman Chair Sit Ups
Cable Crunch
Seated Overhead Press
Skullcrushers
Lat Pull Down
Tricep Extensions
Any kind of bench presses or seated dumbbell curls
Various cable/resistance band exercises
Seated/prone yoga positions

cwolfman13

You're going to be hard pressed to find cardio that is particularly challenging that is only upper body, particularly if you're in reasonably good shape fitness wise. You need to rest and heal and recover. I was in a boot for 6 weeks in 2020...it sucks, but it often comes with the fitness territory.