Any advice for getting used to exercise again?

FireStar0139
FireStar0139 Posts: 13 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hey everyone.
I've been gone for over a year. Before I left I was exercising at home and the gym for a good four hours a day. While I've been gone I haven't exercised at all. Now I'm trying to get back into shape and it's a lot more difficult than I remember...
Here are the circumstances:
1. We moved from a place where it snows 8 months out of the year, to a place that varies between 80* and 120* outside. I used to go walking all the time, but now it's difficult. I feel like passing out every time the sun hits me.
2. There is no gym here, so I'm using all my at home videos like Tae bo- Pilates- and Yoga. Which is fine, except that I don't remember them being nearly this difficult to do. I've had to cut out parts of the exercises in order to finish them.
3. I'm a writer, and much of my job requires me to sit at my desk for hours on end. Which, you probably know, is horrible for you- and recently I've been having chest pains because of it. (We're working on getting a bike desk to solve this problem but it's not exactly the fastest process in the world.)

Any advice in what might help would be appreciated.

Oh- Please, and thank you. ^.^

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  • USMCnetty90
    USMCnetty90 Posts: 277 Member
    just keep moving - dont give up - soon you will build up your endurance again!
    Where do you live now? I grew up in San Diego California and now live in Chicago, Illinois - I have been here 16 years and will never get used to the winters - i hate not being able to go out for walks in the winter - I am however fortunate to have a gym here.
    No matter how long I live here I will never embrace the winter. I am a Cali girl at heart.
    Good luck to you
  • larodriguez02
    larodriguez02 Posts: 106 Member
    My best suggestion would be to easy back into it. Start of by setting small goals, say 15 mins 3 x a week, for example and increase each week.
  • linsey0689
    linsey0689 Posts: 753 Member
    Sorry to say it is almost like starting over. You will not be able to start with 4 hour workout session but that's okay you don't need that to lose weight. If I were you I would really clean up my diet and start adding in exercise slowly. So no matter what exercise you are doing it is good because your diet is already on point.
  • christiandjoel
    christiandjoel Posts: 28 Member
    Id get a treadmill....that's how I got moving again. Then when u are into a good routine, u can add weights. But, treadmill is a good start. :)
  • ptxfan
    ptxfan Posts: 48 Member
    I can totally relate. It was a slow start for me. I started walking (Walk at Home DVD) once a week in April. Then walking or Zumba or step aerobics once a week. Then walking AND Zumba totalling 3 times a week. Until I would mix and match with Turbo Jam and Jari Love. Now i'm hooked on Cathe Friedrich. Today is supposed to be my rest day but I had a 5 mile walk anyway..... So it took 3 months at least for me to get back...
  • grimendale
    grimendale Posts: 2,153 Member
    I used a C25K program to get back into the swing of things again. It was really frustrating how poorly I did at first (I had been way too lazy for far too long), but it gave me a solid plan to get back into good cardio shape, and from there I was able to get back into weight lifting (and most recently, Insanity).

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