Re: New acquisitions... considering more, need help deciding

[Guest guest]

Yeah ! That's fantastic!!

I want a foam roller for stretching. I've seen them with a DVD for about $20. As

for the bosu, I don't use mine a whole lot. When I use it, I use it as a weight

bench to do chest press, flies etc. I rarely use it for cardio. I paid $100 for

mine about three years ago.

Rob Glick has a good bosu workout that I need to eventually get (they use to

play it on exercisetv) and I *think* Gay Gasper does as well. It just hasn't

been a priority for me.

My two cents!!

a

>

> I am SO excited! I saw a small dumbbell rack on a local garage sale site, it

was listed for what I thought was $25. It looked big in the photo so I thought

it would be good and worth the money since it was made of metal. I got to the

house and the lady said she paid $25 for it but was selling it for whatever I

wanted to pay. She had a ton of other stuff too and here's what I got...

>

> Reebok metal dumbbell rack -- it isn't very big as it turns out but holds

almost all my weights so that gets them off the floor taking up a little less

space

> 1 set of 4 lb dumbbells (now I have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12 and 15s --

I like having incremental #s for more versatility and don't want to spend the

money on the adjustable weights right now)

> 1 4 lb weighted ball

> 1 8 lb weighted ball -- the balls go with my 6 lb FIRM ball & 2 lb FIRM balls

with handles!

>

> All that for $10!!!!!! Woo hoo!!!!

>

> When I got home I also had The FIRM Cross Trainers Super Sculpting waiting for

me (an SASE from VF)!

>

> The woman I got the equipment from is a personal trainer who does training at

her home. She just got some huge monster weight machine (I know nothing about

these things) and has a bunch of cast iron weights (I saw 50s, I'm sure they

went lower & higher but I wasn't looking at those) she uses for training now and

wanted to get rid of this stuff. She also had some other things I'm thinking

about getting and wanted some help...

>

> She has a bosu that she's willing to let me make an offer on. She suggested

$40 but I'm thinking she might go lower. She also has a foam roller and a

weighted jump rope. I'm thinking my ceilings, though high for a basement are

probably not high enough for a jump rope so I'll probably pass on that. I am

seriously considering the bosu and the roller though. I don't know a lot about

either, especially the roller so your job is to either convince me why I should

get them or why I shouldn't (yeah, I can easily see you guy trying to convince

me not to buy something). I don't see myself doing step on a bosu (I have a hard

enough time on a full size step) but I do see it as a possibility for weight

training. Are there good videos for bosus? I am not excited about working out on

my own without a video. Same with foam rollers. Do you use them just for

stretching out? What else? Any good videos for them? I'm thinking about offering

$40 for both and see what she says. I would never have considered getting either

but this kind of deal is really tempting me!!

>

> I welcome your responses (which I'll read tomorrow, I'm going to a friend's

house to scrapbook soon)!

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I am SO jealous... I WANT a BOSU!!!I just decided today after doing some balance etc workouts at gym that I need one. Tried to talk the gym into selling me a use one cheap but not happening.. Let me know if anyone sees one. I could use it not only for myself but for some exercise for my dog :)I LOVE my foam roller. I have a go fit one that has a dvd and I use it for stretching (esp my IT band) and for balance (and for my dogs balance :)I also did a google search and found some other simple exercises (core mostly) using foam roller... they are great..Ok any one see a cheap bosu let me know. Cheapest I have seen is $60 at a store..I plan on getting one in a week or 2. My dog is traveling to CA to compete in agility and we both need to be in top shape :)thanks judy in DCSubject: New acquisitions... considering more, need help decidingTo: exercisevideos Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009, 5:05 PM

I am SO excited! I saw a small dumbbell rack on a local garage sale site, it was listed for what I thought was $25. It looked big in the photo so I thought it would be good and worth the money since it was made of metal. I got to the house and the lady said she paid $25 for it but was selling it for whatever I wanted to pay. She had a ton of other stuff too and here's what I got...

Reebok metal dumbbell rack -- it isn't very big as it turns out but holds almost all my weights so that gets them off the floor taking up a little less space

1 set of 4 lb dumbbells (now I have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12 and 15s -- I like having incremental #s for more versatility and don't want to spend the money on the adjustable weights right now)

1 4 lb weighted ball

1 8 lb weighted ball -- the balls go with my 6 lb FIRM ball & 2 lb FIRM balls with handles!

All that for $10!!!!!! Woo hoo!!!!

When I got home I also had The FIRM Cross Trainers Super Sculpting waiting for me (an SASE from VF)!

The woman I got the equipment from is a personal trainer who does training at her home. She just got some huge monster weight machine (I know nothing about these things) and has a bunch of cast iron weights (I saw 50s, I'm sure they went lower & higher but I wasn't looking at those) she uses for training now and wanted to get rid of this stuff. She also had some other things I'm thinking about getting and wanted some help...

She has a bosu that she's willing to let me make an offer on. She suggested $40 but I'm thinking she might go lower. She also has a foam roller and a weighted jump rope. I'm thinking my ceilings, though high for a basement are probably not high enough for a jump rope so I'll probably pass on that. I am seriously considering the bosu and the roller though. I don't know a lot about either, especially the roller so your job is to either convince me why I should get them or why I shouldn't (yeah, I can easily see you guy trying to convince me not to buy something). I don't see myself doing step on a bosu (I have a hard enough time on a full size step) but I do see it as a possibility for weight training. Are there good videos for bosus? I am not excited about working out on my own without a video. Same with foam rollers. Do you use them just for stretching out? What else? Any good videos for them? I'm thinking about offering $40 for both and see what she says. I would never have considered getting either but this kind of deal is really tempting me!!

I welcome your responses (which I'll read tomorrow, I'm going to a friend's house to scrapbook soon)!

[Guest guest]

Judy, what would you do with a bosu (especially for you because I don't have a dog to train but that is wild that you could use it for dogs too)? And do you know of any videos using one? I've only used one a couple of times and I'm not sure how I would use it but I'm also afraid to let this awesome deal pass me by in case I could use it!

New acquisitions... considering more, need help decidingTo: exercisevideos Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009, 5:05 PM

I am SO excited! I saw a small dumbbell rack on a local garage sale site, it was listed for what I thought was $25. It looked big in the photo so I thought it would be good and worth the money since it was made of metal. I got to the house and the lady said she paid $25 for it but was selling it for whatever I wanted to pay. She had a ton of other stuff too and here's what I got...

Reebok metal dumbbell rack -- it isn't very big as it turns out but holds almost all my weights so that gets them off the floor taking up a little less space

1 set of 4 lb dumbbells (now I have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12 and 15s -- I like having incremental #s for more versatility and don't want to spend the money on the adjustable weights right now)

1 4 lb weighted ball

1 8 lb weighted ball -- the balls go with my 6 lb FIRM ball & 2 lb FIRM balls with handles!

All that for $10!!!!!! Woo hoo!!!!

When I got home I also had The FIRM Cross Trainers Super Sculpting waiting for me (an SASE from VF)!

The woman I got the equipment from is a personal trainer who does training at her home. She just got some huge monster weight machine (I know nothing about these things) and has a bunch of cast iron weights (I saw 50s, I'm sure they went lower & higher but I wasn't looking at those) she uses for training now and wanted to get rid of this stuff. She also had some other things I'm thinking about getting and wanted some help...

She has a bosu that she's willing to let me make an offer on. She suggested $40 but I'm thinking she might go lower. She also has a foam roller and a weighted jump rope. I'm thinking my ceilings, though high for a basement are probably not high enough for a jump rope so I'll probably pass on that. I am seriously considering the bosu and the roller though. I don't know a lot about either, especially the roller so your job is to either convince me why I should get them or why I shouldn't (yeah, I can easily see you guy trying to convince me not to buy something). I don't see myself doing step on a bosu (I have a hard enough time on a full size step) but I do see it as a possibility for weight training. Are there good videos for bosus? I am not excited about working out on my own without a video. Same with foam rollers. Do you use them just for stretching out? What else? Any good videos for them? I'm thinking about offering $40 for both and see what she says. I would never have considered getting either but this kind of deal is really tempting me!!

I welcome your responses (which I'll read tomorrow, I'm going to a friend's house to scrapbook soon)!

[Guest guest]

squats, lunges, using either side,dome side up use it for crunches, bridgesdome side down for push ups etcbalance work (me and dog

From: nancydewolf@ sbcglobal. net <nancydewolf@ sbcglobal. net>Subject: New acquisitions. .. considering more, need help decidingTo: exercisevideos@ yahoogroups. comDate: Saturday, August 22, 2009, 5:05 PM

I am SO excited! I saw a small dumbbell rack on a local garage sale site, it was listed for what I thought was $25. It looked big in the photo so I thought it would be good and worth the money since it was made of metal. I got to the house and the lady said she paid $25 for it but was selling it for whatever I wanted to pay. She had a ton of other stuff too and here's what I got...

Reebok metal dumbbell rack -- it isn't very big as it turns out but holds almost all my weights so that gets them off the floor taking up a little less space

1 set of 4 lb dumbbells (now I have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12 and 15s -- I like having incremental #s for more versatility and don't want to spend the money on the adjustable weights right now)

1 4 lb weighted ball

1 8 lb weighted ball -- the balls go with my 6 lb FIRM ball & 2 lb FIRM balls with handles!

All that for $10!!!!!! Woo hoo!!!!

When I got home I also had The FIRM Cross Trainers Super Sculpting waiting for me (an SASE from VF)!

The woman I got the equipment from is a personal trainer who does training at her home. She just got some huge monster weight machine (I know nothing about these things) and has a bunch of cast iron weights (I saw 50s, I'm sure they went lower & higher but I wasn't looking at those) she uses for training now and wanted to get rid of this stuff. She also had some other things I'm thinking about getting and wanted some help...

She has a bosu that she's willing to let me make an offer on. She suggested $40 but I'm thinking she might go lower. She also has a foam roller and a weighted jump rope. I'm thinking my ceilings, though high for a basement are probably not high enough for a jump rope so I'll probably pass on that. I am seriously considering the bosu and the roller though. I don't know a lot about either, especially the roller so your job is to either convince me why I should get them or why I shouldn't (yeah, I can easily see you guy trying to convince me not to buy something). I don't see myself doing step on a bosu (I have a hard enough time on a full size step) but I do see it as a possibility for weight training. Are there good videos for bosus? I am not excited about working out on my own without a video. Same with foam rollers. Do you use them just for stretching out? What else? Any good videos for them? I'm thinking about offering $40 for both and see what she says. I would never have considered getting either but this kind of deal is really tempting me!!

I welcome your responses (which I'll read tomorrow, I'm going to a friend's house to scrapbook soon)!

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Judy! Sometime, you have to send us a picture of the dog on the bosu, I want to see it! :-)

New acquisitions. .. considering more, need help decidingTo: exercisevideos@ yahoogroups. comDate: Saturday, August 22, 2009, 5:05 PM

I am SO excited! I saw a small dumbbell rack on a local garage sale site, it was listed for what I thought was $25. It looked big in the photo so I thought it would be good and worth the money since it was made of metal. I got to the house and the lady said she paid $25 for it but was selling it for whatever I wanted to pay. She had a ton of other stuff too and here's what I got...

Reebok metal dumbbell rack -- it isn't very big as it turns out but holds almost all my weights so that gets them off the floor taking up a little less space

1 set of 4 lb dumbbells (now I have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12 and 15s -- I like having incremental #s for more versatility and don't want to spend the money on the adjustable weights right now)

1 4 lb weighted ball

1 8 lb weighted ball -- the balls go with my 6 lb FIRM ball & 2 lb FIRM balls with handles!

All that for $10!!!!!! Woo hoo!!!!

When I got home I also had The FIRM Cross Trainers Super Sculpting waiting for me (an SASE from VF)!

The woman I got the equipment from is a personal trainer who does training at her home. She just got some huge monster weight machine (I know nothing about these things) and has a bunch of cast iron weights (I saw 50s, I'm sure they went lower & higher but I wasn't looking at those) she uses for training now and wanted to get rid of this stuff. She also had some other things I'm thinking about getting and wanted some help...

She has a bosu that she's willing to let me make an offer on. She suggested $40 but I'm thinking she might go lower. She also has a foam roller and a weighted jump rope. I'm thinking my ceilings, though high for a basement are probably not high enough for a jump rope so I'll probably pass on that. I am seriously considering the bosu and the roller though. I don't know a lot about either, especially the roller so your job is to either convince me why I should get them or why I shouldn't (yeah, I can easily see you guy trying to convince me not to buy something). I don't see myself doing step on a bosu (I have a hard enough time on a full size step) but I do see it as a possibility for weight training. Are there good videos for bosus? I am not excited about working out on my own without a video. Same with foam rollers. Do you use them just for stretching out? What else? Any good videos for them? I'm thinking about offering $40 for both and see what she says. I would never have considered getting either but this kind of deal is really tempting me!!

I welcome your responses (which I'll read tomorrow, I'm going to a friend's house to scrapbook soon)!

[Guest guest]

$10!!! Score!A foam roller comes in handy for certain stretches and also to release tight IT bands,tight shoulders etc. I haven't had to use mine recently, but I keep it handy. I've never used or even wanted a bosu, though. I don't know.

I am SO excited! I saw a small dumbbell rack on a local garage sale site, it was listed for what I thought was $25. It looked big in the photo so I thought it would be good and worth the money since it was made of metal. I got to the house and the lady said she paid $25 for it but was selling it for whatever I wanted to pay. She had a ton of other stuff too and here's what I got...

 

Reebok metal dumbbell rack -- it isn't very big as it turns out but holds almost all my weights so that gets them off the floor taking up a little less space

1 set of 4 lb dumbbells (now I have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12 and 15s -- I like having incremental #s for more versatility and don't want to spend the money on the adjustable weights right now)

1 4 lb weighted ball

1 8 lb weighted ball -- the balls go with my 6 lb FIRM ball & 2 lb FIRM balls with handles!

 

All that for $10!!!!!! Woo hoo!!!!

 

When I got home I also had The FIRM Cross Trainers Super Sculpting waiting for me (an SASE from VF)!

 

The woman I got the equipment from is a personal trainer who does training at her home. She just got some huge monster weight machine (I know nothing about these things) and has a bunch of cast iron weights (I saw 50s, I'm sure they went lower & higher but I wasn't looking at those) she uses for training now and wanted to get rid of this stuff. She also had some other things I'm thinking about getting and wanted some help...

 

She has a bosu that she's willing to let me make an offer on. She suggested $40 but I'm thinking she might go lower. She also has a foam roller and a weighted jump rope. I'm thinking my ceilings, though high for a basement are probably not high enough for a jump rope so I'll probably pass on that. I am seriously considering the bosu and the roller though. I don't know a lot about either, especially the roller so your job is to either convince me why I should get them or why I shouldn't (yeah, I can easily see you guy trying to convince me not to buy something). I don't see myself doing step on a bosu (I have a hard enough time on a full size step) but I do see it as a possibility for weight training. Are there good videos for bosus? I am not excited about working out on my own without a video. Same with foam rollers. Do you use them just for stretching out? What else? Any good videos for them? I'm thinking about offering $40 for both and see what she says. I would never have considered getting either but this kind of deal is really tempting me!!

 

I welcome your responses (which I'll read tomorrow, I'm going to a friend's house to scrapbook soon)!

 

[Guest guest]

incredible deals. target sells reebok weight racks for nearly $50! $25 for foam roller and $100 for bosu so i think you did quite well in your finds! enjoy your toyskassia

[Guest guest]

I don't have one but we have one at my agility training club... I am looking for a BOSU~40

From: nancydewolf@ sbcglobal. net <nancydewolf@ sbcglobal. net>Subject: New acquisitions. .. considering more, need help decidingTo: exercisevideos@ yahoogroups. comDate: Saturday, August 22, 2009, 5:05 PM

I am SO excited! I saw a small dumbbell rack on a local garage sale site, it was listed for what I thought was $25. It looked big in the photo so I thought it would be good and worth the money since it was made of metal. I got to the house and the lady said she paid $25 for it but was selling it for whatever I wanted to pay. She had a ton of other stuff too and here's what I got...

Reebok metal dumbbell rack -- it isn't very big as it turns out but holds almost all my weights so that gets them off the floor taking up a little less space

1 set of 4 lb dumbbells (now I have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12 and 15s -- I like having incremental #s for more versatility and don't want to spend the money on the adjustable weights right now)

1 4 lb weighted ball

1 8 lb weighted ball -- the balls go with my 6 lb FIRM ball & 2 lb FIRM balls with handles!

All that for $10!!!!!! Woo hoo!!!!

When I got home I also had The FIRM Cross Trainers Super Sculpting waiting for me (an SASE from VF)!

The woman I got the equipment from is a personal trainer who does training at her home. She just got some huge monster weight machine (I know nothing about these things) and has a bunch of cast iron weights (I saw 50s, I'm sure they went lower & higher but I wasn't looking at those) she uses for training now and wanted to get rid of this stuff. She also had some other things I'm thinking about getting and wanted some help...

She has a bosu that she's willing to let me make an offer on. She suggested $40 but I'm thinking she might go lower. She also has a foam roller and a weighted jump rope. I'm thinking my ceilings, though high for a basement are probably not high enough for a jump rope so I'll probably pass on that. I am seriously considering the bosu and the roller though. I don't know a lot about either, especially the roller so your job is to either convince me why I should get them or why I shouldn't (yeah, I can easily see you guy trying to convince me not to buy something). I don't see myself doing step on a bosu (I have a hard enough time on a full size step) but I do see it as a possibility for weight training. Are there good videos for bosus? I am not excited about working out on my own without a video. Same with foam rollers. Do you use them just for stretching out? What else? Any good videos for them? I'm thinking about offering $40 for both and see what she says. I would never have considered getting either but this kind of deal is really tempting me!!

I welcome your responses (which I'll read tomorrow, I'm going to a friend's house to scrapbook soon)!

[Guest guest]

Well, if you ever get a picture, I want to see a dog on one... I'm betting they'd be more balanced than me! :-)

New acquisitions. .. considering more, need help decidingTo: exercisevideos@ yahoogroups. comDate: Saturday, August 22, 2009, 5:05 PM

I am SO excited! I saw a small dumbbell rack on a local garage sale site, it was listed for what I thought was $25. It looked big in the photo so I thought it would be good and worth the money since it was made of metal. I got to the house and the lady said she paid $25 for it but was selling it for whatever I wanted to pay. She had a ton of other stuff too and here's what I got...

Reebok metal dumbbell rack -- it isn't very big as it turns out but holds almost all my weights so that gets them off the floor taking up a little less space

1 set of 4 lb dumbbells (now I have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12 and 15s -- I like having incremental #s for more versatility and don't want to spend the money on the adjustable weights right now)

1 4 lb weighted ball

1 8 lb weighted ball -- the balls go with my 6 lb FIRM ball & 2 lb FIRM balls with handles!

All that for $10!!!!!! Woo hoo!!!!

When I got home I also had The FIRM Cross Trainers Super Sculpting waiting for me (an SASE from VF)!

The woman I got the equipment from is a personal trainer who does training at her home. She just got some huge monster weight machine (I know nothing about these things) and has a bunch of cast iron weights (I saw 50s, I'm sure they went lower & higher but I wasn't looking at those) she uses for training now and wanted to get rid of this stuff. She also had some other things I'm thinking about getting and wanted some help...

She has a bosu that she's willing to let me make an offer on. She suggested $40 but I'm thinking she might go lower. She also has a foam roller and a weighted jump rope. I'm thinking my ceilings, though high for a basement are probably not high enough for a jump rope so I'll probably pass on that. I am seriously considering the bosu and the roller though. I don't know a lot about either, especially the roller so your job is to either convince me why I should get them or why I shouldn't (yeah, I can easily see you guy trying to convince me not to buy something). I don't see myself doing step on a bosu (I have a hard enough time on a full size step) but I do see it as a possibility for weight training. Are there good videos for bosus? I am not excited about working out on my own without a video. Same with foam rollers. Do you use them just for stretching out? What else? Any good videos for them? I'm thinking about offering $40 for both and see what she says. I would never have considered getting either but this kind of deal is really tempting me!!

I welcome your responses (which I'll read tomorrow, I'm going to a friend's house to scrapbook soon)!