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Can anyone list some free indoor exercises please :)
Usually I go walking but it's just gone into Winter and its started raining. I cant afford wet eather gear to go walking with.
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I suggest Pilates and Yoga for indoor things you can do. You can usually lookup Pilates exorcizes on the internet. I bet If you type Pilates into Youtube you can even get a on line tutorial of the correct way to do the exercise for free!
It really depends what type of exercise you would like to do. Pilates is more focused on the core when walking in mostly in the legs but more full bodied in general. However if you learn the basic principals of pilates like stabilizing your core you can do very full bodied exorcizes while lying on your back. I could describe to you how to do this but i think you can learn it better from watching a video on youtube. If you search youtube with no luck let me know and i'll write it out for you the best i can.
If you have a pretty large general space in your living room or some other room in your home this is a light indoor regimen you can do. I am actually a professional dancer and this is an exorcize i do in my hotel room or where ever before a show because it gets me active and wakes up my mind. Start walking around the room for about 3 min. Resist walking in standard circles the same way try and make a random pattern. If you have a coffee table or something like that make it part of the game and try to think of creative new ways you can walk around it or take giant steps over it or maybe it's big enough you can crawl under it? Treat all obstacles in your room in this manner (objects are obstacles). After 3-5 minuets of this add a small chair or an ottoman to give you another obstacle to work with. After 3-5 minuets of that try moving a bit faster while going around the objects see if there is something you can crawl under. After about 3-5 minuets of doing this choose one spot on the floor that you cannot touch. It's one spot you must always hop over or step over. Add that obstacle and go for 3-5 more minuets. Then choose a chair or couch you must sit on for no more then 10 seconds every time you pass it. Basically you are going 3-5 minuets creating a new obstacle and going another 3-5 minuets. You are doing all this in a brisk but not too fast pace. Be sure to take care of your house and your body you don't want anything getting injured or broken :) While you do it remember you are always trying to find new pathways you haven't taken and enter spaces in the room you have not gone. It is a mental exorcise as well as a physical one. Here is a list of how you start and things you can continue adding to challenge yourself. As you do this more and more you will will start to think of things to add on your own. This should be enough ideas for your first few times to get you started.
Basically you start with just walking 3-5 min
add speed 3 min
add a chair or ottoman 3 min
Create a hop spot (spot you must jump or take a gigantic step over) You can mark this spot by putting a kitchen pan or something on the floor to mark where it is. (Continue 3 min)
Create a sit for 10 seconds spot, this can be a chair, couch or the floor. (continue 3 min)
Choose a corner where you need to prance from foot to foot 5 times every time you go there
Get a book or spoon or random object that must be picked up and moved to the other side of the room every time you pass it.
Find a spot that is really high on the wall. Something you need to stretch up to reach or take a small hop to reach. Touch it every time you pass it.
Remember you cannot stop. Get everything ready that you will need before hand and add it as you go. Keep a clock in sight so you can see when it's time to add a knew obstacle. I can usually go on this game for 30 min or so. Set a beginning goal thats like 15 min. See how long you go and every time try to go a bit longer.
If you notice yourself going through everything in the same order and fallowing the same path (like a traditional regimen) if it works for you go with it. I usually get bored and loose interest if i do that so part of the game for me is trying to continually invent a new order and new pathways so I don't get bored. I also like to listen to interesting music while i do it. usually Jazz or experimental Jazz. I have no idea if this will work for you as i said i'm a dancer and i have some unconventional methods of doing things. Your best bet is probably Pilates.
Good Luck!
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