Not Strictly a Cycling Related Post but it is Fitness

[Dave the Smeghead]

The tyre will be there for resistance. Would a running parachute do the same job? Something like this: -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009OH7G4I

The tyre does so much more. Tie a rope round it and run with it for added resistance, flip it end over end on the ground for squats, back and arms, jumping in and out of the centre with "high knees", pull it with the rope from a seated position for arms and back etc.

 

[Dogtrousers]

The tyre does so much more. Tie a rope round it and run with it for added resistance, flip it end over end on the ground for squats, back and arms, jumping in and out of the centre with "high knees", pull it with the rope from a seated position for arms and back etc.

Careful ... you're making it sound suspiciously like fun

 

[Dave the Smeghead]

Careful ... you're making it sound suspiciously like fun

Sorry. Must try harder to not make things fun - maybe take some pointers from the wife, she has been good at that for years!

Right sorry dear, yes I will sleep in the garage tonight (again)!

 

[srw]

Get your PT to show you some exercises that don't involve too much special equipment - variations on a theme of press-ups, tricep bench push-ups, punch-outs, crunches and planks can work out the whole core, abs and upper body without anything more exotic than a step. Add in a Swiss Ball and you've got a lot more possibility; a few weights or a fit-band (a thick elastic band) and you've got the lot.