Okay, so in preparation for the coming challenge, I had to go acquire a few small pieces of equipment to help me out. Just went out and purchased a measuring tape and Green resistance band. In testing out the band, it didn't feel like much resistance. Then again, I did a whopping ten curls with it. So once implemented as part of the workouts, I suspect it will end up being a lot more of a workout than it seems right now. If I get a few workouts into this and find that it still seems to be too little I will go back and grab the Red band which is the next step up.
Total spent on this so far is a cool $19.
Did the first cardio portion of the workouts last night and it was good. I was worried that the weight training portion would require me to go to the gym at my apartment, but it looks like now, it will be the cardio that will be more of the issue. Nothing like a giant jumping about in his third floor apartment to possibly annoy the downstairs neighbors. Hopefully, though, they work during the day and will be gone by the time I start my workouts. If I can do all of this from home, I will be much more easily motivated to get off my ass and do it.
Going to try out the second, more intense weight/resistance workout tomorrow so I can gauge exactly where I am at with it and figure out what alternatives I have if there are things that I don't feel are safe for me to do just yet. Not overly worried about that possibility, but I would rather go in knowing what devil I am dealing with as opposed to not.
You can make the bands go a little bit longer by making bigger loops. You should be able to ride out the green band for at least a month while you get into it before you determine if you need to move to a red band or free weights.
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