Anyone do at home workouts?

I have agoraphobia and social phobia, so apart from walks with people I know and trust (which obviously are more cardio-inducing due to anxiety than exertion) I'm a home-workout girl, too. Equipment wise I have an elliptical, an aerobic step, a resistance band and some weights that are adjustable up to 10kg each so far, and I can buy heavier weight discs to pop on. I have a few routines, apps and DVDs that I swap between so I don't get bored. So far so good, it's all I've ever done.

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Yes rope jumping- burns 500-1000cals plus step aerobics, and dance. They all burn just as many calories as the elliptical and treadmill. You just have to be on fire and make yourself do it! I've lost 25lbs since April 6th.

I walk to and from my house. I do all my other workouts at home, kettlebell, stretch bands and ball is all the equipment I use right now, I also use my own weight in workouts using stairs and furniture.

When winter comes I'll try and get my treadmill working again.

all of my workouts are done from home with the exception of running at the park once a week. i do cardio on my elliptical and recumbant bike and i do strength from my jillian michaels dvd collection. i add in step aerobics once a week and occassionally, i'll throw in some strength with my exercise band dvd. who can afford a gym membership nowadays? not this one :noway:

i've lost 37.7 lbs. i've exceeded my goal by apx. 1/2lb. yay me!

congratulations on your success and good luck :happy:

I use Leslie Sansone's Five Really Big Miles DVD and I have a Wii.

Literally, today, I just got a great deal on an exercise ball, two 2-pound balls and some tension bands. It all came with a work out CD so I'm freakin' excited!!!

I've done:
Power 90
P90X
Insanity
Reb Abs
Turbo Fire
Insanity: The Asylum
Now to Body Beast.

I also go to a BootCamp 2 days a week and I love the class I workout with. I love both ways.

I do not belong to a gym or zumba class or anything like that. All my weight has come off via the DIY method: walking in a nearby park, my neighborhood or the treadmill when the weather is bad. I have a weight bench my son left me and some free weights I picked up at garage sales that I use for weight training and I get my yoga videos from youtube. The most money I've spent is for a pair shoes to walk in.

Yep, down almost 25lbs, two pants sizes, losing fat & working on building some lean muscle, all at home. :bigsmile: I use workout DVDs, phone apps for workout routines, and I run 3 days a week.

Congrats on your weight loss and dedication!
I have done pretty much everything at home and I've lost 40lbs also. I started out walking on the treadmill, then walking outside, then I started jogging & broke my toe and fractured another foot bone. Now I'm biking and 'trying' to swim. I have a weight machine that I should be using more often and somewhere around here I have hand weights. lol I also garden, by that I mean pulling weeds and pruning. I can't do much mowing with the sore foot but I loved the exercise I used to get from push mowing the entire yard! . You'd be surprised at how many calories you can burn just cleaning your house. But by this I mean, nonstop hard cleaning, not walking around with a feather duster. Running up and down the stairs doing laundry is good exercise too. Sometimes I leave stuff in my laundry room on purpose just so I'll have to go down the stairs again to get it later. Mainly clothes that I've folded and haven't put away.
I'm sure that by being a stay at home mom, you get plenty of exercise. It truly is hard work and rewarding. Good for you for having the guts to do it. I was fortunate enough to be able to do that also and I have no regrets.
And oh yeah, I did invest in a Polar FT4 heart rate monitor so now I know what is truly exercise for me and what's not because it shows if you're in your fat burning zone.