Fitness Past 40 - Exercise on the Cheap

Perhaps you have been leading a sedentary existence for a long time and want to start getting fit. Joining a gym seems like too much time and effort. Ok. Try getting a jump rope. Yep......that's right, a jump rope. It need not be anything expensive or elaborate. In fact, you can just jump without a rope.

Try ten jumps to start. Easy. The following night, maybe during a TV commercial, try doing 20. Before you know it, you'll be able to do 50 to 100 jumps without even thinking about it. Be careful to approach this exercise slowly. Have a bottle of water handy. And do it on an empty stomach, or at least quite a while after dinner. Otherwise you may toss your cookies! Or do it first thing in the morning. It's fast, and easy, and really "cardio" exercise.

And here's a really good idea that costs you nothing. Approach whatever friends you have who belong to a gym and who go regularly. Hopefully you have at least one fit friend. Ask them if they can take you as a guest, or get you a guest pass. You may like it enough to join yourself. You can often do this up to four times as a guest of a paying member. Good luck!

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