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Swollen Member
Location: Northern VA
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In the House Cardio
Living in Virginia, the weather around here is different all the time. Some days its raining, some days its cold, some days its raining and cold.
Anyhow...because of this, it sort of limits what I can do outside for some sort of Cardiovascular activity. I do not own or can't afford getting a treadmill, excersice bike, and so forth. So I have been jumping rope and using my sisters stair climber to help burn off that excess fat (and yes watching what I eat...which sucks). Doing this for about 2 weeks, I was wondering what some of the things that you all do, or can suggest for cardio at home...without any machinery. |
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Registered User
Location: Oklahoma
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Exercise bikes can be cheap. Try $100 or less for a non-electronic one that uses tension adjustments. It doesn't have to be expensive to be good. Or buy a step and a workout video. 3 days a week, I do a step-class with the wife. It's a fairly efficient way to get your cardio in. The only plus to doing it at the gym is all the cute girls in spandex.
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Dubya
Location: VA
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You can buy those step videos for like 10-15 bucks, so besides just toughing it out in the bad weather, that's probably your cheapest alternative.
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Banned
Location: Orange County, California
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Good job with the jump rope. It is one of the tougher cardio exercises. Try possibly buying a cheap exercise video that you can use when you want a little variety. I find with cardio it is all about variety otherwise I just get burned out doing it
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Existentialist
Location: New York City
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Here are a couple ideas that haven't been mentioned yet:
If you have a big house, you can just walk around it at a fast pace moving your arms. Jumping jacks If you have a long hall in your house, sprint back and forth Dance to some music
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