Help! Light exersise for work and home needed!

I have free weights at home (1 lb, 3 lb, 5 lb, 8 lb, 10 lb). I also have an exercise ball that I use pretty frequently. I know I am not working up a sweat using these, but I feel better using them and know I am doing my body good, even if I can only get a 10-15 min workout in with them.

Youtube and Pinterest have a lot of great workout activities you can do using these! I also have done the Popsugar/Fitsugar workouts (found on Youtube) that are only 10 min each but really work your body!

Otherwise, when the weather is nice, I walk. I bike with my kiddos. I go out and shoot hoops with my boys.

If you don't have a ton of time to work out to the point of breaking a sweat, don't worry. As long as you are doing something to move/be active, you are doing your body good

Sit-ups are bad for your back if you do them too much/incorrectly.

At work: Calf raises, squats, wall push-ups are decent toners. Do sets of 10-15, when you get time throughout the day.

At home: Plank is one of best all-over body toners I know. Will work the abs, back, shoulders, all the core muscles. Hold for as long as you can, try to gradually increase the time you're able to hold it.

My tai chi instructor also had us do something called "standing meditation" that weirdly produces a cardio workout without moving... stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, knees bent, back upright, arms raised over your head and slightly in front, as if you're holding a large ball. The weight of your arms should fall between your shoulder blades (not your upper shoulders; make sure you're engaging the correct muscles). You should feel all your weight falling on your quads, about halfway between your knees and hips. You should NOT feel strain on knees. Like with plank, hold as long as you can. This is harder than it sounds! Keeping your quads engaged like that (and checking yourself periodically to make sure you haven't straightened your legs) requires so much bloodflow that it actually does raise your heart rate. You'll also get a fantastic "burn". When you get to the point where you can hold it through a 30-min tv show, (and that will probably take weeks of practice) lower your stance (bend your knees more) - it changes the angle at which you're engaging the muscle, and starts all over from an endurance perspective.

Lunges are great for toning legs and butt, but make sure that you stretch first or you'll pull a groin muscle.

The videos can be good, but you want to pick one that starts at your current fitness level. Haven't tried tae-bo or the others specifically, but look for something that rates whether it's for beginners or not. The key with the cardio videos (especially the ones with kicks and punches) is to not over-extend into the moves. You can pull muscles by trying to punch as hard or kick as high as the people in the video.

At work you could always do things like clean your work station frequently, all the wiping down would include stretching, squatting, reaching, etc. Plus it would earn points with the manager

There at lots of free workouts you could do at home, google body weight exercises and check out youtube and fitnessblender, just find something you like to do.

good advice here