I love my Tony Little Gazelle it's like a cross country skiing machine...low impact

I recently restarted my weight loss journey. To ease back into exercise, I decided to try out a weighted hula hoop. I really enjoy working with it and use it 5-6 times a week for 30 minutes at a time. I have noticed a good amount of difference with simple things like stair climbing and not being out of breath when I reach the top. Recently I picked up a used nordic track treadmill and currently am using that every other day. After seeing the captains chair and the benefits from that piece, I am thinking that might be my newest toy I have a full gym membership, but I much prefer to work out at home. Dog walks fill in the empty moments!

It depends on where I am. If I am at the Y I think I prefer the elliptical and if I am at home I prefer my bike. I have really enjoyed being outdoors this summer and learning to ride the greenway around my city. I like to mix things up so I don't use the same things all the time because I get bored so easy.

My bike, by a mile!

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My DVR, all my DVD's (yoga, weighlifting, HIIT, & bootcamp) :laugh:
My PowerBlock weights & my kettlebells and of course my own body. Love body weight training, so powerful.

With a serious spine injury and arthritic knees, exercise of any sort is a challenge. But my husband, who is a competitive cyclist, was determined to find a way to get me on a bike. His bike shop suggested a recumbent 3-wheel trike and let me borrow one for a couple of weeks. To my surprise, I was able to ride it without strain on my back, neck, or knees, and I cried when I felt the wind in my face going down the first hill! When the weather got bad, I bought an indoor recumbent which sits in front of my TV and I watch my chick shows that hubby wouldn't watch with me, so I don't get bored.
2 yrs ago our city put gravel down on our neighborhood roads and the jarring was too much for my spine, so I haven't been able to ride outside. But after months of arguing with the city council, just received a letter that they are repaving our street and the street behind us, so soon I will be able to at least ride around my block, and hopefully next year they can pave some more streets.

So don't think that you can't exercise. Just find SOMETHING that will get your body moving and your heart rate up. You will feel so much better!

I go between my treadmill and elliptical. Really started to like the elliptical more lately.

Definitely Kettlebells - I LOVE them! I'm definitely a Tracy Reifkind groupie. I do at least 30 minutes 3-4 times a week. On the other days I do body-weight routines and once a week my husband and I take a pilates class at a nearby studio.

My legs, I walk and walk and walk some more!!!!!!!

Weights and kettle bells.

Hey fishborn - that's terrific. I love to swim but never mastered the art of swimming in the ocean. Good job!

My Slimtone vibrating belly massager.

I own an awesome pair of hiking boots - and I wear them everywhere. Walking for 6 hours around DC, walking for 4 hours around Paris. I even had to wear one of them to a formal dance once, when I had a broken foot. They were the only shoes my orthopedist allowed. It was either the hiking boot or cast & crutches. I wasn't very graceful dancing, but I did dance!!

I absolutely love the rowing machine at the gym! Works everything, and reminds me of summers on the lake when I was young.

At home I love my stationary bike can watch tv and ride for an hour or more. At the Y I love the elliptical.