I have lost 30 pounds in the last 6 months and I have another 80 to go for my goal weight. (Which is NOT the recommended weight for my body BTW, it is 20 = 30 pounds over.)
I had to stop doing long cardio due to problems with heel spurs and that got me more interested in strength training. I like it so much more.
However, I am having trouble finding the right workout for me. I am not strong enough to do all the body weight exercises I would like to, and I have very few free weights, also very little space.
This looks like something I could do with what I have. I don't have a sledge hammer, but reading here for the past couple hours, I saw something about people when they want to move from one weight level to the next adding ankle weights to their sledge hammers.
That got my mind going. I could put ankle weights on an old broom I have in the garage and duck tape them down good.
Then when I finally find a job and get caught up on my bills, I could go buy a sledge hammer.
Has anyone tried something like that?
It would be light weight but I am really out of shape. I haven't done any exercise in 3 months because I was sick that long with severe asthmatic bronchitis. I was told that I could return to working out when I go 4 days in a row without any cough. I am officially able to start as of today! Yea! No cough!
It seems to me that this workout would give me results without a lot of weight and I could continue to work on my push ups (modified), squats and crunches that I have been doing now for 2 days.
I do have a couple kettle bells that I could use for added strength (but of course the movements would be different.)
Oh, and being a lady, I just have to add this: I never thought that women would bulk up in strength training. I very much want to have muscles that show. I am talking about starting out light weight because I am out of shape. I look forward to being strong enough to handle a 16 pound sledge hammer some day. (Maybe even 20).
I think us woman can be sexy with muscles. I seriously doubt men are turned off by muscles. And if one of them is... well then a throw back him back! Real men like muscles on women, IMO.
