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Beat Workout Boredom
Need New Ideas for Working Out at Home
Instant replay: If you miss your fair-weather routine, go ahead and re-create it indoors. It's possible -- promise! Turn your road bike into a stationary one by mounting it on a CycleOps Magnetic Bike Trainer ($179, rei.com), or keep running sans trail with the Stamina InTone Jogger trampoline ($80, sportsauthority.com). And bring a touch of the outdoors inside to help you get your nature fix: Open up the shades and add some low-maintenance plants, like bamboo or ferns, to your exercise space, recommends trainer Ellen Barrett, creator of the Studio exercise DVDs. "They'll add some much-needed oxygen, not to mention a welcome touch of green, while you work out," she says.
Gear shift: Netflix it. For $9 to $17 per month, you can get an endless supply of fitness DVDs (find more than 1,000 exercise titles at netflix.com). One week do yoga, strength training, and kickboxing; the next, order Pilates, cardio sculpt, and belly dancing -- you may find your new sweat-session obsession!
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This is great! I have never thought about transferring my outdoor workout to indoors, I just change activities by going to the gym. I am looking into buying some weight lifting gear ( http://bestweightliftinggear.com ), which is something that I'll be able to do at home. I'm hoping this is a good start.
12/7/2011 12:47:51 PM Report AbuseI love getting new things from REI and Sports Authority. I got some new work out clothes and my husband got his new Zeiss conquest binoculars. Although he got his from http://www.tdmwholesale.com
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