New exciting cardio ideas?

I've had tendonitis, it felt like I was on fire but it went away. I hope that's what you have, and that it heals quickly.

Riding a bike is a lot like running, except fun. Try that. Borrow a bike if you have to, ride it like you stole it, and go up some hills at race pace.

I found a cardio kickboxing video on YouTube through popsugar fitness. It was challenging but I enjoyed it. According to my fitbit, I burned 450 calories (it is a 45 min video). You'll have to do your own stretches after since they don't do much in the video.

Sassie_Lassie wrote: »

What can and can't you do as far as mobility of your shoulder?

I personally like Billy Blanks Tae-bo (go ahead and judge me! LOL). Lots of leg work, and ab work and the punches get the upper body. It's a really good workout.

I like the old Tae Bo videos (like so old they were available on VHS) but haven't seen good reviews of the newer ones (at least, not from people who remember the old ones like I do). Is there one you recommend?

I am personally a fan of Les Mills Combat (a discontinued Beachbody program although you can still get it on clearance from them now and can do new workouts from the Les Mills streaming program). It is a MMA-style program that I think is a little better executed than Tae Bo (as in, you don't do 40 reps of an exercise on one side and only 8 on the other).

Another cardio option I like is Urban Rebounding. It's pretty easy on the upper body; I used a fair amount of it during recovery from straining a pectoral muscle. But again, I find the old videos (say from 10-15 years ago) better than the new ones. At least those are still available on DVD.

bebeisfit wrote: »

Skip, dance, hop and jump. Those will all get your heart rate up and don't require shoulder movement. You can get a deck of cards and assign an exercise to each suit, then do the number of reps or seconds/minutes for each card you pull. I like the idea...but have never really done it.

We used to do these while I was in the military. We'd make up a list of exercises and then pull out a deck of cards and take turns pulling one and had to do the amount of reps of the exercise as the value of the card. I always got pissed when someone pulled a face card for burpees.

DanyellMcGinnis wrote: »

Sassie_Lassie wrote: »

What can and can't you do as far as mobility of your shoulder?

I personally like Billy Blanks Tae-bo (go ahead and judge me! LOL). Lots of leg work, and ab work and the punches get the upper body. It's a really good workout.

I like the old Tae Bo videos (like so old they were available on VHS) but haven't seen good reviews of the newer ones (at least, not from people who remember the old ones like I do). Is there one you recommend?

I am personally a fan of Les Mills Combat (a discontinued Beachbody program although you can still get it on clearance from them now and can do new workouts from the Les Mills streaming program). It is a MMA-style program that I think is a little better executed than Tae Bo (as in, you don't do 40 reps of an exercise on one side and only 8 on the other).

Another cardio option I like is Urban Rebounding. It's pretty easy on the upper body; I used a fair amount of it during recovery from straining a pectoral muscle. But again, I find the old videos (say from 10-15 years ago) better than the new ones. At least those are still available on DVD.

I've never done the really old VHS ones. I have a few of the newer ones and I personally like them. I've seen a lot of the one star reviews say they're not "hard enough" which is crap. I'm gasping, swearing, and giving the TV the one fingered salute during my workouts (and believe me when I say I'm far from out of shape). I'm also pretty sore the next day from it.

I got a one of his newer boot camp DVD's, they have 4 workouts in one, I have an "older" taebo advanced II DVD that has 2 workouts, I got his platinum collection (4 workouts in one), I have the ones where you use the bands too which is 2 dvd's, and another advanced one. I've done pretty much all of them with the exception of the ones that have weights because I go to the gym first.

I like them all but to be honest my favorite "go to" is the Taebo Advanced II.

(I do agree that in the old DVD's his count is way off. It's a bit better in the newer ones. The only issue I have is that I have to remember that his left is my right. If I don't I get confused and end up working one side more).

I jump rope for cardio, but I can't do that too long, but you could do a circuit of jump rope, jumping lunges, jump squats and add in some core work.

I'd suggest walking. Anything else will probably jar your shoulder. Turn on some tunes or listen to a podcast. Hope it heals soon.