Exercise videos, routines, programs for beginners?

Leslie Sansone's Walking to be Fit or any of her walking videos. A friend swears by then, they're $10 here at Costco, I'm going to get one for days I can't go to the gym.

A treadmill would be good, and you can start the Couch to 5K program which is a walkng to running program, starts you out jogging at 30 sec intervals and then walk. You can look it up on the internet.

Good luck!

Oh, and the website here already takes off calories from what you should eat in a day, so be sure to eat back your exercise calories. If you are not going to a gym, I'd recommend getting a heart rate monitor that records your calories so that you can keep an accurate record of your cals.

The weather is warming up. Why spend the money on a treadmill when you have outside to walk in. You can get more variety in the view!

I agree...plus I tend to go farther outside since I can't just "jump" off and quit like I can with a treadmill. Once you get somewhere you have to get back.

I LOVER LOVE LOVE Jillian Michaels 30 day shred. It's about $15 at walmart or target and it has 3 full workouts on it. It's pretty intense but it gets in your cardio, strength training and abs in 20 minutes! It's very upbeat and makes you want to work hard, but also gives you modified versions of some of the exercises for beginners. I also like it because It shows you a lot of moves that can build a lot of endurance and strength without a gym! Now I incorporate those moves into my workout even when I'm not doing the dvd because I know they're effective!

Leslie Sansone's Walking to be Fit or any of her walking videos. A friend swears by then, they're $10 here at Costco, I'm going to get one for days I can't go to the gym.

I really like these too, and think they are a good choice for beginners.

I could see where people would like the 30 Day Shred, but my knees killed me after that one, I personally don't consider that one a real beginners one.

I am in the same boat as you. I (just yesterday) went to amazon.com and typed in workouts for beginners and there are sooo many dvd's to choose from. I ordered a kickboxing for dummies dvd and as soon as I get good at that I am going to buy cardio kickboxing. Then I will move on to something like the 30 day shred. (which in my opinion is NOT for beginners).

You can also go to you tube and preview parts from the videos to see what they're all about. GL!

Leslie Sansone's Walking to be Fit or any of her walking videos. A friend swears by then, they're $10 here at Costco, I'm going to get one for days I can't go to the gym.

I really like these too, and think they are a good choice for beginners.

I could see where people would like the 30 Day Shred, but my knees killed me after that one, I personally don't consider that one a real beginners one.

yea when i did the 20 day shred my right knee felt real bad after. so i do the ab work in it but nothing else.

I have quite a few Walk away the pounds DVD's and do them 4 or 5 times a week, I love them and while they can be easy to do, there are other WATP's which are more challenging, the 4 mile is good and I have the 5 mile as well but haven't attempted it .. yet . using these DVD's with weights also increases the challenge.

I have a couple of 'sweating the oldies' and the first 'Biggest loser' DVD but I haven't done either one in a loooong time

You could try going for walks and maybe every 5 minutes at your regular pace, speed up for 30 seconds or one minute for a power walk

do you have "on demand?" lots of easy getting started ones there, that is a great place to start!

Thanks for the input everyone.

It got me comfortable enough to keep moving and eventually doing more. I wanted to start slowly and build up as I got stronger so this worked for me.

Are you looking for something like that or a video that will kick your butt until you can finish it?

Yes I am a total beginer so I need to start slow.

Yoga Zone Total Body Conditioning (sounds intense but it's for beginners and the first one is really gentle)
Classical Stretch

I did the first 20-minute yoga routine and then the classical stretch. At first I did yoga in the morning and stretch in the afternoon for the first week or so. After a week I started to be able to do both in the morning. Later on I did both 20-minute yoga videos in the morning and the classical stretch in the afternoon.

Every few weeks or so I got these fitness boosts where I really wanted to do more. So I started to take on more intense routines like Sarah Ivanhoe's Yoga Burn and some of Rodney Yee's Power Yoga.

After the 5th week, I decided to take on P90X and am doing that now.

I highly recommend protein drinks after workouts or a meal with carbs and protein in it, especially once you start to crave more exercise.

Gaiam videos! My favorites are yoga vids with Rodney Yee ( his voice is soothing) but there are a big variety and you can get most at target for 15 bucks or less if on sale.

Rodney Yee (even his beginner videos) was hard for me at first. I was able to tackle his routines after about 3 weeks with Yoga Zone which is going for $11 with shipping on eBay.

Depends on how much of a beginner you are, hehe. I was mostly sedentary before I started working out.