Strenght Training at Home???

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Check out this book called You Are Your Own Gym. It's all about strength training with body weight exercises. Pretty much all of the exercises work your core muscles (abs and back). My wife and I just finished week 1 of the beginner program and we're both very, very sore all over. But we also feel stronger after just a week.

http://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Your-Own-Gym/dp/0345528581/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332778217&sr=8-1

I also highly recommend this book. There are hundreds of exercises so you won't get bored, several exercise routines if you don't want to pick & choose your own, good "how tos" for beginners up to advanced. As you get stronger, the author offers suggestions for each exercise to add weight using household items (a jug of water, a backpack with books, etc.) I travel a ton, and I never leave home without this book.

I've found the Ana Caban beginner pilates DVD with resistance band to be good for strength training. You can find it at Gaiam.com or Amazon.

good luck!

I was in the same situation as you a few months ago. I used things around my house. Laundry Detergant bottles (i filled my empties with water at first & slowly have been adding sand to make them heavier as I go). I do arm curls while doing the stairs. I look like a fool but, it's also in the privacy of my own house so I don't care. I figure it's a double burn...lol.

Using a chair I place my hands on the seat & lift myself off. Tightens your core muscles. There are many exercise you can do with just a chair & your body. For examples you can check out this site: http://www.livestrong.com/article/19179-abdominal-exercises-using-chairs/

I have a hill in my back yard and I have a one year old sun who loves to ride in a wagon. I walk pulling him down the hill (trying to keep the wagon behind me) and run up the hill pulling the wagon behind me.

Be creative & use your body & things you have around your house. Good luck

I'm wondering if Pilates would fall into this category?
I'm new to it too:)

You can do body weight training at home. Plus cans and water bottles can make great weights.

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Use your body weight...and canned good..you will be amazed...

You can get decent results with bodyweight training, especially at the start.
but at the minimum I'd invest in a set of DBs and a pullup bar.
it's well worth the money in the end, achieving goals and being happy with your progress is something you can't put a price on.
I've invested well over 1000 dollars into my home gym in the last 6 months, and it's been worth every penny

Teambeachbody has some amazing workouts you can do at home. Depending on your level of fitness, you can do Les Mills Pump, P90X, Insanity Asylum (more total body core training), and more. You can join for free and check out the programs they have. They changed my life a few years ago. You can join and check out the products here: http://bit.ly/95x7rk

I do crunches, pushups, triceps dips on my couch, wall sits, side leg raises (lay on your side and lift that leg!) There are also all kinds of suggestions in magazines like "Self" and "shape" for tummy, leg, arm, etc, toning. You can find light weight hand weights, resistance bands and so on at stores like Walmart for relatively cheap, and some come with little booklets full of workout suggestions. If you are a walker/runner, I found some lightweight handweights that have little straps on them. You pump your arms, and you have some extra toning to go with your workout. :flowerforyou:

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