What are some alternatives to walking outside?

Jogging in place, marching in place, walking in place, jumping rope, walking up and down an interior staircase, stepping up and then then back down on any step.

A local rec centre ,has lot’s of different activities you can enjoy, inside track, inside pool, basket ball, badminton ,and so on ,go and check it out.

I like to dance around to fast songs. I make up routines – sprint across the room, up on the couch, turn in a circle, touch my toes, skip, hop…looks ridiculous, but it’s fun.

Jumping jacks, half pushups, knee pushups, bicycle pedaling in the air while on your back. Aerobic exercise videos. But you can’t just watch them. You have to move to get any benefit.

I enjoy walking (I was once an avid jogger) but because of the uneven pavements, traffic, and the poor state of my knees (because I was once an avid jogger!), I switched last year from outdoors to an inside track at a nearby rec center. I’m no spring chicken, but there are men and women in their 80s and one guy almost 90 who sometimes outpace me.

Here’s a nice low impact cardio video to check out. Beginner

Remember, you should not just watch it. You actually have to get up and move.

It takes only 30 minutes. Do you think you can do it?
Will you try?

FitnessBlender.com has plenty of beginner videos in addition to the one @LuckyGuy linked. They’ve got over 300 free videos for any fitness level and they’re all fantastic.

Switch it up. HIIT, cardio kickboxing, strength (you don’t necessarily need weights for this, though they’d be a good investment), low impact cardio, etc. FitnessBlender has it all.

Definitely do some sort of resistance training, even if it’s just body weight. Push-ups, squats, lunges, dips, plank variations, etc. Cardio is great, but strength training is important as well. If you’re losing weight, you’re losing both fat and muscle. Strength training minimizes muscle loss.

Don’t buy a treadmill, exercise bike, elliptical, etc. Totally unnecessary and it’ll probably end up sitting there unused. Cardio machines are torture devices, anyway.

Ever tried a stationary bike? You could do that while watching tv or reading a book.

When you try that video you should time how far you get. Even if you only last 5 minutes write that time on the calendar.
Try it again tomorrow and write the time.
You will see an improvement – not much but it will be there!
Keep going every day and use that time as a measure of your progress.

Don’t quit or give up yet.

The world will look brighter when you finally reach 30 minutes. Your breathing will be better. Your head will be clearer. Your clothes will fit better. You will sleep better. Every aspect of your life is better when you are healthier. Yep! I said Every!

@Adirondackwannabe, great idea! I’ve used them. They come in two styles—upright (like a regular bike) and recumbent, in which you sit low and propped up on the seat, as you do in bed. Check them out, @talljasperman.

Dancing, going up and down stairs (if you have them), walking around the house deliberately. Walking on the spot. Skipping. You can get DVDs with a million and one different exercise programs of different types. You can buy or hire a bike and you might find a recumbent bike more comfortable than the standard stationery bike. I’m not sure what your finances are like, but check out buying one or renting one on a payment plan. That’s not too cost prohibitive and you can even Fluther while on your bike or watch TV to keep you interested. You could also look at a treadmill so you can walk for miles, but in your own home. Get some hand weights or resistance bands and use them while you’re cooking or making a cuppa. You can do quite a few repetitions while the kettle boils.

The American College of Sports Medicine 7 Minute Workout

Here’s an online timer to guide you through it.

Don’t buy anything! Every GoodWill is littered with equipment that people bought and didn’t use.
With your lap top and what’s between your ears you already have everything you need.

You simply have to use them. No one else can do it for you.

Good Luck. You’ve already started!

“I don’t feel comfortable being outside.” This explains quite a lot. This is something you must face and work through. It’s holding you back…your anxiety that is.

@LuckyGuy has it right! It bears repeating. Buy nothing new! There are few things you can list that are abandoned as frequently or as early in their existence as exercise equipment There is a glut of nearly new exercise equipment out there EVERYWHERE. If you don’t believe it, the next hot add for that “miracle” device you see on tv, run to the laptop and dial up ebay.

What about mall walking?

@marinelife I go to the mall once a month to pay my phone bill.

@talljasperman That would be a good start for walking.

I did shadow boxing when I was stuck in the hospital for 10 weeks. That kept me roughly in a shape other than round. Push ups, sit ups, planking, jump roping, mountain climbers, burpees, sun worshippers, etc. all help too though in the end, I don’t think they really ever top the benefits of doing stuff outside, even if it is in the backyard.

Anyway, try finding an exercise routine you like/don’t hate as much the others and stick with it. Make it a habit, takes quite a while but eventually you probably won’t give it a second thought. And then perhaps after a while, you’ll feel comfortable with walking and maybe even jogging outside. My habitual exercise is running, and I used to hate running, it was soooooo boring to me. And then I found out about mud runs, tough mudders, and other obstacle course related run and now running has just become a part of keeping myself in shape to take on these challenges (which I do find fun).

Point is, perhaps you might need a goal, find some sort of activity you might be interested in partaking in for the hell of it and try to get yourself in shape for it, and if you enjoy that activity, then keep up the exercises for the next time something comes up.

Keep it simple. Keep your goals modest, considering where you are starting from and how many times you have asked this question in the past.

First. do you really want to do anything other than think about exercising?
If yes, then march in place on your balcony.
Then hold on to the ralling and balance on each leg in turn.
Raise and lower yourself on your toesdown 10 times.
Put on some music and dance around as you vacuum, sweep or mop the floor.
Raise and lower two cans of coffee or soup a few times.

Sorry. Porch, not balcony.