Low impact for a beginner

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  • courtneymal17
    courtneymal17 Posts: 672 Member
    Swimming for SURE..or other types of water workouts...water aerobics, jogging in the water, etc. If you've got joint issues it's one of the best things.
  • morticia16
    morticia16 Posts: 230 Member
    With you having access to the pool, I'd recommend you focus on that. Aquagym if you are starting out, swimming laps if you want to go for some serious low impact calorie burn!
  • Reepir
    Reepir Posts: 32 Member
    This is great advice from everyone. I will look through all the options you have all given me! Thank you guys for the great information.

    I went over to my sisters and just by playing around with my nephews in the pool for 45ish minutes burned a little over 800 calories. I wasn't out of breath or feel too sore today. I forgot how much I loved swimming I will definitely be doing more of this. The pool I have access to is at my apartment complex but it is open 24 hours a day.

    I have been trying to find the right time if I were to walk around outside. I go to work fairly early on week days (6am) so to include exercise I would need to wake up 1 hour earlier to be able to include a pre work shower. 4 AM just is a daunting number to wake up to when I still don't normally fall asleep til around 10 or 11 PM. So I have been working to fit it in at the end of the day. The other choice I have to go walking around is at Arizona Mills Mall which is a perfect mile from what I have heard and how it feels when walking it. It is an enclosed gint ovalish walk and air conditioned.

    I will be working up to more and more! Expect me to ask more suggestions to make it to the next level. Anyone feel free to add me if you want someone to encourage you as well!
  • Reepir
    Reepir Posts: 32 Member
    I am on day two of the POP PIlates Calendar and I am loving it. Supplementing this with swimming/hottub for muscles and walking and I think I have this down. Thank you all!
  • StephF3692
    StephF3692 Posts: 27 Member
    the nice thing about the leslie sansone dvds, if time is an issue, is that she breaks them down to 12 minute miles. so you can easily do them anytime of day, and it's only about 12 minutes for a nice little workout. i'm also doing jillian michaels' 30 day shred, on day 12 - day 2 of level 2 - and it's definitely a challenge.

    i think as long as you're moving, you can't go wrong. good luck!

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