What piece of equipment should I get? Come on..you know you

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  • lovinbeinold
    lovinbeinold Posts: 116
    Some thoughts on the pieces you mentioned. A mini trampoline. If you haven't tried one, do so first. I used to get headaches on them.

    A Gazelle? I have one and I am weak, old, and out of shape, and it's really not a big challenge for me to do. Get something more challenging if you are in better shape than I am! I am using it to make my body move with little stress on my joints, but that seems about all it's good for. It uses momentum. It IS kind of fun to put music on and get going fast on it. (Fast for you would be too fast for me, no doubt.)

    It's fun in a way, and gives someone like me a place to start. But if you are relatively strong, aren't rehabbing yourself, and are agile, I'd suggest something else.

    There may be other people who know how to make the Gazelle more challenging than how I use it too. So, don't totally discount it just based on what I say. And again, if you can find one on display, ask if you can try it out.

    Frankly, I think that weights and taking walks and pushups and pull ups would be a great and inexpensive way to get going.
  • katiebythebay
    katiebythebay Posts: 611 Member
    There aren't that many videos made for the trampolene. Are you doing to devise your own workout ?

    I don'tknow what an Ab circle is.


    I don't know what an Ab circle is either. Can someone post a picture please?

    katie


    Okay, I know there are some people on the thread that don't like the Ab Circle, but it looks like loads of fun (and also, something you could really, really get hurt on.)
  • NashvilleShelley
    NashvilleShelley Posts: 238
    jump rope, hula hoop, punching bag = fun!
  • goodhealth2012
    goodhealth2012 Posts: 85
    jump rope, hula hoop, punching bag = fun!

    I like these suggestions, you can do lots of exercises with them and they aren't expensive.
    Forget the ab circle and i think the trampoline would get boring.
  • kaytiecakes
    kaytiecakes Posts: 79 Member
    Read the reviews online of the products you've listed. I've looked into the ab circle because I thought it looked fun...it gets terrible reviews. If it's on an infomercial I tend to research it heavily. Honestly I think you should get a stationary bike and to make it fun use a tablet pc or laptop to watch movies/tv shows or browse the internet.

    I have a recumbent exercise bike (magentic resistance) and I love it. I can play on my phone and watch tv while I bike at a steady pace, or I set my phone down and zone out at a movie while I pedal my heart out and suddenly the movie's over and I'm sweating and I just burned a thousand calories. The recumbent style is awesome because my back doesn't hurt from sitting on an upright, and my joints don't hurt like they did with the treadmill that quickly turned into a coat rack.
  • PaulaButHag
    PaulaButHag Posts: 38
    I have a gazelle and use it primarily as a cool-down stretch. My husband had back surgery a while back, and uses the gazelle alot to help him stretch. I also have an ab lounger, it is ok. A trampoline might be fun for a while.
  • SmallerBecky
    SmallerBecky Posts: 177
    Well, if you just want to have fun and aren't serious about changing your body, I have no suggestions for you--take whichever of those three useless things you want! But I'll tell you, I can't wait to get me an Olympic barbell and some heavy weights AND one of those awesome TRX! Someday...my dreams will come true!
  • hewwokitty
    hewwokitty Posts: 69 Member
    Well, if you just want to have fun and aren't serious about changing your body, I have no suggestions for you--take whichever of those three useless things you want! But I'll tell you, I can't wait to get me an Olympic barbell and some heavy weights AND one of those awesome TRX! Someday...my dreams will come true!
    Wow, because that totally means I'm not serious. Kind of judge mental, don't you think?
    I'm 18. I do a lot of stuff that isn't on equipment that keeps me healthy. I don't really need something huge and vigerous right now, I'm a beginner, and I have to start somewhere.
  • Ynnep1000
    Ynnep1000 Posts: 24
    I got a thing called a trainer that I put my regular bike onto and it becomes an exercise bike. It's pretty cool. Is you ceiling high enough for you to be bouncing on a mini trampolene? We had one when I was a kid and we were forever bashing our heads on the ceiling. Probably explains a lot.
  • hewwokitty
    hewwokitty Posts: 69 Member
    I got a thing called a trainer that I put my regular bike onto and it becomes an exercise bike. It's pretty cool. Is you ceiling high enough for you to be bouncing on a mini trampolene? We had one when I was a kid and we were forever bashing our heads on the ceiling. Probably explains a lot.
    LOL. Yes i do. But the trainer thing sounds pretty handy actually! Nice for a rainy day.
  • Ynnep1000
    Ynnep1000 Posts: 24
    Check on Kijiji or Craigslist, you can probably get an awesome piece of equipment for under $100. That's what I'm gonna do. I was thinking that I'd wait until February when a lot of people who had a new years resolution to work out give up and want to be rid of the piece of equipment that reminds them of their failure.
  • hewwokitty
    hewwokitty Posts: 69 Member
    Check on Kijiji or Craigslist, you can probably get an awesome piece of equipment for under $100. That's what I'm gonna do. I was thinking that I'd wait until February when a lot of people who had a new years resolution to work out give up and want to be rid of the piece of equipment that reminds them of their failure.
    :laugh::laugh:
  • Stinkybug
    Stinkybug Posts: 61 Member
    I have a mini trampoline and I love it and so do my nieces and nephews : )
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    This!!

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    That's the ticket!
  • sammys1girly
    sammys1girly Posts: 1,045 Member
    kettlebells! Or if he's really generous, a Cybex lower body arc trainer!:laugh:
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    I can think of a fun piece of equipment to purchase...
  • Lift_Run_Eat
    Lift_Run_Eat Posts: 986 Member
    Boxing gloves for you, blocking pads for him. You can hit/kick him as hard as you want while also working out!
  • Lift_Run_Eat
    Lift_Run_Eat Posts: 986 Member
    This!!

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    :noway:
    Uh...don't think I'm ready for that one yet.

    All the cool kids are doing it.

    That is a good one. Squats rock!
  • CakeFit21
    CakeFit21 Posts: 2,521 Member
    This!!

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    That's the ticket!

    This was the first thing that came to my mind.
  • Lift_Run_Eat
    Lift_Run_Eat Posts: 986 Member
    Some thoughts on the pieces you mentioned. A mini trampoline. If you haven't tried one, do so first. I used to get headaches on them.

    A Gazelle? I have one and I am weak, old, and out of shape, and it's really not a big challenge for me to do. Get something more challenging if you are in better shape than I am! I am using it to make my body move with little stress on my joints, but that seems about all it's good for. It uses momentum. It IS kind of fun to put music on and get going fast on it. (Fast for you would be too fast for me, no doubt.)

    It's fun in a way, and gives someone like me a place to start. But if you are relatively strong, aren't rehabbing yourself, and are agile, I'd suggest something else.

    There may be other people who know how to make the Gazelle more challenging than how I use it too. So, don't totally discount it just based on what I say. And again, if you can find one on display, ask if you can try it out.

    Frankly, I think that weights and taking walks and pushups and pull ups would be a great and inexpensive way to get going.

    I do a variation when I lean back and use my arms to pull, or lean forward and use my arms to push. This way my arms get worked out. For my legs, I bend my knees and hold them in a kind of squatted position. It makes my thighs burn!
  • Wocdam
    Wocdam Posts: 3
    Go to MyOMyTV.com and check out this Irish gal and her Kettlebells. She has a bunch on YouTube also .I too am a firefighter (25 years service time) and I am just getting started on kettlebells. Also you can can check out my coworker at his site............BlueCollarFitness.com
    Congrats Kiddo and good luck !
  • risefromruin
    risefromruin Posts: 483 Member
    I'd get a BOSU.
  • kandrews24
    kandrews24 Posts: 610 Member
    Go to a used sports equipment store and buy a ton of stuff!!! We have a "play it again" store that has great deals!
  • HeatherFeather10
    HeatherFeather10 Posts: 92
    I would get:
    Kettlebells
    Dip Station
    Dynamex ball
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    Out of what you have listed, I would get the mini trampoline. I recently read an article about Tosca Reno of Oxygen Magazine and the Eat Clean Diet and she says she jumps 15 minutes a day on a trampoline and she is 50ish and looks AMAZING!
  • 16mixingbowls
    16mixingbowls Posts: 205 Member
    I can think of a fun piece of equipment to purchase...

    Haha!
  • Di3012
    Di3012 Posts: 2,247 Member
    This!!

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    :laugh: that is a big piece of equipment!
  • XDoodlebugger
    XDoodlebugger Posts: 54 Member
    Bang for the buck and fun also would be a kettlebell. Look up a few videos on youtube.
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