Fitness Wii Thingies Or Fitness Dvd Recommendations........

[AliceTickband]

for a complete novice who is in their 60s and needs to lose weight and work out to get fitter....

I have trawled the wonderful wobbly web and am completely befuzzled re which to chose so any help would be greately appreciated.

tia

[Pete65]

Eat less, move more.

[baza]

joined a Rosemary Conly thingy and got the video and other bumf, healthy eating and gentle excercise to start with.

[coccinelle]

If you've never worked out you might find it rather strenuous all of a sudden. By keeping on the move around the house, walking places instead of taking the car, using stairs instead of lifts and escalators etc all help. If you like dancing put on a CD and dance away. I find a low fat diet works for me but some prefer a low carbohydrate diet, I lack energy if I don't have enough carbohydrates. When I say diet this is a lifetime diet not a losing weight one.

[Prudie]

If starting from scratch I'd recommend the Wii Fit (although it's obviously very expensive if you don't have a Wii). It weighs you and monitors your progress as you go along with a good choice of easy things to get you started. All DVDs I've tried were so exhausting they put me off keeping at it.

[AlwaysConfused]

If you normally rely on a car, start off walking a little more often where poss. The Wii is great, as you can choose the training to your level of fitness and work towards a target. You should be able to get a cheap-as-chips second hand wii with wii fit board and games for a good price now. But try before you buy

[ummmm]

Walking and swimming are the best exercise. Easy on your joints.

I was walking behind a jogger last week and was going at exactly the same pace.

[backtalk]

I have always found it great to turn to yoga. Most yoga exercises are low impact, so they are powerful, yet less painful to the body. Many yoga poses take a little practice, but don't be intimidated by that. You will learn good form with time.