Favorite home cardio-not running or walking

Almost all of my conditioning work is gonna stress the knees as much or more than walking.

The only thing I can think to get ur heart rate up without too much knee strain would be lots of pushups, or some kettlebell work.

This....I can't think of any cardio that would aggravate a knee less than walking.....Maybe bicycle riding or in-line skating?

dancing, Zumba, maybe seomthing like that. I bet they have some youtube videos

Wii Zumba 2 or Just Dance 3

Do you have Wii boxing? Do that for at least 30 minutes (or longer). You could even get the kids involved.

Since you can't walk outside because of the hills. You can try "Walk at home" dvds by Leslie Sansone (2 mile or 5 mile fat burn intervals). It should be low impact but with a calorie burn that won't aggravate your knees.

Jillian Michaels says punching is great cardio if you have a lower body injury and can't do other things. When I do 30DS, my injured foot can only handle so many jumping jacks or jumping rope or butt kicks, so I stop after a bit and do punches. My husband has a bad knee, and he has to be careful with biking, so don't rush into anything. Especially if you live in a hilly area (biking on hills kills his knee).

Good luck!

Rebounding on my mini-trampoline, so fun and very effective at calorie burning and toning

Pick one up, they don't cost a fortune and are a great investment!

dance! turn on the music and dance with the kids. Nothing spectacular, just don't stop moving. have fun with it, build up a sweat, burn some calories, and LAUGH!

When I was on crutches last year, I did alot of punching my punching bag which gets your heart rate up for sure. If you don't have one, air boxing works too!

^ This is what I was going to suggest!

Try Turbo Jam - but follow the lower impact girl, particularly I'm thinking the 20 min workout.

There is a move in there where she shows you how to pivot so you don't twist your knee - I just hold my lower body totally still sometimes and just work it as upper body.

I sprained both ankles 2 yrs ago, and still have days where they bother me, so I can't take anything high impact either, and I love Turbo Jam (20 min workout is my fave, even though there are other higher impact ones).

She always has someone for the modified version, one of whom lost like 70 or 80 pounds just doing the low impact. ("her feet never left the floor" according to what she says in the video).

Or, I was thinking Slim in 6, because her cardio isn't really hard on the knees if you do modified, but you'd have to be careful about her squats though (which she does a LOT of).

Turbo Jam is from Beachbody. Turbo Fire is the next level up, but you can still do modified (I am!)

Zumba. There are a few jumps, squats and lunges included but if that hurts your knees just skip those. For the most part it's just fitness dancing. Very good for your core and burns a good amount of calories.

Try out an elliptical machine. No knee impact and a great cardio workout. My right knee is problematic but I have no problems on the elliptical.

I was also going to say an elliptical machine. If you have craigslist in your area, I see all sorts of cardio equipment on there all the time.

Also, maybe the boxing (or air boxing) that others are suggesting, or some sort of upper body workout that gets the heart rate up.

I would invest in some low impact workout DVD's. I do Turbo Fire everyday and they have a girl "Alley" who does modified moves. Good Luck Hope this helped.

I was a gymnast in my early years through high school. So, now my knees ache especially after exercising with this much weight on me and when it's going to rain. So I had a recumbent exercise bike given to me. I put it in the living room and instead of sitting and snacking in front of the tele, I ride my bike. It also burns the most calories than most exercises I have done. If you ride at least 17mph up and downhill program, you can burn 550 calories in 30 min and over a 1000 in 60. It also takes a lot of pressure off of my knees till I drop some more weight. I strongly suggest investing in one. You can get one dirt cheap on Craigslist most of the time. Just make sure it's one with programs.