Unable to exercise in apartment...

What about boxing? Even just doing punches with your upper body will help and can get your heart rate up.

Hula hooping. Going outside and jump roping. Yoga. Handstands (against a wall). Basic bodyweight exercises (pushups, squats, etc).

Another suggestion is to talk to the apartment office to send HER a letter explaining that what you are doing isn't wrong.

Many strength training workouts can be done without much jumping. Pilates, yoga are good choices too.

Fitness blender has a quiet cardio workout just for you...look it up on youtube...it is great & rigorous!

Tough, they['re being a pain, it's hardly unsociable hours, the apartment managers have no problem with it, your neighbours will have to suck it up.

Doesn't your state have a law against making unnecessary police calls? I'd consider legal action if your neighbor is insisting on being that belligerent, especially if your property manager has no problem with you and it's all lying on the neighbor.

That aside, I live in an old house w/hardwood floors (so, very creaky and walls are thin) and I use a mini-stepper from Sunny Health & Fitness I got on Amazon for like $55. Threw a carpet square from one of the local flooring places under that and BAM. My landlady lives below us and she can barely hear a thing unless my clumsy self falls off the thing.

I used to live in an upstairs apartment. I bought mats (the ones used just in case you drop weights) to help negate some of the noises I made while working out P90X or whatever it was at that time.

NerdFitness.com has some great body weight exercise routines that may work for you. Possible just skip the jumping jacks and burpees and such which may be loud.

Or could you try getting a mat or rug that may muffle the sound?

Here's a question: When you started working out in your apartment fully knowing that you are on the second floor and you have a neighbor below you did you even approach the downstairs neighbors, tell them that you are going to be working out in your apartment from X time to X time and that there will be jumping and noise and would they mind.

OR

Did you just think "Screw them! This is MY apartment I'll do what I want!" and just go at it?

If you did the former and they said ok and are now complaining then I'd go join a gym or move my workouts to outside. If you did the latter then you really have no grounds to be mad at them for calling the office and I'd go join a gym or move my workouts outside.

Honestly if I were a downstairs neighbor and I heard a bunch of ruckus going on upstairs (and you didn't tell me what you were doing before hand) I'd be a little po'd too however I'd probably speak to you before I went to the office.

She called the Police? That sucks. Is there a way to set a scheduled workout time she can live with? A time when she will not be in her place? I might be dreaming here, but I'm hoping she can work out some type of plan with you.

Brazilian Butt Lift by Beach Body is a good apartment workout- there is a lot of dancing but its not high impact so you don't have to sweat your neighbor complaining about a bunch bumping around.

You can buy a pad or mat to exercise on. I have one that is about 1/2 thick and works somewhat well with jumping. Also, try to land like a cat. It actually is harder and a better workout I think to jump and land without a huge thud than just jumping high and crashing down.

Get a 12" sub-woofer. Put on some Skrillex dub-step at high volume and start doing kettle bell routines, see how they like that.

Seriously, if you are doing it mid-day then they need to STFU and go get a job. It's part of apartment life. If you live under people you are going to hear noise. Let them keep calling the police... in the end THEY will be the ones in trouble for calling them constantly for no good reason.

BTW resistance bands are awesome if you MUST be quiet.

When I lived in a first floor apartment, any noise during the day didn't bother me. I only complained (multiple time) to the office when loud music was played after midnight (which was a violation of county noise ordinance). And, trust me, I had to call a lot. The office ended up kicking those people out because they kept getting calls from me, they had been warned, and kept violating the rules.

IMO: You are doing nothing wrong. Look up the county noise ordinance and if she continues to complain, tape it to her door or hand her a copy (maybe along with some cookies). I doubt she realizes that those things happen when you live below someone. And getting po'd when you're doing exercises during daylight hours in the middle of the day is ridiculous.

Good luck!

There's a lot to be said for being considerate of your neighbor's right to quiet enjoyment of their apartment. I have a bike mounted on a very quiet fluid trainer and it sits on top of a 3/4 inch rubber mat. The mat weighs over 100lbs and I bought it before I started using the trainer which tends to vibrate quite a bit. I even bought a slick tire so that there's no rumbling noise when I'm on the bike.

A lot of condominiums and apartment buildings require that a certain percentage of floorspace be covered by carpeting. This is to ensure that downstairs neighbors aren't disturbed by footsteps and things falling on the floor. It just seems to me that doing jumping exercises without some sort of thick padding is a bit much.

I live in a house and the basement is rented out.. hardwood floors creak a lot upstairs.. I got connect-a-mats (like the ones you see in daycares) sometimes I double them up to really stop the sound.

Your neighbour is crazy though.. I bet the cops don't like coming to deal with her calls. How is the management where you live? I'm sure they are sick of hearing from her too.. Just keep at it, try the mats and persevere.. like I mentioned, people will get sick of your neighbour. I mean, IMO, don't live in an apartment building if you can't handle occasional movement by your upper/lower neighbours.