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By *inkerbell67 OP Woman
over a year ago

Clacton on sea essex

Hi im not a gym bunny but i now own a skipping rope and started 3 days ago i can now do 70 straight off ,..any other things i can do at home to get fitter ideas would help ...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Try the plank & squat challenges?

Think they were floating about on FB in the New Year....probably some vids on Youtube too. Start of with 20 squats for example on Day 1 and work up to 100. With the plank, start off holding for 30 secs and work up to 5 mins or longer. Loads of variations on it

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By *oo32Man
over a year ago

tipperary

Jumping squat....

You can do one where you lie on the floor get up do the jump...squat...lie back down....repeat

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Star jumps, burpees, lunges, squats, running on the spot fast x

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By *oolkoupleCouple
over a year ago

Cheshire

"Hi im not a gym bunny but i now own a skipping rope and started 3 days ago i can now do 70 straight off ,..any other things i can do at home to get fitter ideas would help ..."

Plenty of HIIT videos on YouTube. It's a great option for cardio as you get a lot of bang for your buck.

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By *ust PeachyWoman
over a year ago

Prestonish

"Hi im not a gym bunny but i now own a skipping rope and started 3 days ago i can now do 70 straight off ,..any other things i can do at home to get fitter ideas would help ..."

A skipping rope is a great idea - though I’m not sure my knees would take it. May try it though as I need to improve my aerobic fitness. At the moment it’s dreadful.

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By *ust PeachyWoman
over a year ago

Prestonish

Ok - any suggestions for people who have arthritis in their knees, hips and lower back who can’t do high impact stuff?

I’m currently taking long walks with the pup - but that isn’t helping me lose as much weight as I’d hoped - and nor does it seem to be improving my aerobic fitness!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I found Joe Wicks and Body Fit by Amy on you tube so helpful when starting to lose weight. They both have beginner videos and very easy to follow. And they do everything from HIIT to using equipment

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Ok - any suggestions for people who have arthritis in their knees, hips and lower back who can’t do high impact stuff?

I’m currently taking long walks with the pup - but that isn’t helping me lose as much weight as I’d hoped - and nor does it seem to be improving my aerobic fitness!

Have you thought about yoga and pilates?

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

Have a look on YouTube, heaps and heaps out there. From walking aerobics to really intense things.

I used Lesley Sansone videos when recovering from abdominal surgery several years ago. It's dated, it's in no way cool, but it works, it's a thing to do.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hi im not a gym bunny but i now own a skipping rope and started 3 days ago i can now do 70 straight off ,..any other things i can do at home to get fitter ideas would help ..."

If you have a smart phone loads of apps you can download for workout ideas

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By *ensualtouch15Man
over a year ago

ashby de la zouch

"Hi im not a gym bunny but i now own a skipping rope and started 3 days ago i can now do 70 straight off ,..any other things i can do at home to get fitter ideas would help ..."

Fitness imo is a multi faceted concept

Your op mentions cardio and vascular

For each fitness goal there are a number of approaches some cross over and some not so much so

Potential fitness goals :

Heart health

Strength

Agility

Posture and muscular balance

Aesthetics

Weight loss

Fat loss

Muscle hypertrophy

Hormonal balance

To name a few

So assuming you want heart fitness two basic parts exist

Improving and maintaining

If we are only focusing mainly on the heart and not muscle balance then any activity that you enjoy that you can select the intensity(heart tate) and duration will be perfect

The exercises are actually not so significant what is significant is a structured approach of progressive overload

Thus skipping

It will be beneficial to train both endurance and heart strength

For endurance pick any activity you could maintain for a sustained period

Start with a short time period and increase (mileage time reps skips) slowly over time

For heart strength a similar approach

However it's the intensity and not the time we aim to increase over time

So if it were skipping

Endurance would be

At a a steady heart rate week one 10 skips by week 30 300

For heart strength

Pick a time maybe a minute

Start with 30 skips

Week 30 aim for 100

Eveyone is individual the above is only an illusion not a recommendation as I know nothing about the original start point

The principles for fitness however would be

Start easy / short

Progressively and incrementally intensify / extend over time

The above principle improves fitness

Once a base fitness is achieved regularly training even without the progressions will maintain

I always recommend a choice of poisons ( heart raising cardio exercises) to involve as many muscles in the body over a month as practicable

Again its ALWAYS just the doing of something you can or enjoy progressvly that works best not specifically what the poison is x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do you like dancing?

Lots of Zumba or Hiphop classes on youtube

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

I sometimes do weights at pace (obviously lighter weights) as a cardio workout. That can be low or no impact.

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