Getting Started/Have questions!

RobinJamie

Can anyone give me tips as to how to slowly start working out at home? My body feels stiff so when I start to do it I then get so lazy and dont want to keep going.
What good ideas do you have??

Robin

RobinJamie

Can anyone give me tips as to how to slowly start working out at home? My body feels stiff so when I start to do it I then get so lazy and dont want to keep going.
What good ideas do you have??

Robin

shababy

Congrats for starting the process! I would suggest getting a good workout video and a stabilty ball. The workout video should keep you motivated and you can use the stability ball to mix it up. Good luck!

amy49

Hello Robin, I use Leslie Sansome walking tape. She is so motivating. I also have a goal to work for. You might try that. Good luck.

MyaPapaya75

Can anyone give me tips as to how to slowly start working out at home? My body feels stiff so when I start to do it I then get so lazy and dont want to keep going.
What good ideas do you have??

Robin

walking is the best medicine....walk away the pounds dvd's is how i started

amy49

That is the one I do, Walk away the pounds and I love it

Georg

I like walking. Once I get outside & down the street, it isn't so easy to stop & quit.
Keep it up & you'll feel better after each time.

thejarviclan

I lost 100 pounds working out at home. I started with resistance bands instead of dumbells. And I would climb our stairs for cardio. When I started I could only go up and down 7 times (and CRAWLED the final 2 sets because I thought, "If I'm moving, I'm burning calories.") In a few months I could easily do 75-100 sets of stairs. I also walked outside and eventually began running.

As the resistance bands got too easy I moved to dumbells, crunches, yoga and exercise routines I found in fitness magazines. I tried to put in 20 minutes of strength training in the morning and 20 more at night (I'd do arms in the morning, hips at night one day - then legs in the morning and abs at night the next day.) I also got in 15 - 20 minutes of cardio (walking/running or stair climbing) twice a day. I did this because I knew if I was staring down an hour of exercise, I'd never get started! Breaking it into 30-40 minute pieces helped a lot.

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: buy some colorful hand weights----start small----put them where you can see them (mine are on a fleece scarf on my dinner table where I can see them.:bigsmile: It's hard to forget to use them when they're right in front of me.:laugh:

good luck:bigsmile: