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<span style='color:green'>Do you use free weights or machines? We have free weights at home, and I find that it really makes me feel great to push all that weight around, especially before going in to work!! </span><br /><br />Hi,<br /><br />I have some free weights at home, and a stabillity ball, w...

Hi,<br /><br />I doubt you can limit yourself to just one piece of equipment; however, you can do an awful lot with a stability ball and some tubing for resistance. When I worked with a trainer, some of the toughest workouts involved the stability ball. Sissel has a website with a huge list of exerc...

Hi Dinaflo,<br /><br />One of the nice things about rowing is that it isn't only for the younger people. I, too, am 58 and started rowing in earnest only this past April. Believe me, I'm not a morning person, but I forced myself to get up a half hour earlier (5:45 am) so I can row for 20-30 minutes ...

<br />Congratulations on your weight loss! I heard recently that weight loss is about 80% eating wisely and 20% exercising. I don't know about the percentages but do believe you need both to lose weight and keep it off.<br /><br />In my own case, I found that age (I'm now 58) and a stressful situati...

[quote=sirrobin,Jul 24 2005, 12:49 AM]<br />Anyone for a 500 meter "race" on August 5th? I didn't do it this month, but in June I was ranked 31 of 39 with a time of 2:23.3. If I can shave off that .3 in August, I'll be happy!<br /><br /><br />Good idea. I'll have to try it on August 5th!<br /><br />...

Hi all,<br /><br />At 59 years of age, I’ve taken up rowing later than most –but then it was only four years ago that I started weightlifting. I hit fifty and was shocked to discover that, for the first time in my life, the pounds were slowly adding on. Not having much success dropping the weight th...