please give me tips on Free Exercise

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  • terrellc1
    terrellc1 Posts: 231 Member
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    Your local library most likely carries an assortment of exercise videos that you could check out.
  • bethmillerwilson
    bethmillerwilson Posts: 43 Member
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    Like others have mentioned, push ups, triceps dips, stairs. Also planks, crunches, lunges. Go to a kid's playground and use the equipment to do things like modified pull ups, full pull ups, use the stairs to do step aerobics, put your feet or knees up on a step or something to do push ups on an angle so that your head is lower than your feet or knees. You could fill empty plastic emergency gas cans with water and do Farmer's walk or push press above your head with one and then walk back and forth with it. There are a number of yoga poses that use your body weight and work the arms and shoulders.
  • kfitzs
    kfitzs Posts: 48 Member
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    Thanks for posting this question as I was researching things to do myself. I don't have money for a gym, nor are there any in my local area. I work 12 hour shifts standing all day and the last thing I want to do is travel after work. i want to workout at home and don't have spare room to house alot of big, bulky equipment. I love all the ideas and websites others are sharing....thanks!

    This is exactly the same as me i mostly finish at 10pm at work and its now coming into winter so its harder to get outside to do things plus it rains all the time
  • kfitzs
    kfitzs Posts: 48 Member
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    I need to learn how to correctly do all of these things such as pushups and sit ups etc. Don't have stairs available to me or a playground near by. Ill try youtube but i dont think my downloads could cope. I like the idea about the iphone apps. Thanks again everyone so many great ideas.
  • Dauntlessness
    Dauntlessness Posts: 1,489 Member
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    If you have Direct TV there are free VODs (Video on Demand) exercise videos. Just download then and go for it :)

    If you yard sale during the summer, maybe look for exercise videos or cheap equipment? (I know you didn't want to spend money but if its cheap, it might be worth it)

    There are a ton of websites that show exercises that require no equipment. Just google it :)
  • Fieldsy
    Fieldsy Posts: 1,105 Member
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    youtube.com

    Look up certain workouts and it will show you. Try to find one that has positive comments.
  • KayteeBear
    KayteeBear Posts: 1,040 Member
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    I have found a lot of channels on Youtube with lots of workouts! Some are only 10 minute workouts, some have up to 30 minute workouts. And some of the 10 minute ones say you're supposed to do them 3 times through so you have the option of making them longer. Plus some with Zumba.

    http://www.youtube.com/user/popsugartvfit
    http://www.youtube.com/user/ZuzkaLight
    http://www.youtube.com/user/LarissaZumbaCO
    http://www.youtube.com/user/BlogilatesTV
    http://www.youtube.com/user/GRDanceFitness
    http://www.youtube.com/user/SensazaoCrew
    http://www.youtube.com/user/TiffanyRotheWorkouts
    http://www.youtube.com/user/BeFit
    http://www.youtube.com/user/ToneItUpcom
  • GraceK2012
    GraceK2012 Posts: 64 Member
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    bump
  • kellyreynolds14
    kellyreynolds14 Posts: 56
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    I have been gym-membership free for about 3 years now. I have a good pair of running shoes, a set of dumbells and a yoga mat. I just set myself up with my own personalized beginners weight lifting routine. The best advice I read was to do 2 excersices per muscle group which include:

    Back
    Shoulder
    Chest
    Triceps
    Biceps
    Lower body
    Abdomin

    Then I went online and researched excercises for each muscle group until I found 2 per group that seemed easy enough for me and didn't require heavy equiptment. The biggest reason I am actually USING this routine is because I made a workout log using excel. There is a column that I fill out for every date that I do the routine. Then for each excersice I write down how many reps/sets I did and how much weight I used. I fill it out as I finish up with each excersize so it keeps me organized (because 2 excercises x 7 muscle groups x 3 reps equals alot to keep track of)!

    Good luck!
  • becalee26
    becalee26 Posts: 185 Member
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    comcast on demand under sports and fitness. It's free and tons of workouts.
  • Mkflachs
    Mkflachs Posts: 1 Member
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    I've really liked LiveExercise.com. They have a bunch of free workouts, they just advertise (and use) their resistance bands. I usually do their kenpo kickboxing (for cardio) or yoga videos (which don't use their bands). They work you pretty hard even if you don't use their bands.

    They also have low bandwith option videos, which are a lot less laggy since my internet can be kinda slow.
  • AutumnBreeze07
    AutumnBreeze07 Posts: 49 Member
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    Bumping!
    :drinker:
  • ProjectTae
    ProjectTae Posts: 461 Member
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    On Youtube put "BeFit" in the search bar. They have tons of free workouts to choose from. I like some of the Denise Austin ones. She has some 20min butt kicker vids.

    OMG I love this, I think I'm going to add this to 3DS to mix it up a bit thank you!!
  • westdove
    westdove Posts: 174
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    There are lots of fitness routines on youtube. If you have stairs at home, that is something you can do for cardio, etc.

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