no room to work out

Grubworm1943
Grubworm1943 Posts: 50 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
i need suggestions or links (youtube perhaps?) for good work outs that take very little space. and i do mean very little. i have maybe a "snow angel" amount of free space in my room. (meaning i, who is 5'9, could probably do a snow angel in my floor but thats the extent of the free space i have). its cold and snowy outside so im stuck inside.
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  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    edited February 2015
    Can you move your furniture at all? I'm not sure it's a good idea to do much more than squats and pushups without more clearance. Jumping jacks, maybe, but you might hurt yourself.

    It's cold where I am, too, but walking outside isn't the worst thing in the world if you have a good coat and boots.
  • 2essie
    2essie Posts: 2,866 Member
    Lesli sansone on youtube does walking indoors. You only need to walk on the spot if you have no more room than that. There is more to it than just walking. Knee lifts, kickbacks and lots of other exercises incorporated with the walking. Fitness Blender on youtube too do loads of different exefcises from Yoga, Pilates and kettlebell workouts. They are also very good.
  • Grubworm1943
    Grubworm1943 Posts: 50 Member
    tomatoey wrote: »
    Can you move your furniture at all?

    not really. well i COULD. itd be a work out within itself. but itd take a lot to rearrange things. and id have to do it daily because i wouldnt be able to keep it that way and still have access to everything the rest of the day.
  • Grubworm1943
    Grubworm1943 Posts: 50 Member
    2essie wrote: »
    Lesli sansone on youtube does walking indoors. You only need to walk on the spot if you have no more room than that. There is more to it than just walking. Knee lifts, kickbacks and lots of other exercises incorporated with the walking. Fitness Blender on youtube too do loads of different exefcises from Yoga, Pilates and kettlebell workouts. They are also very good.

    thanks! ill check these out!
  • JoRumbles
    JoRumbles Posts: 262 Member
    I don't think the 30 day shred (you tube) takes up much room. You need space to do jumping jacks and to lie down for sit ups, but that's about it.
  • elphabawicked18
    elphabawicked18 Posts: 11 Member
    Grubworm1943 wrote: »
    i need suggestions or links (youtube perhaps?) for good work outs that take very little space. and i do mean very little. i have maybe a "snow angel" amount of free space in my room. (meaning i, who is 5'9, could probably do a snow angel in my floor but thats the extent of the free space i have). its cold and snowy outside so im stuck inside.

    Did you check out the dance games? Some of them have videos on youtube, I think, and some do not require that much space. Even when they do, you can do the moves in one spot instead of moving. Try finding "Limbo" workout choreography from Just Dance 2014. That one song does about 35-40 calories for me.

  • AllanMisner
    AllanMisner Posts: 4,140 Member
    Look into getting yourself some kettle bells. Very versatile and they require very little space for most movements.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    can you join a gym?
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Grubworm1943 wrote: »
    i need suggestions or links (youtube perhaps?) for good work outs that take very little space. and i do mean very little. i have maybe a "snow angel" amount of free space in my room. (meaning i, who is 5'9, could probably do a snow angel in my floor but thats the extent of the free space i have). its cold and snowy outside so im stuck inside.

    make free space.
    join a gym.
    workout outside.

    Excuses aren't helpful.
  • leggup
    leggup Posts: 2,942 Member
    FitnessBlender.com I like the warm up/cool down yoga videos.
  • wyattj99
    wyattj99 Posts: 454 Member
    Oh girl, that is about how much space I have,actually if I lay down with my arms out for the angel I don't have it. I managed to find many you tube videos from Jilian, Bob, Jessica Smith, Tiffany Rothe, Fitness Blender that doesn't require much space and some you can alter the that move if need be.
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    Going outside for a walk really isn't all that bad. If you wear lots of layers, a hat, a scarf, gloves, good boots, etc. I actually kind of enjoy it if it's not TOO cold. This morning it was 10 degrees with a "feels like" of -12. I didn't go out.

    What about joining a gym?

    30 day shred or something like that. It mostly has you do cardio moves like jumping jacks, knee highs (whatever they're called) butt kicks etc
  • questionfear
    questionfear Posts: 527 Member
    This is pretty good: http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2010/12/20/the-20-minute-hotel-workout/
  • James1935
    James1935 Posts: 37 Member
    Leslie Sansone DVDs and Jillian Michaels 30 day shed and ripped in 30....don't need a lot of room. I used them all the time in my tiny place
  • stephanie1x2
    stephanie1x2 Posts: 55 Member
    You can try running up and down your stairs for a few minutes :)
  • meritage4
    meritage4 Posts: 1,441 Member
    too cold and snowy Get a grip. I live WAY up Nothry, past the Artic circle at the end of the road (in a place called Inuvik) -40 days were not unusual-and -40 is the same in C or F. and it was dark in the winter!
    So dress well. long underwear, pants, ski pants, shirt, sweatshirt, jacket, hat mitts scarf, decent boot.
    Go walking or shovel snow.
    Really I was pregnant-and had a 1 and 3 year old and we went out.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,940 Member
    edited February 2015
    Grubworm1943 wrote: »
    i need suggestions or links (youtube perhaps?) for good work outs that take very little space. and i do mean very little. i have maybe a "snow angel" amount of free space in my room. (meaning i, who is 5'9, could probably do a snow angel in my floor but thats the extent of the free space i have). its cold and snowy outside so im stuck inside.
    Get a suspension system. They aren't that expensive (WOSS makes one for $30) and you can due every body part with it.

    http://www.woss.com/sample-exercises/

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  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    On You Tube, Jessica Smith has workouts for places like hotel rooms.
  • walkinthedogs
    walkinthedogs Posts: 238 Member
    Burpees, mountain climbers, squats, pushups, jump rope (with or without the rope, same movement), lunges, Romanian deadlifts, planks, running/walking in place, dance, sit ups. I, personally, can't stand DVD type workouts, they just drive me nuts, but I put on music and do resistance and cardio and I don't need but a 6' x 6' space, which sound like about the amount of room you have.
  • iankirsch
    iankirsch Posts: 24 Member
    Plank and chair dips?
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    dbmata wrote: »
    Grubworm1943 wrote: »
    i need suggestions or links (youtube perhaps?) for good work outs that take very little space. and i do mean very little. i have maybe a "snow angel" amount of free space in my room. (meaning i, who is 5'9, could probably do a snow angel in my floor but thats the extent of the free space i have). its cold and snowy outside so im stuck inside.

    make free space.
    join a gym.
    workout outside.

    Excuses aren't helpful.

    When I used to do P90X in my room I'd flip my bed and bed frame on its side to make more room to workout.
  • iankirsch
    iankirsch Posts: 24 Member
    Do you want to work out to build muscle,get fitter or just to un-sofa?
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    yopeeps025 wrote: »
    dbmata wrote: »
    Grubworm1943 wrote: »
    i need suggestions or links (youtube perhaps?) for good work outs that take very little space. and i do mean very little. i have maybe a "snow angel" amount of free space in my room. (meaning i, who is 5'9, could probably do a snow angel in my floor but thats the extent of the free space i have). its cold and snowy outside so im stuck inside.

    make free space.
    join a gym.
    workout outside.

    Excuses aren't helpful.

    When I used to do P90X in my room I'd flip my bed and bed frame on its side to make more room to workout.

    nice! I used to reconfigure my room.
  • futuremanda
    futuremanda Posts: 816 Member
    That's more space than I have, and I move a coffee table out and back every day to get the space I use. And, my ceiling is so low, I can't lift my arms far above my head. I make it work. So YouTube workouts should work just fine for you :)

    I like:

    Yoga with Adriene
    Sean Vigue
    Blogilates
    Fitness Blender
    Jillian Michaels
    Billy Blanks (boot camp series)
    Jessica Smith
    BeFIT


    Just do modifications for anything you don't have space for. Don't let it stop you.
  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
    I'm in a 500 sq ft apt and I have to move my coffee table every day to work out. Most DVDs don't use up too much space - I second Jessica Smith and Leslie Sansone walking videos because you really do just stay in one spot the whole time. But try different things because you'll be surprised how little space you really need.
  • EmmaFitzwilliam
    EmmaFitzwilliam Posts: 482 Member
    Belly dance. Yoga. Hand weights. Step aerobics.
  • JustinAnimal
    JustinAnimal Posts: 1,335 Member
    Rearranging your furniture.
  • mitch16
    mitch16 Posts: 2,113 Member
    Stairs?
  • ashdawg8790
    ashdawg8790 Posts: 819 Member
    Just popping in to agree with fitnessblender.com - I may have a minor obsession with it :) Most of the workouts only take up about the space of a yoga mat and there are about a bajillion to choose from of all styles and fitness levels!
  • Metruis
    Metruis Posts: 60 Member
    You have room to lie down and room to rest against a wall? Great! Planks, pushups, squats, wall-sits, hip lifts. Get a bunch of body-weight static holds. These buggers, like planks, HURT... and you don't make noise or need a lot of room. And stuff like squats, you can do them with your own body weight in a small area. Want cardio? Get some dance game, like Dance Dance Revolution. Want weight training? Use your bodyweight, get a kettleball, get a couple of dumbells. Go jog in a mall--you might think that sounds insane, but I worked in a mall and you wouldn't believe how many people came in to walk before the stores opened/while the stores were opening. Join a gym.

    Excuses are just excuses. I do my daily workout in a bathroom. Wall pushups, a plank, a wall-sit, and squats.

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