Home vs Gym Workout

[Scrapmom3 8]

Hello- I had lapband surgery on 2/14/12. I have lost 70 pounds so far. I started out going to the gym 5 days a week and working out pretty hard and steady there. I loved it, my problem is I have 3 kids and 2 grandkids and pretty active with them and also work full time. The only time I would have to go to a gym is 4am or 9 pm and then I live about 30 minutes from the closest one. I just can't stay committed to work out at those times as I know it will be very difficult. So, I'm looking for suggestions to workout at home. I have a treadmill and looking to buy a Bowflex. Are there any suggestions for exercises to do at home besides videos? I'm looking more for strength training and toning. My biggest problem areas are underarms and thighs. Thanks for any and all suggestion. I am very uncoordinated so Richard Simmons (don't laugh) is the best exercise video for me. Although, I would love to try the P90X.

[Shelleymb 75]

http://michaelashcroft.net/2009/04/19/16-days-of-beginner-crossfit-wokouts-you-can-do-from-home/

You can YouTube anything on the list you don't know already. Very effective and it doesn't take an hour.

[laurigee 545]

You can do almost everything on the treadmill if you have incline! It's great for toning! Congratulations on your weight loss!

[kca1fan 326]

cans of food and bags of potatoes make great weights. Elastic bands are cheap and can help tone just as if lifting weights. Give those grand babies airplane rides on your feet kids too depending on age/size.

[honk 780]

Full disclosure 43 year old woman no kids. Bought Xbox 360 used and Kinect. Using it to do Zumba and dancing games. GREAT exercise. You can even have multiple dancers on some games. So you could get your grandkids involved. Enjoying it way more than I expected.

[tym4me 206]

I like honk use the kinect. I love Dance central 3. I like u have to left feet but withDC3 you can pick from begginer to expert. Its really fun.

[susancwalker2008 70]

Full disclosure 43 year old woman no kids. Bought Xbox 360 used and Kinect. Using it to do Zumba and dancing games. GREAT exercise. You can even have multiple dancers on some games. So you could get your grandkids involved. Enjoying it way more than I expected.

By far my most favorite work out is with my Kinect and dance games, I have them all. I can sweat for 2 hours when I get so frustrated with the treadmill after 15 minutes. I just got the Nike trainer and going to play that today.

[honk 780]

If you go the exercise game route look for used ones. New games are expensive. Check out games spot, new berry comics, even best buy. Bought the Nike Trainer. Have only done the evaluation part. Not sold on it yet. As to the ones I like Zumba Rush, Just dance 3 (JD 4 has a more difficult user interface), Just Dance Disney. I found Dance Central harder.

[CHEZNOEL 4,061]

If you are sweating, it is working. The most important exercise session is your NEXT ONE! Just keep it up!

[hely88 883]

If you go the exercise game route look for used ones. New games are expensive. Check out games spot' date=' new berry comics, even best buy. Bought the Nike Trainer. Have only done the evaluation part. Not sold on it yet. As to the ones I like Zumba Rush, Just dance 3 (JD 4 has a more difficult user interface), Just Dance Disney. I found Dance Central harder.[/quote']

Amazon and Best buy also have used. I do wii and I use Golds Gym Cardio workout and it's great. I am up to about an hour a day.

[goalseeker 695]

I wake up and do Insanity in my living room at 4 AM. I have two small kids and work part time and so I have very little free time during the day. I decided against nap time workouts cause I was constantly being interrupted with potty breaks lol

[Scrapmom3 8]

Thank you for all of the wonderful suggestions. I'm going to try the insanity workout and I'm going to buy the Zumba for the xbox to try those things.

[LJCBF 363]

Thank you for all of the wonderful suggestions. I'm going to try the insanity workout and I'm going to buy the Zumba for the xbox to try those things.

Wow congrats in the excellent weight loss and deduction to exercise. You can certainly get a great workout at home. Regarding Insanity it is an awesome workout - basically it's like P90x only it's longer anaerobic work with shorter aerobic intermixed, as opposed to the reverse as with P90x - Insanity has even more Plyometrics (jumping) and therefore it isn't really a good place to "start" exercise or if a person has or is susceptible to knee and other lower extremity joint or back issues so keep that in mind.

Mix strength and cardio - keeping it always different and not overworking the same muscle group will bring the best results. A great tool that works strength and aerobic while really improving stability and balance is the Bosu. Cheap at about $100, portable and stores easily.

Lee

[DebbieC1970 58]

I agree about not starting with insanity, its really hard and if u have never worked out with a DVD b4 u may want to try something else. I use a 4 DVD set of Bob Harper. I got it at target. It's very challenging and a whole body workout.