home exercise recommendations

红娘子

Some of you like to go to the gym for workouts, all the power to you.
I tried that, spending a lot of money and end up with more than $10 per workout. I have since only worked out from home.

Of all the exercise machines I bought over the years, I only kept the elliptical. Mainly because I spent so much money on it.

For a lot of us dumbells with mats are probably enough for a good total body workout, if you are only looking to tone and not body building.
-- 2, 3, 5, 8 lbs dumbells are probably good enough for women, men can go higher.
-- A mat, a yoga block and a yoga belt is enough to have a good stretching and strengthing core workout.

安静

在家里，我有treadmill, stationery bike, yoga mat, dumb bell （6lb and 8lb), exercise ball （充气的那种， 还有 做weight press 的各种机器。

这些年下来，treadmill 还算实用。我放卧室了，跑步时放盘DVD进去，边看电影边跑。

dumb bell 有时用，但是没有教练自己做时，比较没持久性，也就是维持下肌肉形状了。

那个球非常地好。 我现在去gym也是自己用球练sit up 了。  在mat 上练很久都没有酸痛的感觉，在球上作不了多少就会有感觉。

我去的gym是按次给钱的，所以我可以把home work 和Gym 结合起来。去gym主要为weight training, core exercise,  还有就是kickboxing.

红娘子

Yeah, the exercise ball is very good. A collegue of mine sits on it at work. I am thinking of doing the same. It will definately help with the posture.

I have some mat programs that kills the ab. Pilates is a very good workout too, I used to do it 3 times a week.....Persistancy has been a problem for me, the only thing I have not given up is strength training.

Is your gym a chain? We have 24hour fitness, gold gym.. They all are on monthly programs.

安静

游人: Yeah, the exercise ball is very good. A collegue of mine sits on it at work. I am thinking of doing the same. It will definately help with the posture

no, The one I go is a city owned. $3 per time only, but with a few good trainers.