cardio indoors - why?

Lol, I was having exactly the same conversation with my parents a month ago. We live in a gorgeous, peaceful neighbourhood where there's lots of fresh air and greenery. Perfect conditions for me to go out cycling. Initially, my parents had figured that I was too young to cycle on my own what with the various roads and the dangers of being run over if I lost control (this was when I was a teenager). Now that I'm 20, I made the case to them and actually succeeded in their allowing me to enter the realm of outdoor cycling.

So I went out every day for about a week, and I came back clawing at my skin to make it stop itching, because we'd all forgotten that the real reason I never went outside to exercise was because the lovely trees and sandy fertile soil were somehow the perfect recipe to trigger off my eczema once again. That happened about a month ago, and my skin is still not back to normal. So that's my personal reason for not exercising outside. :grumble:

On a different note though, I'm quite a private and easily embarrassed person. I am much more comfortable running on a treadmill in the seclusion of my own home, purely because an overweight person running is not always the most aesthetically pleasing of sights. You can really see my thighs and my stomach flab jiggle beneath my clothes (god it's embarrassing just to say :embarassed:) and it really takes a huge effort to put on that sort of demonstration in public. I don't even allow anyone to enter the room when I'm exercising, I'm that sensitive about my image now. I also feel I can concentrate and motivate myself better when I'm not so concerned about other people's prying eyes..

4am = dark = scary outside :noway:

The running machine is lower impact on my knees/feet than tarmac, which is where I'd be running if I wasn't indoors.

----it rains for a few days straight and can't get outside
---being self conscious about what you look like---I sweat profusely and look like a drowned rat! Of course, people at the gym see me that way too!
---I have to drive to get to some decent trails or paths to walk where it's safe


I think most people would choose to be outside if conditions were favorable.

Because the temp over the past month has been 100+ (before you add the 90% humidity). I did run outside a couple of days and it was miserable. The gym feels much better, and I can workout longer and harder. When it cools down I will start running and working outside again.

I live in Ireland. Enough said..

Childcare, childcare, childcare. Try walking or running outside with a double stroller and two kids constantly needing you to stop and help with something. Not really exercise. I prefer an hour to myself to really get a good workout. Then if it's nice outside, I'll take the kids to the park!!

I don't live in a safe neighborhood. I feel a lot more secure being at the gym during my exercise routine.

I love hiking, but the nearest decent ones are hours away.

I do run outside when i get the chance, but with having a six month old, it usually takes up a lot of my day, along with college classes. Now, here is the thing, i don't own an elliptical, nor a a gym membership (i'm not driving a half hour to 45 minutes to go use the one at the college that has no childcare) and my bicycle is somewhere in the garage (it's tiny but we have a lot of things stored in it). My only way of strength training as of right now is the indoors, not to mention, I live in Ohio, mother nature changes daily, as well as the pollen issue with my asthma (we live in farm country), and no sidewalks and people drive down the roads at 55mph when it is only 25-35 because they think people don't live around here, as well as corn as far as the eye can see makes for a good horror movie which scares me when i run beside it at sundown.

who cares where they do it, as long as they are doing it

I like to work out before work, hence 5am, and it's dark outside. Plus I live in Texas, and even then it's 80+, in the evenings I do go outside for a walk, but at 95+ and this time of year usually 100+ it's damn hot!!

got to get fit inside so I can be fit outside .. down to a confidence thing

Yep, this is pretty much me.

I'd really rather lose some weight before venturing outside. I hate hate hate working out in front of people, even my fiance, so the idea of someone being able to see/watch me out their window or as they drive by causes me a little anxiety.

I did manage 2 weeks of C25K outside in the early morning so I wouldn't be passed by many cars, I want to start that again after my wedding next week.

I only workout at home because I feel too self conscious in the gym and outside, but these last two weeks I have started running outdoors! It's an excuse but I'm not prepared to push myself out there just yet, as long as I'm working out then that's all I care about.

I dont know about everyone else, but I personally work from home. I babysit multiple children from 5am-7pm. I usually run on a treadmil and/or do my jillian dvds while the kids are napping. Also, I'm extremely self conscious.

LMAO How do the Kids nap? when my wife does 30DS with all the jumping and running it sounds like a herd of elephants running through :bigsmile:

LOL you're not my husband, are you?

I do the 30DS while my 5 month old naps (yes she sleeps through it). My 3-year-old does it right along beside me (she was even doing push ups yesterday!) The first time my husband watched me doing it, he said I better not make his TV fall! It's a result of living over crawlspace instead of on a slab. Just walking by the TV makes it wobble some, so all the jumping and bouncing probably makes it dance (I can't see it because I'm doing all the jumping and bouncing!).

I don't work out outside because it's ridiculously hot and humid right now. And I have two kids who need watching. And I enjoy the fact that my 3 year old wants to exercise with me, it's super cute. Did I mention it's really hot outside?

I have incredibly flat feet and a bad knee so I have to keep it low impact.  When I am not in a city area I do love to hike, ski, swim. But lacking a car prevents me from doing that this summer/winter.