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Originally Posted by Gatorade Frost
I'm an extremely out of shape and overweight person who (with his girlfriend) is trying to start working some of it off.
Right now I'm making an hour walk Monday/Wednesday/Friday, but I need to try to do some anaerobic work. That's where the problem comes in.
I could go to the rec center and use their weight lifting area, but honestly, I have some serious social phobias and the last thing I really want to do is go in there and start working out around a hundred muscled up guys who do this all the time. I just couldn't handle that by myself - I'd probably vomit. I know it sounds dumb, but sorry, that's off the list. I'd like to try to find some kind of strength training that doesn't involve weight lifting at the rec center.
So what I'm looking for is a book recomendation that will help me start out with some kind of working out that I can do in the privacy of my own dorm with my girlfriend and start trying to get a little better in shape. Obviously there's crunches and pushups, but there's only so far you can get on those basic exercises.
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I agree that watching these beefed up guys stare at themselves in the mirror for an hour isn't exactly fun. The gym kind of sucks if you don't enjoy the idea of checking everyone out and everyone checking you out kind of things, or unless you genuienly enjoy lifting for the sport. With that being said, most people at the gym wouldn't hesitate to help you out or give you advice if you asked them.
I don't have any book reccomendations, however don't discredit pushups and crunches. I stared doing them after hearing of a famous football player who did nothing but that and running. It was Eddie george (i think), and he did 1000 pushups a day and ran if I remember correctly. Basically I modified this and started doing 40 pushups and 40 deep squats (no weight) everyday. Now I've worked up to 200 pushups a day then 200 squats the next day at about 40-50 reps a set. Of course I take days off if I need to and it's taken me over a year to get up to 200 reps.
The advantage of that is you can do it anywhere, it requires no equipment, and it hits most of the major muscle groups which is key to burning calories and getting a more toned look in my opinion. Whatever workout you choose do not ingore legs or think that walking is good enough for them. Legs muscles have the ability to burn some serious calories if you work them hard.