Cardio that won't hurt my knees?

hbrittingham

You aren't wearing those TONER shoes (Sketchers and some others make them)?

Nope. I have some but I never wear them and haven't worn them in months.

I want something I can do at home because I'm a stay at home mom and can't go to gym unless I have somewhere for my kids to go (I'd want free or cheap and that's hard to find).
I don't have any exercise equipment at home other than some 3 lb weights and an aerobic step. My husband wants to buy an elliptical though. I think it would be fun to have an exercise bike too.

I picked up a Proform elliptical off from Craigslist for $75. I used it for about 8 months before I joined the gym and resold it for $150. You can find some good "starter" ellipticals for cheap on Craigslist.

ninerbuff

If you can't get to a gym and your knees are really bothering you, then try workout ropes. You can do cardio with them and they don't involve leg movement, just support.

http://www.contractorsrope.com/exercise-ropes.html?gclid=COTu3KfimKwCFQxihwodJyU_Qw

Hericksen

I wish I could go swimming more often, I really love it. The pools around here are kinda pricy if we take the kids too and if they are with us, we can't really swim much because we're watching them.
I think I'll talk to my husband about getting a membership at a recretion center or something. We have talked about it before but the last time we did, we both weren't ready to really change our lifestyle yet so we thought it would be a waste of money. Maybe now would be a better time to do it. I could go with just one kid 3 times a week because the others are in school or preschool. I wonder if any or the rec centers around here have a child care center. I'll look into it.
I've done water aerobics with my mom years ago and I loved it, so that would be a lot of fun.

lisaritter1519

If an exercise video says low impact, does that mean it really is?
I have a low impact step aerobic dvd that I haven't done before (it's by Cathe Friedrich).
I want to add in strength training pretty soon, I don't want to do just cardio because I don't want to lose a ton and then still be flabby with lots of extra skin, so I want to do cardio one day, strength the next and so forth. I'm looking for a good strength video, I have a few checked out from the library right now. I think I'm going to do pilates and something else. Pilates is low impact too, right?

It's low impact as long as at least one foot is on the ground. However, even if a workout is low impact there could be twisting motions that could cause trouble or you could accidentally twist something yourself (I know I have!). Which Cathe step workout do you have? Low Impact Step? I have that one and it is low impact. If your knee is bothering you I would either use only one set of risers or no risers under your step bench. It might be the kneeling in the van that initially aggravated your knee and now the walking motion isn't helping it. I would ice it and give it time. And yes, pilates is low impact.

Hericksen

If an exercise video says low impact, does that mean it really is?
I have a low impact step aerobic dvd that I haven't done before (it's by Cathe Friedrich).
I want to add in strength training pretty soon, I don't want to do just cardio because I don't want to lose a ton and then still be flabby with lots of extra skin, so I want to do cardio one day, strength the next and so forth. I'm looking for a good strength video, I have a few checked out from the library right now. I think I'm going to do pilates and something else. Pilates is low impact too, right?

It's low impact as long as at least one foot is on the ground. However, even if a workout is low impact there could be twisting motions that could cause trouble or you could accidentally twist something yourself (I know I have!). Which Cathe step workout do you have? Low Impact Step? I have that one and it is low impact. If your knee is bothering you I would either use only one set of risers or no risers under your step bench. It might be the kneeling in the van that initially aggravated your knee and now the walking motion isn't helping it. I would ice it and give it time. And yes, pilates is low impact.

Yeah, I think it's the low impact step, it also has something else at the end, body fusion I think it's called.
I also have two other Cathe dvd's that have 3 each of her older step videos. The dvd that's called Cardio Hits and the one called The classics. I haven't done step aerobics in about 2 or 3 years because I've been too out of shape to get through them without quitting after about 5-10 minutes tops.

AZackery

I started 2 weeks ago and I do mostly walking videos by Leslie Sansone.
My right knee hurts a lot lately, I'm not sure if the exercising is causing it or something else, but I want to continue to exercise.
What can I do that is a good calorie burning exercise that won't hurt my knees?
I still want to do my Leslie Sansone videos too, how often or not often should I do them so I don't work my knees too much?

Rub some muscle rub on your knee. You can buy muscle rub at the Dollar Tree. Can you pop your knee? It might need a good popping. But, if not, rub muscle rub on it. It will help.

I like walking with Leslie as well. Belly Dancing is good. Hula Dancing is good. Core Rhythms. Chris Freytag has some good workouts. Walking ones too. I love Chris. She's one of my trainers.