Exercise at Home after Weight Loss Surgery
Posted: Apr 03 in Weight Loss Blog by Staff
If you’re having trouble getting yourself out the door for a workout, why not just stay in? The prospect may sound irresponsible at first, but it becomes much more realistic if you give yourself a way to work out at home. Though a home exercise area will never have quite the same resources as the big fitness center down the road, giving yourself at-home workout options will make it much easier to keep weight off after gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy or gastric band surgery.
Ft. Myers and Naples are filled with great gyms, but your exercise area has one important feature: you’re in complete control. You decide where it goes, you decide what goes in it and you decide what to do in it. You’ll have exclusive access to it every day of every week, and this means you can burn calories whenever it’s most convenient.
Making At-Home Exercise Work for You
Your best bet in making home workouts worth it will be to set up an area that is 100 percent devoted to exercise. Start considering empty corners of your living room or garage that might work well, and remember that windows can liven up your space considerably with fresh air and natural light. You don’t need much more than a few square feet to make a fully-functioning workout area, especially if you eschew bulky workout machines for smaller equipment.
When you’ve found a place to store your gear, it’s time to start stocking up. Remember that big machines can be helpful, but are not necessary if you have a variety of other small tools like:
- Resistance bands
- Free weights
- Hand grips
- Exercise balls
- Medicine balls
- Wobble boards
- Kettle bells
- Exercise mats
- Ab wheels
- Thigh toners
- Foam rollers
- Workout DVDs
The list looks long, but this is just a fraction of the exercise equipment that can help you get a great workout at home.
Once your gym is ready to go, don’t let it gather dust. Any time and money you invest in building a home workout area will be wasted if you don’t use your new space regularly. Whenever you have free time at home, use your gear to squeeze in some exercise—this can be especially easy if you keep a TV in your workout area to burn calories as you watch your favorite shows.
Has exercising at home helped you improve your fitness after sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass or gastric band surgery in Ft. Myers or Naples? Give us your strategies for at-home exercise in the comments.