[crenita]

I have really bad knees and need to start building up my quad's to improve my ability to walk normally. When the weather breaks I will be able to do pool exercises but in the mean time I would like to start an Indoor exercise activity but can't find any equipment that I would be comfortable on and be able to use regularly.

any good idea's ????

Renita

[DMPLS]

I have started using a resistance band....its a long rubber band and you can do searches online for specific exercises for different body parts....very low impact but effective. you can get them at walmart or online.

[JuliaDH]

What is with all these peices of equipment that have weight limits? Trampoline is 250 lbs, stepper 250 lbs, some stationary bikes are. I would like to do more things than dvds. Should I heed warnings or just ignore them?

[candogirl]

Definately listen to the weight limits on the mini-trampolines. I had one of those in high school and I think I weighed about 215 then (if i remember correctly, the weight limit was 250). Anyways, I was doing my joggy-jog one day and BAM! One of the springs broke and one side of the material fell out. My feet slid off and under the frame and I landed on my bottom on the other side of the frame. It a wonder I didn't break something. Now I would probably break multiple things if that happened, I guess I was tougher when I was 14.

[Justwant2Bhealthy]

Yes, the weight limits are there becuz the machine won't work properly for you; and you may get hurt as CANDO says. At first, on my treadmill, the tread wouldn't move smoothly; later when I lost lots of weight, it started moving so fast that I fell. That scared me so bad that I haven't been on it since. We tried slowing it down, but it has a bottom speed and I walk like a snail becuz of injuries: I fractured one leg and dislocated the other knee.

So I am limited on what types of machines I can use; so I just went back to plain old-fashioned WALKING and SKI-WALKING for winter (regular walking with ski-poles for my arms which gives a whole body workout). Later on, I added my rowing machine, which I just use the arm motions and will add legs later. I still think your body has the best built-in exercise: WALKING. You can do speed-walking or sprint-walking if you need more resistance.

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