Been like this for most the pandemic at this point, with small spurts of a month or so trying to get a routine going.

I have a kettle bell, some small 4 lb hand weights, and a very small yard. That's my exercise equipment. There's also a bike, but my anxiety wants me to work my way up to that since I'm on a major road with a lot of hill.

Advice on where to start? Like I said big scary road, lots of hills, so don't want to start with jogging and biking yet. But need to get cardio somewhere.

Gym is still bad, I'm in the south and covid freaks me out.

  • Owl [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Here's a set of exercises that should get most things:

    • V-ups

    • Kettlebell rows (bent, not upright)

    • Pushups

    • Bicycle crunches (edit: wait you have a kettlebell, do the Russian Twist)

    • Squats

    • Lunges

    Do 10-15 of each (edit: rows, bicycle crunches, the Russian Twist, and lunges are two-sided, so you end up doing twice that many), restart at the top, go through the whole thing three times in a session, then evaluate whether you need to add/remove more weight or difficulty for next time (you want your last lap to be struggling, not dying). Do the whole routine three times a week. Go for a walk on off days, adding a little running when you feel like it. If something isn't working for you, you want to add more, or you're bored of a specific exercise, ask.

    If you'd like to take less time per session or emphasize strength, you can instead do the first half some days, and the second half others. If you don't like counting or want to emphasize cardio, you can instead do one exercise for 45 seconds, take a 15 second break, and move to the next, going through the laps (a tabata timer will help).