Friday, January 18, 2013

cardio vs. strength

I've been doing okay with my work-out schedule.  I've been doing a regular routine of tennis, treadmill and elliptical.  All cardio.  Now I need to add in some strength training and I want to figure out the best way to get this going at home.  My plan is to start doing some crunches and small arm weights.  I also have Wii fit (don't laugh, it can be exercise!). 

I'm trying to see if I can fit this in at home before looking at gym options for a couple of reasons.  First of all the cost, I don't want to add a gym membership into the monthly budget.  Time is the second reason...I have 12-18 kid-free hours per week as Leah is at school 2, sometimes 3 days.  I like to use them for tennis and long cardio sessions right now.  Adding a gym for strength training would really cut into my time for errands and other things I like to also do while Leah is at school.

Any good suggestions for strength/weight training at home?

1 comment:

  1. I used to pull strength exercises from sparkpeople.com. Once I found a few that I liked, I worked them into maybe a 30-40 minute "circuit" a few times a week.

    I also feel like swimming is cardio with an extra boost of strength since there is the arm aspect.

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