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Exercise tips for working at home

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
in Health & Wellbeing
I am working from home all day and in the evenings, and due to low income I don't get any option to spend much time exercising outdoors. What can I do at home, without any budget for equipment? What are the most effective ways to stay in shape or get in shape?

I can only remember a few things from school - leg raising, pressups and situps. But there must be more?

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Why not buy a cheap fitness DVD from e-bay?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Get a medicine ball. They come in various weight, it's like a heavy basketball. You can play around with it all day even while you work. It comes with a manual with suggested set of exercises, but you can get creative.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I've added medicine ball to my christmas shopping list. What do you mean by creative? Any ideas for how I can use a medicine ball to exercise at the same time as typing? If I could do that, it would be brilliant - I could do my work and exercise simultaneously.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    DVDs!
    I'm too scared and too poor to go to the gym so I use fitness DVDs. The one I've been using most is amazing =] Have a look on www.play.com cause they've got quite a few at nice prices.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Stan221 wrote: »
    I've added medicine ball to my christmas shopping list. What do you mean by creative? Any ideas for how I can use a medicine ball to exercise at the same time as typing? If I could do that, it would be brilliant - I could do my work and exercise simultaneously.

    Err - no. You need to be lifting/holding the medicine ball in order to use it. Use google.

    Attempting to 'exercise' and work at the same time is stupid. It just doesn't work.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    g_angel wrote: »
    Err - no. You need to be lifting/holding the medicine ball in order to use it. Use google.

    Attempting to 'exercise' and work at the same time is stupid. It just doesn't work.

    Unless you're a PE teacher or an aerobics instructor!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    IWishIWas wrote: »
    Unless you're a PE teacher or an aerobics instructor!

    Indeed.

    Although I don't remember my PE teacher doing much exercise ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    g_angel wrote: »
    Indeed.

    Although I don't remember my PE teacher doing much exercise ;)

    This is a very good point. Both the ones at one of my high schools were small fat old ladies.
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