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CatieCappadona
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So... my goal every day is to walk at least an hour and a half... Im doing it outdoors, however I want to do other work outs, but have no bike, and have no gym membership. Is there anything I can do thats inexpensive, fun, and gets my heart rate up? I'm on a roll with walking, and have been for the last 4 days, I'm on 4 miles a day, however I'm getting kind of bored with it, and want to try jogging more, but it hurts my shins.
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On Demand workouts are always fun!!0
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If jogging on the treadmill makes yours shins hurt you may be getting shin splints. I am no experiences with those, but I have some issues with calf strain while runnning. I increased my stretches and always include a 5 minute walking warm up at the beginning of a run.
Another thing I do to mix things up is to do the workouts offered via my cable OnDemand. They have FitnessTV under the Sports&Fitness section onDemand. I can do just about any kind of workout. It is great. I love the variety and it lets me try something out without have to buy anything. I did end up purchasing the Jillian Michael's 30-Day shred, but I was able to try it for free first. Don't know you cable set up obviously, but I imagine they all have something similar.
Good luck and good job on the 4 miles. That is impressive!0 -
thanks guys!0
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The thing I do to mix up my walks is change the route. I have good neighborhoods to walk through that are interesting with some decent hills and such. As silly as it may sound, I also sometimes drive to a different location just to have a new venue. We have some decent paths in various areas around town (including in my neighborhood) that have different challenges to keep them interesting.0
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Try looking up exercise videos online. There are some good ones for free. Or try hiking instead of walking!0
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:flowerforyou: do you have an MP3 player or portable CD player or something so you can listen to music on books on tape to entertain you while you walk?0
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Bring a friend0
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Walking is about 80% of my excercise. I don't do it inside a gym on a treadmill, I find those boring. I go outside. I bring friends, listen to podcasts/music/whatever on my Zune. I also do lots of stairs. I been doing it for 1 year. I don't let myself get bored I find ways to keep going and motivated. Do you have a iPhone or Android? I use Cardio Trainer a free app. it records my data. I post it via FB and friends there encourage me and I motivate myself to improve my distance and times. I started very slow. It would take me about 40 mins to do 1 mile. I now can do 3 miles in that same time. I've also started jogging too.0
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