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Exercise, motivation and space.

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Caroline said:
what part of surrey are you in? I am in south east london, abot 5 miles from greenwich. I need something that will fit in with family and full time work with minimal equipment and minimal space in winter because no one wants to turn the telly off for half an hour or so two or three times a week...
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Hey Caroline. I live in Guildford. so its a bit far from you! One of my favourite ways of training at the moment is with the battling ropes (www.powerropes.com). There are a few rope specialists online but it costs around ?80 for a 50ft, 1.5 diameter manilla rope. You basically make waves with it and it gives you a seriously good workout. Whats great about it is that whether your a couch potato, a fitness freak or an elite athlete, it will always get you results. And whats more...its serisouly fun. The kids would love it too! If you look at youtube you can find a few videos with people using them.

Alot of research has shown that interval workouts give huge fitness and fat burning benefits. Whats great about these workouts is that 15-20 mins of it will give you more benefits than an hour of long slow duration exercise. It is intense but its worth it. Google 'Tabata intervals' and you can see what I mean. Theses sessions generally consist of periods of 20 seconds of work, followed by 10 secs of rest for a total of 4 minutes. Repeat this 4 or 5 times and your done. Like I said though- they are intense - and not for the faint hearted - if your going to give it a go make sure your doctor says its ok! In regards to exercise selection you can use your body weight - press ups, crunches, pull ups, squats, lunges, mountain climbers, skipping, battling ropes, burpees, dips, high kness etc. If your not sure what any of those are let me know!

I also teach spinning classes (indoor cycling) and I urge you to give it a go if you've never done it before. Check out your local gym for them - its fantastic for your fitness and lets you be in charge of your own intensity.

Something I would like to point out though is that exercise alone won't sort you out if your lifestyle isn't sorted first! Eat healthy, sleep well, be happy and all will fall into place!
 
Hi Boysie, thanks for advice. Yes Guildford is a bit far for us toget together. I'll look at the things you suggest and let you know how I get on.

At the moment I am very resistent to anything gym based, ours are always full of slim fit people and I find it somewhat off putting. I also want something I can do at home so the kids are involved more and the telly is on less...
 
Caroline said:
Hi Boysie, thanks for advice. Yes Guildford is a bit far for us toget together. I'll look at the things you suggest and let you know how I get on.

At the moment I am very resistent to anything gym based, ours are always full of slim fit people and I find it somewhat off putting. I also want something I can do at home so the kids are involved more and the telly is on less...
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OK Caroline. I completly understand the gym being off puting. Im starting up my own PT business and I will be avoiding gyms at all cost. I simply think they are expensive, boring, and sometimes make things worse (weight machines are not funcitonal exercises and therefore any gains with them won't carry over to real life functional movements). The Battling ropes is definately something which I think would fit your requirements. If you do ever fancy popping down to Guildford I will be happy to spend some time with you showing how you can use the ropes to see if you would benefit from them.

One other affordable piece of equipment you could use are calle valslides or gliders https://www2.exf-fitness.com/_4F963...m?fuseaction=products.detail&pid=7177&redir=1 These let you do your bodyweight exercises on a sliding surface (which means you'll be working all your core muscles) to work out. You can get DVDs and perform the workouts infront of the TV. Check out the video on the link to see what I mean.
 
thanks boysie, I'll have a look, using a DVD/video may satisfy everyone as there will be something to watch too!
 
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