A good resource for exercising at home

edsarro
edsarro Posts: 2
in Fitness and Exercise
Hello all,

My wife and I quit our gym as we were not getting the service that we were paying for. They did not update the equipment with the extra fees they charged, the bathrooms were always broken down, etc. We also had equipment that was not working many times, and it was thus overcrowded.

We will at some point find another gym, but during our search we want to work out without the gym. We have things like the Wii, perfect pushup, and can run. I see loads of sites for non-gym workouts, and we don't have weights, so any advice will help.. Again, we aren't going to run to a gym right now as we also may be getting a home soon, so we will join a gym once we find one.

Thanks!

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  • Therealobi1
    Therealobi1 Posts: 3,262 Member
    hiyah i use fitness blender.com and hasfit.com. You could always fill up some water bottles until you get some weights maybe.
  • pittbullgirl
    pittbullgirl Posts: 341 Member
    "You are your own gym"

    "Convict conditioning"

    You can also Youtube bodyweight exercises or ghetto workouts. :)Good luck!
  • Mischievous_Rascal
    Mischievous_Rascal Posts: 1,791 Member
    www.startbodyweight.com
  • tembii
    tembii Posts: 34
    blogilates.com has tons of fun at home work outs!
  • JenMc14
    JenMc14 Posts: 2,389 Member
    BeFit Channel (on YouTube), Fitnessblender.com, blogilates.com or nerdfitness.com.
  • lewandt
    lewandt Posts: 566 Member
    You can rent videos or dvd's from the library, or you tube workout videos or if you have a droid or smart phone you can do the nike training club. It has a bunch of interval workouts on it. Someone here mentioned it and i love it, it tells you how to do each move if you need it to and it times you for each move.
  • GGDaddy
    GGDaddy Posts: 289 Member
    "You are your own gym"

    Second this. Saw the recommendation for this book here on mfp, so got it on Amazon for I think less than 20 bucks. Amazingly good stuff there.
  • johnwhitent
    johnwhitent Posts: 648 Member
    Scooby's workshop! (scoobysworkshop.com) A fantastic online resource with workout programs including links to Youtube videos demonstrating proper form, plus nutrition info, fitness tools and calculators, exposure of fitness gimmicks, recommended books, etc. He is a body builder and triathlete so no bashing of cardio or strength training either, just good info on both. A great site!
  • GGDaddy
    GGDaddy Posts: 289 Member
    Scooby's workshop!

    Just checked it out. They ha helpful hints such as:

    "you need to take your protein in 4-6 small, even doses spread evenly through out the day"

    Caveat emptor.
  • johnwhitent
    johnwhitent Posts: 648 Member
    Scooby's workshop!

    Just checked it out. They ha helpful hints such as:

    "you need to take your protein in 4-6 small, even doses spread evenly through out the day"

    Caveat emptor.

    Yeah, I caught that too. But spend some time on the site, it is very good overall. Nobody's perfect!
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    wtf you on about?

    I'm perfect.
  • chani8
    chani8 Posts: 946 Member
    youtube is your friend

    I enjoy HASfit's short superset workouts like this one for chest:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoIOJtz7Mwk

    and this one for biceps:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5993CtcBI8&feature=channel&list=UL

    This one is a "blaster butt":

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8LauSzcm2c

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