Working out at Home Help Please!!

There is a program called slim in 6. I completed it once and the jumping is very limited. If I remember correctly there are a few jumping jacks, but thats about it.

P90X is really tough from what I hear, but if you stick with it you should see results.. I use the Bar Method dvds. Its low impact and a great work out, but you will need to do something else for come cardio.

P90X would be ok for the weight lifting bits, but it also involves plyometric training which is mega high impact and Kempo X which is a bit of punching and kicking. My husband complains when I do the plyo because we live in a mobile home and the whole place shakes. Lol!! Could you not start off just walking? I often take an hours walk just to burn the calories and you can go as fast or slow as you like.

Jackie Warner's Power Circuit Training has almost no jumping except for a bit in the warm up - less than 3 minutes total though. Its not a very good cardio workout . I add cardio by skipping in the parking lot of my building sometimes, its a great workout. As a heads up, my downstairs neighbors complained a lot about Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred.

I'm in the same situation- I work at home and I live in a second storey apartment in an old building. I have an exercise bike, zumba on dvd, some other dvd workout programs, some free weights and a bar weighing 5kg.

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Hi cbaughman,

Some of the best exercise you can do is simply going for a walk.
If you make sure you keep your pace up and your heart rate is elevated and you walk for at least 30mins then you've acheived your calories burnt goal for the day.
No equipment necessary!
I'm a really big fan or audio books and i've found that i'll go for a walk just so i can listen to the next part of the story!

Also, I've been googling yoga for beginners and there's heaps of youtube videos and sites with instructional videos available. I've not done yoga before this January, but they're pretty good at explaining how each pose should feel and i've started feeling really good and a little bit flexible (just not as flexible as the pretzel people who are leading the instructional video).
You could probably google pilates ball exercises too and there'll be heaps there! They're meant to be really good for your core.

If you get some dumbells then you can do weights without having to move around too much as well.
My last house was a creaker and i hated how everything rattled everytime i moved!

I hope this helped. Good luck!

I also agree that Leslie Sansone Walk at Home or Walk away the pounds is a great way to go! I lost 30 lbs by doing this along w/ eating right! It wouldn't be an expensive start-up either! Best wishes to you!

Nerd Fitness seems great for me since I am in front of a screen 10hrs a day. Thanks!

I just ordered Leslie Sansone: Walk at Home - 5 Mile Fat Burning Walk

It's a DVD where you walk in place, do knee and leg lefts. If you look it up you can find sample videos of her DVD's

If you like to walk, but can't due to the weather, check out the local mall. Most open their doors early in the morning (before the stores open) and stay open until 9pm. Its a great place to walk especially if you have knee problems and you will never miss out on any sales!

I walk a lot which is great cardio and will help to you to strart running. You can then move onto the c25k which is a running programme.
Good luck

Yep, i have the same problem!! There are spots where it's not as creaky but it's all wood floors here but, everyone else it noisy as heck here anyway! I still worry about the noise, even when i can hear people snoring from another apartment(and every other little noise). I think i might be okay until someone complains about my workouts. I always try to be quite when doing them anyway.