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I am interested in this too!!! :)

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What kind of workout or what are your goals? Cardio, endurance, muscle/strength, agility/athletic based?

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If you can believe it, walking is one of the best things to lose weight, and it's easy. I do a lot of walking. After speaking to my doctor, health nut wife, several friend, two seasoned personal trainer and researched it online, I learned that keeping your heart rate lower (versus running which is hard on your joints and back) is what burns the fat best. I also like walking in different neighborhoods. It's amazing what you see when you are strolling by versus driving. If you have trails in your area I would strongly recommend those. And please get good shoes, they make a big difference. I would recommend going to a local, small running shop where someone can watch you walk and take a good look at your foot to get a good fit (makes all the difference). Walking has brought me into hiking as I like nature. Winter might be a different story for you than me, I live in southern California, so weather is usually great. I also have a heart rate monitor to keep track on my progress, love it.

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Thanks for the tips! I also walk alot! I'm getting a treadmill this weekend too, I live in Kentucky so our weather is bipolar lol

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Thanks for the tips! I also walk alot! I'm getting a treadmill this weekend too, I live in Kentucky so our weather is bipolar lol

I hear ya on the weather. That's great. Walk to you can't walk anymore!!! ...not literally though. lol.

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do some lunges. works on balance and strength and you can do them anywhere.

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I use the Nike Training App. Free workouts, with videos and everything :)

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I do zumba or some type of dance cardio two days a week, one day 60 minutes on the treadmill at fat burn setting and two days weight training - one is a class using light weights and one is machines. On the day I do machines I do the hour of treadmill as well.

So I basically do 4 days per week 1 hour - 2 cardio, 1 fat burn and 2 weight training.

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Since the kids are out of school for summer and I don't want to pay $4 per hour per kid ($36 per day/4 times a week) in daycare, I've been using my home gym in my garage. I have a treadmill and weights. I like to keep my workout routine short and sweet. I run for 20 mins every morning, 7 days a week. Every other day I lift weights but it's not the super heavy weights. Lifting heavy seems to stall my weight loss and I figured once I get to goal I can worry about building muscle. My morning run has my heart rate up to 160 bpm. I mentally can't handle more than 20 mins on the treadmill because I become extremely bored and it feels like a chore. I do not plan to lengthen the time but I will eventually add on more speed to the 20 mins of cardio. Once the kids are back in school, I will start spin class again but gotta save money this summer.

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I'm def not suggesting this as a fun exercise, but I will tell you...the 30 day squat challenge that I found on-line has really changed my life. Sounds silly, but seriously. Before surgery I would frown at lunges & squats & ALWAYS avoided them. Well, a friend of mine is a personal trainer & my legs are def a trouble spot for me. She suggested it & one day, I picked up the 10lb dumbells & just went for it. First day was 50. My legs have changed so much. They are much stronger & I'm starting to feel that they are sexy!

Anyway, on to the fun stuff...Zumba is awesome! Walking is one of the best exercises & not hard on your body. Water aerobics is awesome & very good on your joints. THen, dancing is a blast & you burn so many cals.

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Some of the things that I have been doing while on vacation is the treadmill for thirty minutes a day in South Carolina while visiting my aunt. Now I am in Mississippi and I have been doing some workout videos (Jillian Michaels kickbox Fastfix workouts 1 and 3; Crunch dance workout videos). The latter has 4 workout cds covering different types of dance styles and another video called hip hop abs, I believe that is the name of it. In other words I am the type of person who gets bored very easily so I have to change up things a bit. Once I get back home, I will be going back to the gym doing strength training two days a week and cardio two days a week. I hope this helps!

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If you can believe it' date=' walking is one of the best things to lose weight, and it's easy. I do a lot of walking. After speaking to my doctor, health nut wife, several friend, two seasoned personal trainer and researched it online, I learned that keeping your heart rate lower (versus running which is hard on your joints and back) is what burns the fat best. I also like walking in different neighborhoods. It's amazing what you see when you are strolling by versus driving. If you have trails in your area I would strongly recommend those. And please get good shoes, they make a big difference. I would recommend going to a local, small running shop where someone can watch you walk and take a good look at your foot to get a good fit (makes all the difference). Walking has brought me into hiking as I like nature. Winter might be a different story for you than me, I live in southern California, so weather is usually great. I also have a heart rate monitor to keep track on my progress, love it.[/quote']

I like that. Going to different neighborhoods..

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Thanks for the tips! I also walk alot! I'm getting a treadmill this weekend too' date=' I live in Kentucky so our weather is bipolar lol[/quote']

What part of Kentucky?? Georgetown here:)

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