Indoor Cardio

[TaurusPride1988]

What are some very effective indoor cardio exersices? I get out and jog, jump rope, and workout at the gym once a while, but can't be out the house too much because of my job and watching my grandmother, so I was wondering I good cardio workout indoor while I'm in the house?

[traineeh]

run up and down your staircase
burpees
buy a treadmill or a stationary bike


good luck!

[ramone2485]

This doesn't require ANY machines or equipment to do: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir0jp-MU42o. I did this for a few weeks. I can personally tell you...this was very intense cardio!

[lee__d]

jump rope
run in place
stair climbing
opol
pocket pool
love making
chores
jumping jacks
shadow boxing
real boxing

[missiontomuscle]

Buy a 12 inch standard jumping stool (sold online). There's all sorts of things you can do here. Start out with basic stepping (I don't know your cardio fitness level). If basic stepping is easy, that's your warm-up. To increase intensity:

1) Step up and down as rapidly as possible
2) Jog up and down on the stool
3) Jump up and down as quickly as possible (using feet at same time)
4) Do lunge steps. This is a move done in step classes if you don't know the term. (Couldn't find a youtube demo)
5) Add a hop to the lunge steps. The bigger the hop, the more intense.
6) Repeaters. On one leg only, step up and down repeatedly, making sure to be in a fully straightened position at the top before coming back down. Keep the foot in the same spot on the stool as you go up and down, only briefly touching the other foot to the floor each time. Do 10 each leg, then 9, then 8, all the way to 1, and tell me you're not breathing hard at the end.
7) Straddle step. Instead of stepping forward, straddle the stool and alternate stepping on it from the straddle position.
8) Straddle jumps.
9) Hold hand weights to add more intensity.
10) Intensity is manipulated by quickness, height of jumping and holding dumbbells.

Just 30 minutes of doing some or all of these will give you a hard cardio workout. Until you get a stool, you can add squat jumps, pike jumps and switch lunge jumps to what you're already doing. If you have a staircase, bunny hop it up, run down, bunny hop it up, for 10 minutes straight. If intense enough, just 10 minutes of hard cardio will give you a training effect.

You might also want to consider buying a step class stepper and risers, and a step class video (they come in different levels).

[TaurusPride1988]

run up and down your staircase
burpees
buy a treadmill or a stationary bike


good luck!

I don't have a staircase, burpees sounds good though and don't have enough room for a treadmill or a stationary bike, but thanks for the advice though.

[TaurusPride1988]

Buy a 12 inch standard jumping stool (sold online). There's all sorts of things you can do here. Start out with basic stepping (I don't know your cardio fitness level). If basic stepping is easy, that's your warm-up. To increase intensity:

1) Step up and down as rapidly as possible
2) Jog up and down on the stool
3) Jump up and down as quickly as possible (using feet at same time)
4) Do lunge steps. This is a move done in step classes if you don't know the term. (Couldn't find a youtube demo)
5) Add a hop to the lunge steps. The bigger the hop, the more intense.
6) Repeaters. On one leg only, step up and down repeatedly, making sure to be in a fully straightened position at the top before coming back down. Keep the foot in the same spot on the stool as you go up and down, only briefly touching the other foot to the floor each time. Do 10 each leg, then 9, then 8, all the way to 1, and tell me you're not breathing hard at the end.
7) Straddle step. Instead of stepping forward, straddle the stool and alternate stepping on it from the straddle position.
8) Straddle jumps.
9) Hold hand weights to add more intensity.
10) Intensity is manipulated by quickness, height of jumping and holding dumbbells.

Just 30 minutes of doing some or all of these will give you a hard cardio workout. Until you get a stool, you can add squat jumps, pike jumps and switch lunge jumps to what you're already doing. If you have a staircase, bunny hop it up, run down, bunny hop it up, for 10 minutes straight. If intense enough, just 10 minutes of hard cardio will give you a training effect.

You might also want to consider buying a step class stepper and risers, and a step class video (they come in different levels).

Thanks I definitely will give this routine a try