Re: OT...Exercise Equipment

[Guest guest]

Hi Gossimer. This is my specialty. I am a Fitness Educator & Personal

Trainer with 20+ years experience. I own my own business,

specializing in women's & mature adult fitness.

*First, have you worked out before? Are you a beginner?*

Home training vs. gym is fairly subjective. If you are a motivated

self-starter, investing in home equipment could be very good for you.

If you enjoy comeraderie & a bit of low key competition (incentive),

then a gym might be your best bet. Also, if you are a beginner to

strength training, some one on one instruction (personal or video)is

in order. A prime consideration is your time & schedule. It can be

very time consuming just to travel to & from the gym, waiting on

equipment, etc. There are many fine home programs available & you can

really pick & choose what best suits YOU.

Re: equipment The Bowflex is a really good piece of equipment as is

the Weider Crossbow. I believe there are instruction videos with both

& both offer comparable, complete body workouts. You can often find

like-new ones in the classified section.

An excellent companion investment(inexpensive) for home use is a

FITBALL. There are some very good videos for both strength & cardio

training with these. They are the ABSolute best way to train ABS!

As for the Gazelle---please don't invest your $$ or your body in

this. It is an orthopedi$t'$ dream....many potential injuries due to

overuse & hyperextension of knees, hips, & back. A much better

investment would be some good videos for STEP, LOW IMPACT, INDOOR

WALKING or FITBALL cardio. Then again, if you are a gym member, you

have all the choices available there.

I will be glad to answer any other questions you might have.

This is a good thing you are considering. So " ask away. "

~see

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> I have been looking at the BowFlex vs Weiders CrossBow Platinum vs

> going to the gym...

> I was looking into the Tony Little Gazelle

> for when there is snow on the ground next winter.

>

[Guest guest]

I haven't checked this group in FOREVER. Just stopped by and saw this

thread. At the beginning of the year I purchased a Sansone in

home walking video. EXCELLENT I would say and I have fibromyalgia. It

is very easy to follow and you don't need a lot of room. Then I fell

and broke my foot and couldn't do it. I put it on today (first time

since February since I've really not felt up to it with my

afflictions) and did the 1 mile. It was challanging as my muscles

ache and are tight but I did it. Will try and do a mile a day and

work up to two miles which is what the video is. There is strecthing

at the end. I plan to eventually get some of her other videos. Hugs,

Carol B

> Hi Gossimer. This is my specialty. I am a Fitness Educator &

Personal

> Trainer with 20+ years experience. I own my own business,

> specializing in women's & mature adult fitness.

>

> *First, have you worked out before? Are you a beginner?*

>

> Home training vs. gym is fairly subjective. If you are a motivated

> self-starter, investing in home equipment could be very good for

you.

> If you enjoy comeraderie & a bit of low key competition

(incentive),

> then a gym might be your best bet. Also, if you are a beginner to

> strength training, some one on one instruction (personal or video)

is

> in order. A prime consideration is your time & schedule. It can be

> very time consuming just to travel to & from the gym, waiting on

> equipment, etc. There are many fine home programs available & you

can

> really pick & choose what best suits YOU.

>

> Re: equipment The Bowflex is a really good piece of equipment as

is

> the Weider Crossbow. I believe there are instruction videos with

both

> & both offer comparable, complete body workouts. You can often find

> like-new ones in the classified section.

>

> An excellent companion investment(inexpensive) for home use is a

> FITBALL. There are some very good videos for both strength & cardio

> training with these. They are the ABSolute best way to train ABS!

>

> As for the Gazelle---please don't invest your $$ or your body in

> this. It is an orthopedi$t'$ dream....many potential injuries due

to

> overuse & hyperextension of knees, hips, & back. A much better

> investment would be some good videos for STEP, LOW IMPACT, INDOOR

> WALKING or FITBALL cardio. Then again, if you are a gym member, you

> have all the choices available there.

>

> I will be glad to answer any other questions you might have.

> This is a good thing you are considering. So " ask away. "

>

> ~see

>

> ***************************************************************

> > I have been looking at the BowFlex vs Weiders CrossBow Platinum

vs

> > going to the gym...

> > I was looking into the Tony Little Gazelle

> > for when there is snow on the ground next winter.

> >

[Guest guest]

Can you tell me what videos are good for strength using the fitball?

Shelli

<<An excellent companion investment(inexpensive) for home use is a

FITBALL. There are some very good videos for both strength & cardio

training with these. They are the ABSolute best way to train ABS!>>

[Guest guest]

Hi Shelli. Here are some strength training video recs. Most of them

can be purchased from Collage Video. www.collagevideo.com

Beginner:

The Living Arts Series for upper & lower body

Kathy 's Shaper Ball Workout

Intermediate/Advanced:

Quick Fix Stability Ball (Keli )

FitBall Challenge Series - upper & lower body

Gin 's Xtreme Strength

Women With Balls (Charlene Prickett)

Abs, Back, & Buns ( Chek)

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Can you tell me what videos are good for strength using the fitball?

> Shelli

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