Video Recommendation for Seniors (Male)?

[Netta]

I'm thinking my Dad (early 70's) might want to exercise with a video if it had men in it. He uses the treadmill almost every day, but would be a beginner exerciser. Something with weight work and a little cardio. Any suggestions? My mom (70) is also looking for something to exercise with. She has a "vitalizer" (rebounder), and would probably be a beginner too. She'd like to do some weight work too. She's pretty active, though, and walks a lot.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Jeanette

 

[Netta]

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[stayfit]

Hi Jeanette. The recommendation for your dad is difficult. If he wants to see men in a Cathe Workout he will see men in bootcamp and cardio kicks. Cardio kicks is a total kickboxing cardio workout without weight training. I think the high impact of the bootcamp cardio segments is not a great suggestion for a person who is 70's years old but he will find weight training and 8 cycles of cardio (1 minute ach cycle).He will work the upper body, the cardio capacity, the lower body and the core using this working.For your mother my suggestion is the BS/BD dvd or the HS circuit.Hope that helps.






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[Netta]

Actually, I wasn't thinking Cathe workout at all, way too tough for him. It doesn't need to be very intense at all, but have some weights or cardio. Something geared for seniors and if it has men in it, that's even better.

Looking for something for my mom too (not Cathe). Any suggestions.

Thanks again.

Jeanette

 

[Sandi S]

I like Karen Voight's Ease into Fitness. Karen designed the workout for beginners and seniors. It does use a lot of equipment though: a chair with no arms rests, a 2-3 lb. medicine ball, a resistance band and a pair of dumbbells. Karen uses leg weights also. The seniors shown with Karen do not use good form but Karen's form is excellent. The cast includes Karen, a older gentleman and two older ladies. It doesn't include any cardio.

Sandi

 

[Netta]

Thanks Sandi, I just checked out the video clip at Collage Video forum. Looks good and I've got extra equipment to loan them. I'll have mom take a look at the clip on her computer and see if it interests them. Thanks so much.

Jeanette

 

[Jcrew3082]

How about the Leslie Sansone Walk Away the Pounds videos? They aren't very exciting, but they are very doable. Some of them use weighted balls, I believe.

 

[Debra L]

Check Gilad's workouts for either of your parents. Kathy Smith is also very doable. Another vote for Leslie Sansome for your mom.

If I were to chose a Cathe for them, probably the Pyramids. They could use body weight only or go very light for the standing leg work. They might not like the the floor work, but who knows. There are a lot of seniors at my gym that hang in there during stability ball work.

Debra

 

[clareMc]

You know, the absolute best bet for yuor parents is not cardio VHS worrkouts at all. Encourage them both to just get out and walk. The benefits of this are enormous. They would be together keeping eachother company. Your dad already likes to walk, so he would be encouraging his wife to walk with him and keep fit. The fresh air and scenery is way better for them mentally and emotionaally than staying on treadmills at home. They could also form a walking group with others of their age in town. There are groups like this in Ann Arbor where I live. Seniors groups who meet at different parks and woods around the area and walk there together for a few hours, then in Summer/Spring they could all settle down for a picnic and make their health requirements into a social gathering. Too many retirees get socially isolated after work ends, so this would be a good way to snure that they and other seniors in their area are not falling by the wayside. Social gatherings and contacts are an essential part of mental health, which in turn, is an essential part of general overall well-being.

My parents are both in their 70's and there's no way they could complete cathe videos. It's way too mucch forthis age group generally speaking, even though my Dad was a footballer and runner all his life and a gym rat in his 50's and 60's. But they go on walking vacations with their ffriends and they love the combo of health and social gathering that this provides.

If they want to lift weights also, which is a great idea, they only need a program which will stick to the bascs for them, i.e. 2 exercises per body part, the most compound moves. At this age, they are not interested in sculpting terriffic abs or triceps, and neither do they need it.

If there is a local gym with sports trainers available in them, this is again the best way for them to go. They will need professional guidance, at least at first, to make sure they avoid injury which is easier to accrue at their age than at ours. And again, it gets them out of the house and then they could hit the tea rooms afterwards and have more fun!!

Clare

 

[Netta]

Great ideas here, thanks so much! They do get out and walk, but never drive anywhere to go to a place to walk. They do the same walk down the neighboring rancher's lane and back. They are so practical, they'd never spend money on gas to go to another place to walk, let alone on a personal trainer. Heck, they save tinfoil and plastic bags! Think they were horrified when I used disposable diapers on our son 24 years ago!

Dad likes to help brand and rope and help the ranchers, yet complains (to us) that his arm and body gets tired when he does. Trouble is that he helps out 3 or 4 times a year and doesn't keep in shape inbetween times. My observation is that a lot of people his age never exercised when they were younger and it wasn't a priority. Hard work was stressed, but only because it was needed to perform a job.

I think I may look into one of the videos geared for senior weight lifting, like you say, something pretty basic. My mom, however, could probably do a bit more. She has a rebounder and I'd like to find a beginning tape for her to use that too.

Thanks again.

Jeanette

 

[Stacy]

I'd check out Gilad for your dad, or mom and Charlene Prickett for your mom. Gin Miller has also some decent stuff out there for your mom as does Tamilee Webb. A few Leslie
Sansone's also have men in them.