home exercising!

[neoh]

curious,

I exercise at home on a daily basis, do about 300 crunches and 50 push ups a day, but lately I havent been able to do as many push ups, I am finding myself doing 10-20 because of my wrists (I have carpal tunnel) and I find myself putting too much strain on my back now a days with the crunches.

What do you guys do for exercise? If you do it from home, that is. What do you find works best for you?

[SEAN!]

Originally Posted by neoh

curious,

I exercise at home on a daily basis, do about 300 crunches and 50 push ups a day, but lately I havent been able to do as many push ups, I am finding myself doing 10-20 because of my wrists (I have carpal tunnel) and I find myself putting too much strain on my back now a days with the crunches.

What do you guys do for exercise? If you do it from home, that is. What do you find works best for you?

dont do it every day, take a break. do somethign like m, w, f, sunday. i foudn that if i do wieghts everyday the same thign happens to me, the amount that im able to do goes down instead of up.

if you wanna wokr out everyday you should do cardio inbetween the wieght training. its also important to remmeber that your body needs to take a break, otherwise your doing more harm then good, the breaks allow you to increase your muslce mass as working out causes small tears in the muscle(whihc is what your trying to do) and then these tears are repaired and increase the size and strength or as it seems in your case the sndurance of your muscles.

[neoh]

yeah I can certainly try that. I've been doing more cartio then usual lately, find it making a little bit of a difference.

[Kelster]

my friends been doing pilates at home lately. he got this cindy crawford DVD in his special K.


i hardly work out at home, i go to the gym to work out. but i have a big ball at home, a thigh master and this other ab thing you stand on and twist your torso.
when i don't go to the gym tho, i like to go running, stretch, or just do gardening, even dance round the house to get in some exercise.

[trance4life]

im no fitness buff, but i'm pretty sure you shouldn't be hurting your back when you do crunches, try to do a reverse crunch and if your back still hurts somethings wrong. Aside from that, i dont have any clear advise

[neoh]

well, I broke my back in 03, so regardless - it's going to hurt.

[miss.myra]

Get an exercize ball!

Bonus, you sit on it when you use the computer. It's awkward at first, but once you get a good position, your body will thank you in many ways. The last office I worked in had them, and I noticed the difference in my posture and abdominal muscles bigtime.

[neoh]

^ this could be an idea to try, yes.

[tahiti__treat]

whats sum good excercises at home i can do for my thighs and bum?.. i know lunges but they hurt my knees after a while ..

[Ree Fresh]

I make myself take stairs, walk, and keep a good posture most of the time. Working and coaching kids is always good, especial now that im helping with gymnastics. Im also in a Pilates class at the rec which I can easly do that at home also.
When living on Bondi beach it was easy to make myself run every day... I miss it :(

[mojo]

get a ball for sure. they are great for core excercising, stability, and like myra said, sitting on.plus you can do push ups on them, and they reduce the strain on your wrists. elevate/lower your legs, and work different pectoral areas.

maybe get a chin up bar Neoh. you can work your biceps, triceps, back and abs, plus it doesnt put you in that much strain.

[LeeBrat]

well i have a pretty in depther work out schedual...5-6 dayz a week.i go to the gym doing strenght and cardio training about 2-3 dayz a week for 1.5 hours aprox. but on dayz i werk or cant get to the gym i either run or bike(just make sure you have good supportive shoes and you dont over do it or you may end up with knee problems) and in the morning i do a 30 min tae bo work out(with the techno cranked) i find that to be a good at home work out and a great way to start the day.

[Kelster]

oh i didn't get that part bout your back hurting...

when you work out your front you gotta even things out by working out your back as well. i forget the technical names of all this, but your muscles work in pairs so you gotta even it out. for example when you do the bicep you have to do the tricep, lets just say you do a curl with a heavy weight but then you need to lower it back to the starting position and to do that you need to build up your tricept as well. ithis is all a lil rusty, and it's doubtful you work your abs so much that it's affecting your back, but that may be it. try throwing in some back exercises to even it out.

[~lazee_grrl~]

i have an elyptical thingy at home so thats my cardio and i do that infront of the tv which makes it easier..i also have an exercise ball and pilates videos..but lately..i've been doin a lot of stretching which i find totally works out ur body..i stretch for like 2-3hrs depending on how i feel...trying to gain my flexibility back..~

[Custard]

i work in construction, and dance on lots of 'uppers'

[neoh]

Originally Posted by ~lazee_grrl~

i have an elyptical thingy at home so thats my cardio and i do that infront of the tv which makes it easier..i also have an exercise ball and pilates videos..but lately..i've been doin a lot of stretching which i find totally works out ur body..i stretch for like 2-3hrs depending on how i feel...trying to gain my flexibility back..~

2-3 hours of flexing a day, yeesh!

[IntakE]

I do sit ups but there a pain in the ass so I only do them like 3 times a week
I go to the gym 5 days a week
doing cardio one day and then lifting weights the next day