Exercise: What Do You Do??
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At the gym I do...
- the elliptical
- the stairmaster
- Weights (just some arm work)
- Exercise ball (for ab work)
At home I do..
- Laps in the pool
- Crunches (100 each night or something usually lol I dunno, I do em while I watch tv)
- Walk. In the park, with the dogs or on the treadmill
I also do a spinning class every sunday lol It helps me start the week feeling healthy
- the elliptical
- the stairmaster
- Weights (just some arm work)
- Exercise ball (for ab work)
At home I do..
- Laps in the pool
- Crunches (100 each night or something usually lol I dunno, I do em while I watch tv)
- Walk. In the park, with the dogs or on the treadmill
I also do a spinning class every sunday lol It helps me start the week feeling healthy
High intensity interval training 
Less than 20 minute workouts that are proven to be more effective than 45min + on an elliptical/treadmill
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Less than 20 minute workouts that are proven to be more effective than 45min + on an elliptical/treadmillBODYROCK.tv | Fitness Advice, Workout Videos, Health & Fitness | Bodyrock.tv
High intensity interval training Less than 20 minute workouts that are proven to be more effective than 45min + on an elliptical/treadmill
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Less than 20 minute workouts that are proven to be more effective than 45min + on an elliptical/treadmillBODYROCK.tv | Fitness Advice, Workout Videos, Health & Fitness | Bodyrock.tv
I am very out of shape and well, obese. I weighed myself Thursday for the first time in a long time and I was 281 lbs (I'm 5'5)!!! I was horrified, it's the heaviest I've ever been. I'm not going to lie and say I have no idea how this happened. I know exactly how it happened-I got lazy and didn't feel like watching what I eat, I love most of the foods that are really bad for you, and over the years have trained my body to want to eat if I'm bored, emotional, etc. I'm also a night owl and not only does that mean that I don't sleep enough, but I also get really hungry late at night and end up eating.
Luckily I do like to be active once I get up and make myself do it. The work gym just opened this past week and I went Thursday and Friday, and then went on a mile walk with Jack today and it felt great! My mom and I were doing WW and it was working but I got lazy and stopped doing it, but have started again.
Unfortunately my weight has done damage to my joints, and I have a "crunchy" knee, so I finally bit the bullet and bought myself a joint supplement.
I'm 30 and would at least like to have one child, and the doctor tells me at my current weight I am a "walking pregnancy complication," so it's pretty much now or never.....
Luckily you still have plenty of time to get healthy & have a baby Great to have such good motivation though!!
What supplement did you get? Glucosamine/chondroitin? Those have iffy research, but if it helps...it helps. Losing weight will def help a ton as well though. Do you have access to a pool to do some water workouts? That takes a ton of load off your knees. So does recumbant biking (the kind where you are kinda seated back comfy).
Remember, cardio is fantastic...but you also want to be strength training. The stronger the muscles are around the joint, the more they can prevent that bone on bone crunchiness. It is just essential to be weight training with proper form. Also make sure you are avoiding anything that really seems to be aggravating your knee. If it hurts while you're doing something, try to modify it so it doesn't . It hurts for a reason...its your body telling you something just aint right. Its not worth it to push through & get a chronic injury.
The workouts I posted may seem super intimidating, but it doesn't mean you cant do them. She offers tons of modifications, so you just do what feels best. Obviously I do not know your medical history, but as long as you are cleared by your doc to exercise...there is no reason you cant do them.
Your diet is gonna play a huge factor though...so make sure you are properly covering that aspect as well!
Best of luck!!
Great to have such good motivation though!!What supplement did you get? Glucosamine/chondroitin? Those have iffy research, but if it helps...it helps. Losing weight will def help a ton as well though. Do you have access to a pool to do some water workouts? That takes a ton of load off your knees. So does recumbant biking (the kind where you are kinda seated back comfy).
Remember, cardio is fantastic...but you also want to be strength training. The stronger the muscles are around the joint, the more they can prevent that bone on bone crunchiness. It is just essential to be weight training with proper form. Also make sure you are avoiding anything that really seems to be aggravating your knee. If it hurts while you're doing something, try to modify it so it doesn't . It hurts for a reason...its your body telling you something just aint right. Its not worth it to push through & get a chronic injury.
The workouts I posted may seem super intimidating, but it doesn't mean you cant do them. She offers tons of modifications, so you just do what feels best. Obviously I do not know your medical history, but as long as you are cleared by your doc to exercise...there is no reason you cant do them.
Your diet is gonna play a huge factor though...so make sure you are properly covering that aspect as well!
Best of luck!!
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Well, my job pretty often consists of running around a huge room with a bunch of rambunctious dogs, and it also consists of running up and down two flights of stairs AT LEAST 10 times every shift.
I also live in a city, and since the weather's been nicer, I've been walking between 10-15 miles most days.
I try to do yoga multiple times a week, but sometimes only get to it about once a week. I seriously recommend yoga to everyone because I've felt SO much better since I started it. I used to have tons of back problems and they've improved unbelievably within just a week or so of doing yoga. You can also do a lot of different styles to do it more meditative or more like cardio, which is cool.
I also live in a city, and since the weather's been nicer, I've been walking between 10-15 miles most days.
I try to do yoga multiple times a week, but sometimes only get to it about once a week. I seriously recommend yoga to everyone because I've felt SO much better since I started it. I used to have tons of back problems and they've improved unbelievably within just a week or so of doing yoga. You can also do a lot of different styles to do it more meditative or more like cardio, which is cool.
