Which Program?

[Janet LP]

Hi everyone. Been lurking around Darebee for a long time, and decided to post for the first time. I am not a complete beginner, but am inconsistent. Can't do a full push up ( can do incline) or pull up (can do rows). But I can do squats with dumbbells. I have joined a gym, which i am not a huge fan of. I found out I prefer to workout at home! Though I will probably still go a couple times a week for extra cardio for the moment. I am a 51 year old woman, needing to lose weight but also I have bone spurs on both my heels, which causes pain there, as well as my knees and hips some. Going for surgery in September. I was looking at Vitality or Square One, and thinking of maybe adding a monthly challenge at some point, to slowly work up to a push up. Even though I feel thy could be almost too easy. But I also feel they could help my consistency. Any thoughts?

 

[Pseudonymravid]

Consistency is great itself! There's no obligation to start off with something super difficult. Getting in the habit of exercising is its own work. If you think you want to try harder programs though, you could look at these exercise modifications to substitute low impact exercises or wall or knee push-ups for full push-ups. Or if you're working up to a push-up and want to add a challenge to Vitality or Square One, there are the wall push-up challenge and the knee push-up challenge. Plus there's a guide to build up to a push-up. Good luck!

 

[Janet LP]

Consistency is great itself! There's no obligation to start off with something super difficult. Getting in the habit of exercising is its own work. If you think you want to try harder programs though, you could look at these exercise modifications to substitute low impact exercises or wall or knee push-ups for full push-ups. Or if you're working up to a push-up and want to add a challenge to Vitality or Square One, there are the wall push-up challenge and the knee push-up challenge. Plus there's a guide to build up to a push-up. Good luck!

Thank you!

 

[AgileGrrl]

I'm a mid 50 woman who joined DAREBEE in January to lose weight and started with the easier programs like Vitality/Square One to get into the daily habit of exercising along with adding some challenges that looked doable enough to be fun. As I got stronger I just added more challenges and programs to my roster. Foundation Light, 30 Days of Cardio Light, and Baseline are also good programs to start with.

I have 2 bad knees and ankles along with a frozen right shoulder, so pushups and quite a few exercises (lunges/squats) were painful or impossible to do at the time. Doing modified versions made it easier to stick with the programs/challenges I picked, get stronger, and stay consistent. I might not be able to do a full pushup yet but I can now do 100 incline pushups off my hearth in one go and 20 knee pushups in one go, which is huge from where I started, thanks to the challenges. A lot of the 'light' programs might look easy but you will discover that some days will be much harder than others or finishing up to the 3rd level will be a workout into itself. Doing an exercise journal/log definitely helps too. And if you like small motivational rewards, like collecting badges on your profile, then that will be another incentive to stick with it too.

Good luck and welcome to the Hive!

 

[Janet LP]

I'm a mid 50 woman who joined DAREBEE in January to lose weight and started with the easier programs like Vitality/Square One to get into the daily habit of exercising along with adding some challenges that looked doable enough to be fun. As I got stronger I just added more challenges and programs to my roster. Foundation Light, 30 Days of Cardio Light, and Baseline are also good programs to start with.

I have 2 bad knees and ankles along with a frozen right shoulder, so pushups and quite a few exercises (lunges/squats) were painful or impossible to do at the time. Doing modified versions made it easier to stick with the programs/challenges I picked, get stronger, and stay consistent. I might not be able to do a full pushup yet but I can now do 100 incline pushups off my hearth in one go and 20 knee pushups in one go, which is huge from where I started, thanks to the challenges. A lot of the 'light' programs might look easy but you will discover that some days will be much harder than others or finishing up to the 3rd level will be a workout into itself. Doing an exercise journal/log definitely helps too. And if you like small motivational rewards, like collecting badges on your profile, then that will be another incentive to stick with it too.

Good luck and welcome to the Hive!

Thank you!!