O2BBubbleFree
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Hi all,
Thought I'd post my fitness plan and see if you have any suggestions:
Bio: Just turned 42 years old, 5'8", 225#, male. non-smoker, non-drinker, non-exerciser. One of my favorite sayings is, "Every once in a while I get the urge to exercise, but if I lay down it goes away."
Goal: Would like to loose 30 - 40#, reduce air consumption, and not tire so easily.
Motivating factors: 1. Need to better keep up with my daughters (1 is 3 years old and 1 is 8 months). 2. Have to be in better shape before I can apply for the dive team at work. 3. Going to Coz in a couple of months.
Limitations: Due to the fact that I work days, my wife works nights, and we have the two little girls to watch, anything outside of the house is out of the question. Also, we don't have much money or space for exercise equipment. I got one of those mini-steppers for my birthday, which is easily stashed when not in use, and blew the exercise equipment budget.
Plan: On the mini-stepper, I've started out by doing 1 min. at a slow pace for warm-up, then doing 5 min. at a faster pace, then doing 1 min. slowly as a cool-down, about every other day. Right now 5 min. on the thing is enough to get my heart rate up and my legs sore. Will slowly increase time until I am doing something like a 5 min warm-up, 20 min workout, 5 min cool-down. Plan to add push-ups and crunches/leg raises later for a little upper body conditioning.
After I get on the dive team, I plan to make the most of their training dives / facilities to help stay in shape, but should probably still continue with the above routine. May even be able to do lunch-time dives for conditioning.
I know I should be stretching, but hate to.
And I know that I should see a doc first, but if I apply for the dive team I get an extensive medical with no co-pays, so may wait 'til then.
Also, the wife mentioned yesterday that she would like for us to join WeightWatchers and start eating better, so we are looking into that.
Any recommendations?
Thought I'd post my fitness plan and see if you have any suggestions:
Bio: Just turned 42 years old, 5'8", 225#, male. non-smoker, non-drinker, non-exerciser. One of my favorite sayings is, "Every once in a while I get the urge to exercise, but if I lay down it goes away."
Goal: Would like to loose 30 - 40#, reduce air consumption, and not tire so easily.
Motivating factors: 1. Need to better keep up with my daughters (1 is 3 years old and 1 is 8 months). 2. Have to be in better shape before I can apply for the dive team at work. 3. Going to Coz in a couple of months.
Limitations: Due to the fact that I work days, my wife works nights, and we have the two little girls to watch, anything outside of the house is out of the question. Also, we don't have much money or space for exercise equipment. I got one of those mini-steppers for my birthday, which is easily stashed when not in use, and blew the exercise equipment budget.
Plan: On the mini-stepper, I've started out by doing 1 min. at a slow pace for warm-up, then doing 5 min. at a faster pace, then doing 1 min. slowly as a cool-down, about every other day. Right now 5 min. on the thing is enough to get my heart rate up and my legs sore. Will slowly increase time until I am doing something like a 5 min warm-up, 20 min workout, 5 min cool-down. Plan to add push-ups and crunches/leg raises later for a little upper body conditioning.
After I get on the dive team, I plan to make the most of their training dives / facilities to help stay in shape, but should probably still continue with the above routine. May even be able to do lunch-time dives for conditioning.
I know I should be stretching, but hate to.
And I know that I should see a doc first, but if I apply for the dive team I get an extensive medical with no co-pays, so may wait 'til then.
Also, the wife mentioned yesterday that she would like for us to join WeightWatchers and start eating better, so we are looking into that.
Any recommendations?