cardio?!

emg9
emg9 Posts: 112
in Fitness and Exercise
i need help with what to do to burn calories. i own an excersize bike and do around 20 mins per session, 2wice a day most days but i'm so bored with it! apart from going for walks, without joining the gym i cant think of any other way to burn calories.. any suggestions?

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  • Papabear0428
    Papabear0428 Posts: 63
    Do you like to dance? If you don't want to join a gym and you have a decent musical collection then put on some music and dance for a while. I'm not kidding, I swear! I have a Wii and one of the games that I play is the Michael Jackson Experience where you have to try to follow his moves. If you actually try to do the choreography (and not just move the controller with your hand) you can burn a lot of calories. I also am an avid fan of Zumba. Thiis exercise program is dancy and at first you don't think you're doing that much but after awhile you start to feel it!
  • momof2winsplus
    momof2winsplus Posts: 137 Member
    youtube has a ton of workout videos for free. Find some you like.
  • Rambo313
    Rambo313 Posts: 179 Member
    pinterest.com have great cardio workout circuits! jump rope is a great cardio workout!
  • DanaDark
    DanaDark Posts: 2,187 Member
    Move around. Faster = more.
  • emg9
    emg9 Posts: 112
    i'll have a look! thanks. and the wii suggestion sounds great. i'm moving into a house with friends in a few months and i'm definitely suggesting we invest in one :) thank you again
  • myfitnessnmhoy
    myfitnessnmhoy Posts: 2,105 Member
    So up that walk! Couch-to-5K! :smile: No gym required.

    But as Papabear implied, moving=cardio. Moving and sweating=good cardio. Anything you can do to work up a good sweat while moving around is good.
  • jonnyrosko
    jonnyrosko Posts: 30 Member
    My cardio days are a combo of jump rope and burpees.
  • Papabear0428
    Papabear0428 Posts: 63
    i'll have a look! thanks. and the wii suggestion sounds great. i'm moving into a house with friends in a few months and i'm definitely suggesting we invest in one :) thank you again

    They even have a Zumba game for the Wii, and other games where you have to move around that will help. Make it fun and you can stick with it!
  • mjsunshine16
    mjsunshine16 Posts: 251 Member
    U TUBE VIDEOS FOR INSTRUCTION EXERCISE AND CALISTHENICS. ( YOU WOULD BE AMAZED HOW MANY CALORIES ARE BURNED DOING JUMPING JACKS :-)
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    fill up empty milk jugs with water or sand for weights, tie to a liberated mop handle.

    Lifting weights will work better than bored cardio especially, because probably not motivated to push yourself on it much.

    Also plenty of body weight exercises.

    http://www.exrx.net/Lists/WtFemale.html

    Pick a part, any part, and see list of exercises you can do with dumbbells or milk jugs and body weight.

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