My mom was put on a regiment of mandatory exercise during her chemo, because the meds were associated with muscle wasting. Her oncologist recommended the stretchy bands, and they were great for her. Super-compact, very inexpensive as exercise gear goes, and versatile. I understand they can be used in combination with yoga, too.
I love, love, love my ball! It's good for making some weight-training exercises a bit more challenging, it's wonderful for stretching, it's great for being able to do some other w-t exercises at all, it's good for some other floor exercises, too.
My only thought on exercise bands -- and since Sabrina lives relatively nearby she can probably help you out with this -- is whether your doors/hinges/frames are up to the kind of force you'll be exerting on them. Our condo is relatively new construction, and I'm sometimes worried about using the thicker physical-therapy-type resistance bands on them. My impression is that exercise bands also come in different levels of resistance. While I'm sure my doors could handle low, maybe even moderate, I'd want an opinion from someone more familiar with high resistance bands before even trying to use them on the condo's doors.
I have one of those over the door pull up thingies (which still stymies me), handweights, a Nordic Trac and a number of wii exercise games along with the balance board. (Yoga/Pilates, Ea Sports Active 2 and Cardio Boxing).
I love my hand weights I want to build long lean muscles so I tend to use lighter weights and do small quick reps. I do Zumba for cardio and I have a stationary bike I got off eBay. Also a yoga mat, blocks and a cord. I also use a couple DVD I can recommend some if you like
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My only thought on exercise bands -- and since Sabrina lives relatively nearby she can probably help you out with this -- is whether your doors/hinges/frames are up to the kind of force you'll be exerting on them. Our condo is relatively new construction, and I'm sometimes worried about using the thicker physical-therapy-type resistance bands on them. My impression is that exercise bands also come in different levels of resistance. While I'm sure my doors could handle low, maybe even moderate, I'd want an opinion from someone more familiar with high resistance bands before even trying to use them on the condo's doors.
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