could get bored of walking

CatieCappadona

So... my goal every day is to walk at least an hour and a half... Im doing it outdoors, however I want to do other work outs, but have no bike, and have no gym membership. Is there anything I can do thats inexpensive, fun, and gets my heart rate up? I'm on a roll with walking, and have been for the last 4 days, I'm on 4 miles a day, however I'm getting kind of bored with it, and want to try jogging more, but it hurts my shins. heeelp mee.
thanks!

Tiffenyb2005

On Demand workouts are always fun!!

california_peach

If jogging on the treadmill makes yours shins hurt you may be getting shin splints. I am no experiences with those, but I have some issues with calf strain while runnning. I increased my stretches and always include a 5 minute walking warm up at the beginning of a run.

Another thing I do to mix things up is to do the workouts offered via my cable OnDemand. They have FitnessTV under the Sports&Fitness section onDemand. I can do just about any kind of workout. It is great. I love the variety and it lets me try something out without have to buy anything. I did end up purchasing the Jillian Michael's 30-Day shred, but I was able to try it for free first. Don't know you cable set up obviously, but I imagine they all have something similar.

Good luck and good job on the 4 miles. That is impressive!

CatieCappadona

thanks guys!

Yarnpiggie

The thing I do to mix up my walks is change the route. I have good neighborhoods to walk through that are interesting with some decent hills and such. As silly as it may sound, I also sometimes drive to a different location just to have a new venue. We have some decent paths in various areas around town (including in my neighborhood) that have different challenges to keep them interesting.

shannonichole

Try looking up exercise videos online. There are some good ones for free. Or try hiking instead of walking!

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: do you have an MP3 player or portable CD player or something so you can listen to music on books on tape to entertain you while you walk?

tiedye

Bring a friend

lacroyx

Walking is about 80% of my excercise. I don't do it inside a gym on a treadmill, I find those boring. I go outside. I bring friends, listen to podcasts/music/whatever on my Zune. I also do lots of stairs. I been doing it for 1 year. I don't let myself get bored I find ways to keep going and motivated. Do you have a iPhone or Android? I use Cardio Trainer a free app. it records my data. I post it via FB and friends there encourage me and I motivate myself to improve my distance and times. I started very slow. It would take me about 40 mins to do 1 mile. I now can do 3 miles in that same time. I've also started jogging too.