What's your favorite exercise equipment? [Archive]

ALR83

12-31-05, 12:25 AM

I have a treadmill that I absolutely HATE to use, but love how good I feel when I get off of it lol. I never really use it though, I get too dizzy when I'm on it. It's a shame.

And I just got an Ab Lounge which is pretty cool, my stomach is burning lol.

I would love a Total Gym, I just like the different things you can do on it. And you can do Pilates which I like.

NYYBombshell

12-31-05, 12:34 AM

I have two 5 lb weights.....that's it. I use the floor for all my exercising; you know, crunches, push-ups...stuff like that.

RhodeyYankee2638

12-31-05, 12:37 AM

My girlfriend

ALR83

12-31-05, 12:43 AM

My girlfriend

:lol: I knew someone would have a comment like this!

True Yankee-ette13

12-31-05, 01:54 AM

My girlfriend

Do you use helium or regular air to blow her up?

:) ;)

True Yankee-ette13

12-31-05, 01:56 AM

My favorite exercise "equipment" are my DVD's. One is Pilates, the other has cardio and exercises for your abs, legs, and arms. It's awesome. :)

True Yankee-ette13

12-31-05, 01:57 AM

I also like my fitness band. :)

FreeYayo

12-31-05, 02:08 AM

Free weights

ring403

12-31-05, 02:12 AM

Do you use helium or regular air to blow her up?

:) ;)Ouch. :lol:

Yankeees

12-31-05, 04:34 AM

Do you use helium or regular air to blow her up?

:) ;)

:D Buuurnnnnn!

gdn

12-31-05, 06:55 AM

Where's that "Oh snap" smiley graphic when you need it...

I don't really work out, I play racquetball. When I do work out, though, I like the elliptical. This is all at the gym. At home I drink.

YankeeClemens22

12-31-05, 08:47 AM

I like the treadmills at the gym.

NYYfan24

12-31-05, 08:50 AM

My favorite exercise "equipment" are my DVD's. One is Pilates, the other has cardio and exercises for your abs, legs, and arms. It's awesome. :)

Sounds good...which dvd do you use? I have Leslie Sansone...Walk Away the Pounds..and her Pilates. Use it every day! (Except this week...pulled a muscle in my leg....cooking for Christmas Dinner...of all things!)

Irascible Yankee Fan

12-31-05, 08:59 AM

For me it's a tie between my Bowflex Ultimate 2, and my Treadclimber. They are both excellent and provide a balance between strength training and aerobic excersize.

montrealer

12-31-05, 09:23 AM

My pint of Guiness.....Should see the size of my forearms. :gulp: :gulp: :gulp:

Jersey Yankee

12-31-05, 09:31 AM

My girlfriend
Left hand or right? I guess you get her drunk by pouring a beer into either one? :gulp::O

RhodyYanksFan

12-31-05, 09:35 AM

Free weights and I like the ellipitical machines.

chanman7483

12-31-05, 12:03 PM

Squat rack, dumbells and the fly machine.

bagger015

12-31-05, 06:15 PM

Elliptical............:)

Evil Empire

12-31-05, 06:34 PM

The road or sidewalk.

Random

12-31-05, 07:01 PM

I agree with the elliptical. Much better than a treadmill, my knees can handle it and I still get a great workout.

SuperMario66

12-31-05, 07:39 PM

Treadmill

Sam18

01-01-06, 10:24 AM

Has anyone said "my penis" yet?

StaceyRosie

01-01-06, 11:23 AM

Ellipitical

Evil Empire

01-01-06, 11:31 AM

Has anyone said "my penis" yet?

I don't think anyone would call your penis "a workout".

NYYBombshell

01-01-06, 11:34 AM

I don't think anyone would call your penis "a workout".

Oh SNAP!

Sam18

01-01-06, 11:42 AM

Please, don't say 'snap' when talking about penises.

Sam18

01-01-06, 11:43 AM

I don't think anyone would call your penis "a workout".

Did you not see the quotes you ding dong?

Evil Empire

01-01-06, 11:43 AM

Please, don't say 'snap' when talking about penises.

With all the wear and tear you put on it, I'm sure it can take a beating.

StaceyRosie

01-01-06, 11:44 AM

With all the wear and tear you put on it, I'm sure it can take a beating.

rimshot!

Sam18

01-01-06, 11:53 AM

With all the wear and tear you put on it, I'm sure it can take a beating.

You obviously don't know the difference between beating and snapping.

gdn

01-01-06, 11:54 AM

:lol:

These threads are getting out of control more and more.

True Yankee-ette13

01-01-06, 03:50 PM

Sounds good...which dvd do you use? I have Leslie Sansone...Walk Away the Pounds..and her Pilates. Use it every day! (Except this week...pulled a muscle in my leg....cooking for Christmas Dinner...of all things!)

I have Denise Austin: The ultimate metabolism boosting workout. For Pilates, I use the Winsor DVD's. I was actually considering buying the walk away the pounds one that you have. Is it good?

Casey37

01-01-06, 05:10 PM

Using my remote control with one hand and drinking beer with the other.

Irabu's Son

01-01-06, 07:13 PM

I have a few:

my Powerhouse Smith Gym
my dumbbells and bench
my treadmill
my exercise bike (which I ride while playing Playstation)
my Tae-Bo DVD

Sam18

01-01-06, 07:17 PM

Anyone mention DDR yet? DDR's a GREAT way to excercise.

gdn

01-01-06, 08:21 PM

I tried it the other day. Mildly entertaining.

Barb51850

01-01-06, 08:23 PM

My boyfriend ;)

Seriously, I have the Lateral Thigh Trainer that is advertised on TV. I really like it, and I saw results almost immediately.

Sam18

01-01-06, 08:39 PM

I tried it the other day. Mildly entertaining.

That's cuz you're a grown adult who only likes serious adult stuff.

MiamiKat

01-01-06, 08:43 PM

I have Denise Austin: The ultimate metabolism boosting workout. For Pilates, I use the Winsor DVD's. I was actually considering buying the walk away the pounds one that you have. Is it good?
I had -- and sold -- a Walk Away The Pounds DVD. It was a little too hokey IMO. I also can't exercise in front of the TV, so maybe that had something to do with it.

I tried a more mellow yoga DVD once too -- can't remember which one -- but my left ankle is so screwed up I can't point my foot without weeping from the pain. So no yoga for me...anywhere.

I go to a gym and use the treadmill, weight machines & free weights. My favorite machine is the one where you stand on a platform then do pullups that take you way high up in the air. It's like a carnival ride. :D

DontHateOnNumber2

01-02-06, 12:29 AM

Weights. I'm a simple guy.

NYYfan24

01-02-06, 07:49 AM

I have Denise Austin: The ultimate metabolism boosting workout. For Pilates, I use the Winsor DVD's. I was actually considering buying the walk away the pounds one that you have. Is it good?

I like it..I have the one for the abs and the regular one. I use the one for the abs just about every day. Not a high impact workout. I had trouble with my knees when I first started (ski injury) and wanted a lower impact workout. Now I have NO knee pain! So that for me is a blessing.

Is the Denise Austin high impact on knees and joints? I have been looking at the Winsor Pilates, also!

True Yankee-ette13

01-02-06, 03:19 PM

I like it..I have the one for the abs and the regular one. I use the one for the abs just about every day. Not a high impact workout. I had trouble with my knees when I first started (ski injury) and wanted a lower impact workout. Now I have NO knee pain! So that for me is a blessing.

Is the Denise Austin high impact on knees and joints? I have been looking at the Winsor Pilates, also!

Does it take up a lot of space? The thing I like about this particular Denise DVD is I can do it in my teeny tiny room.

I think it is a litle high impact on the knees because you do some squats throughout the workout (combines strength training with cardio). You also jump around quite a bit. I wanna vary my workouts though and while I love this DVD, I want a different one to switch things up a bit occasionally.

True Yankee-ette13

01-02-06, 03:21 PM

I had -- and sold -- a Walk Away The Pounds DVD. It was a little too hokey IMO. I also can't exercise in front of the TV, so maybe that had something to do with it.

I tried a more mellow yoga DVD once too -- can't remember which one -- but my left ankle is so screwed up I can't point my foot without weeping from the pain. So no yoga for me...anywhere.

I go to a gym and use the treadmill, weight machines & free weights. My favorite machine is the one where you stand on a platform then do pullups that take you way high up in the air. It's like a carnival ride. :D

Never tried yoga, but it seems like it would require a lot of patience. Definitely not one of my virtues. :lol:

I have a mini DVD player and that's where I exercise. I just put it on top of the bed and watch it right there.

I know which machine you're referring to. :lol: It is fun.

Sheff_Rod

01-02-06, 03:26 PM

Weights. I'm a simple guy.

Same here, all I need is some dumbells and I'm set.

Also, this thing (http://www.sportsauthority.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1419047&cp=&pg=2&kw=fitness+ball&parentPage=search) is great for abs.

Sam18

01-02-06, 03:31 PM

You know what else is great for abs? Doing crunches and having a negative energy intake.

krystl

01-02-06, 04:01 PM

Anyone mention DDR yet? DDR's a GREAT way to excercise.
You're right. My daughter just got to play hers for the first time yesterday since we were away and didn't have the PS2 with us.
We all tried it. I am not very good at it, but it's still fun and if you pick a fast paced song you really feel it in your legs.

Archer1979

01-02-06, 09:53 PM

Did my first 1000 strides on the new elliptical.

Am I supposed to feel like I just got run over?

krystl

01-02-06, 09:57 PM

Did my first 1000 strides on the new elliptical.

Am I supposed to feel like I just got run over?
Were you going uphill? ;)

You have your own eliptical machine? That was the only cardio machine I liked at the gym when I used to go.

Arod for President

01-02-06, 09:57 PM

I just got this pull up bar that doubles lover in the door jam for sit ups.. Awsome! Im so Chizzled now.

Archer1979

01-02-06, 10:01 PM

Were you going uphill? ;)

You have your own eliptical machine? That was the only cardio machine I liked at the gym when I used to go.

No, it was in easy mode.

I got it for my wife for Christmas. I've been feeling like I've wanted to crawl out of my skin today, so I gave it a shot to work off the energy.

Random

01-03-06, 05:18 AM

Were you going uphill? ;)

You have your own eliptical machine? That was the only cardio machine I liked at the gym when I used to go.

They're not too bad, we got ours at Sears for under $1000. A few years ago you couldn't touch one for less than $3K.

krystl

01-03-06, 06:52 AM

I just got this pull up bar that doubles lover in the door jam for sit ups.. Awsome! Im so Chizzled now.
I had one of those on my bedroom door when I was a kid. It was fun to run and swing into my room with a jump landing. :lol:

krystl

01-03-06, 06:55 AM

They're not too bad, we got ours at Sears for under $1000. A few years ago you couldn't touch one for less than $3K.
Maybe I should get rid of all the other equipment I have and get one of those. :lol:
I have a pretty big weight bench thingy with various different exercise possibilities, an Ab Lounge, a Power Rider, Cloud Walker and a kick boxing/punching bag thing. Oh and a mini trampoline. I tried to set it all up in the basement and do a circuit routine, but I just never go down in the basement so it didn't last.
So now, I have the weight machine and the Ab Lounge in the spare room upstairs and I use it more frequently than if it was downstairs.

TannerBoyle

01-03-06, 11:25 AM

my running shoes

AZYanksfan

01-03-06, 07:49 PM

swimming pool, fitness ball, roller blades, 5lb hand weights

Archer1979

01-03-06, 08:14 PM

Today... snow shovel.

English Yankee

01-03-06, 08:21 PM

The soccer ball. I play in a five a side league and it's the only way I can enjoy exercise. Lifting weights or going jogging is just monumentally boring. We're bottom of our league and last week I couldn't even get close enough to kick any of the team we were playing, but the season after next we'll qualify for the seniors league, where we expect to be the Manchester United of the league. :)

ALR83

01-03-06, 08:43 PM

You have your own eliptical machine? That was the only cardio machine I liked at the gym when I used to go.

I had one for a short time. Wasn't mine, was just storing it lol. But I liked it, made my legs feel like jello. :lol:

So now, I have the weight machine and the Ab Lounge in the spare room upstairs and I use it more frequently than if it was downstairs.

How do you like the Ab Lounge? I've been using it like crazy since I got it.

I cannot wait until we have a pool put in because swimming is one of my favorite things, and I've been wanting to get weights for my ankles to use in the pool. I actually used to do my sit ups in the pool, I just put my legs over the edge and got to it lol. It was cool because I didn't get hot or sweat lol.

krystl

01-04-06, 06:20 AM

I had one for a short time. Wasn't mine, was just storing it lol. But I liked it, made my legs feel like jello. :lol:

How do you like the Ab Lounge? I've been using it like crazy since I got it.

I cannot wait until we have a pool put in because swimming is one of my favorite things, and I've been wanting to get weights for my ankles to use in the pool. I actually used to do my sit ups in the pool, I just put my legs over the edge and got to it lol. It was cool because I didn't get hot or sweat lol.
I like the Ab Lounge...when I use it. I used it a lot when I first got it, but not long enough to see results. I did feel the results though.

We have a pool and I love doing exercises in it. I wanted to get one of the weight kits I saw in the pool catalogue, with ankle weights, a weight belt and something else, can't remember. But the kit is a bit pricey.
I like swimming back and forth across the pool, or like you said, putting my legs over the egde and kind of doing sit ups. I also walk around the pool doing lunges. Unfortunately, it's only a seasonal workout!