No More Jogging and Walking, Any Ideas?

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Our area is getting bad. The side walks are being torn out for more office space as if there wasn't enough. I luv getting outside just to walk. I also don't have a car and there are no available buses from where I live. Now since this is a fitness and health subject what can I do for movement. I can't stand sitting for a long period of time. I also can't afford or fit a treadmill in this small mobile home. Any ideas?

Are there any parks in your area that have walking trails?

If you're short on space and have trouble exercising outside for whatever reasons (not meant to sound cynical) then how about getting something like a rowing machine.
A rowing machine doesn't have to cost too much, or take up too much space and if you get bored using it you can put it in fron of the tv when working out to take your mind off things.

I can understand how you feel. This time last year I had a broken ankle (again) and i was stuck sitting down most of the time which drove me nuts. My depression came back to previous levels instead of the low level it had been at and I was bored to tears on some days. Getting back in the gym certainly saved my sanity.

Anyway, got a little sidetracked, apologies.
Hope things work out for you.

I use a mini trampoline and ride my bike.

maybe, a skipping rope (those cheap plastic ones...) could be the best 5$ to spend in your situation.

Tae Bo DVDs!

Tai Chi DVD.

New office space means lots of pavement. That allows some of the best exercise to be done: skating. I suggest figuring out a circuit somewhere, so that if you want to skate for an hour you can without leaving a familiar area.

Get a treadmill and a big screen HDTV so you can watch the National Geographic channel and fool yourself into thinking you're actually out in nature.

Do you have any back yard at all? You could run back and forth over a small space over and over, you might look silly but it would be useful. Are there any free gyms such as a local Y? Do you have a flight of stairs in or around your home? You can jog in place, or even get an exercise bike.

I play with my skateboard inside. I put on music and just glide back and forth and spin in circles. If I go fast enough, it feels like exercise.

Definitely, if there's enough room for you to do exercise DVDs, get them! Most of them don't require that much space and there are DVDs for all preferences - kickboxing like Tae Bo, cardio dance, strength training (some new DVDs include exercise bands), Pilates - which is obviously one of my favorites, if you checked out my other responses in this section.

I review exercise DVDs (I even have a 300+ page website devoted to reviews), and I'd say that at least 85% of the exercise I do involves DVDs (the other 15% is me walking - I'm fortunate to live in a very pretty, safe neighborhood - and strength training on my own, since I have a full set of weights and a bench). And I am fit and look it! (I am just lucky that one of my "special interests" happens to be exercise.)

-J.