Treadmill alternative for the boat.

[Hayden Watson]

A couple of years ago, my wife was diagnosed with diabetes and was on insulin for over a year. For the last 6-months, she has been able to control grug free with diet and exercise but the exercise that works best is aerobic in the form of walking.

When we are on the boat, we try to hit the trails as much as possible but rain and often the inaccessibility of trails makes that not always workable. At home she uses the treadmill when we cannot walk outside, and we are looking for something that would do something similar that would fit on Papillon.

Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[Bob S]

I don’t think there are a lot of options. Boat yoga, my wife will occasionally do an Apple fitness core or strength routine using her phone. Not the best aerobic exercise but will get the heart pumping.

 

[Peggie Hall HeadMistress]

Buy a stationary bike, set it up on deck and raise and lower the mainsail several times...a total body workout. (I'm only half kidding with this, thinking that it might trigger some kind of similar idea that would work).

--Peggie--

 

[Hayden Watson]

Buy a stationary bike, set it up on deck and raise and lower the mainsail several times...a total body workout. (I'm only half kidding with this, thinking that it might trigger some kind of similar idea that would work).

--Peggie--

If I had room for a stationary bike I would love to do that.

 

[dLj]

I wonder if something like this could work on a boat. I used to see people at work using these at their desks.

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dj

 

[Hayden Watson]

I wonder if something like this could work on a boat. I used to see people at work using these at their desks.

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dj

That could possibly work. I will need to check the size to see if it would fit.

 

[Hayden Watson]

Someone suggested Mini steppers like this one. Anyone ever tried them and would a treadmill junkie like it?

 

[Project_Mayhem]

Go for a swim? Maybe she could haul you up the mast?

 

[Hayden Watson]

Go for a swim? Maybe she could haul you up the mast?

We are in the PNW and our water temperature seldom gets above 55F even in August. We are also 70 so anything that requires a high degree of balance or upper body strength, such as getting into a narrow kayak or standing on a paddleboard is I not a smart idea. We are looking for something that will work when we need to stay in the cabin because it is raining or there are no hiking trails available.

 

[Captain Larry-DH]

Can she do any of these? The 20 best cardio exercises to do at home
Stable, open deck space might also be a limiting factor.

 

[jssailem]

Here you go Hayden...

 

[Hello Below]

Someone suggested Mini steppers like this one. Anyone ever tried them and would a treadmill junkie like it?

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Hayden I used one like that after an MCL operation on my knee one winter. When the weather didn’t allow me to walk outside I pulled this little guy out, turned up the tunes and stepped to my heart’s content. Mine did have an adjustment to increase and decrease the force of the steps as my knee grew stronger. Height, once mounting the stepper, may restrict the use below decks but certainly usable on deck. A stable handhold would be necessary to have close by for when the boat moves.

 

[Peggie Hall HeadMistress]

If I had room for a stationary bike I would love to do that.

Maybe a folding stationary bike (if they exist)? if not, the stepper might work and hauling on the mainsail halyard would provide the protection from falling.

Fwiw, I developed a serious balance issue in my late 70s that put an end to my playing tennis 3x/week. Thanks to physical therapy specifically for balance issues twice a week for 6 weeks ordered by my doctor, I now have almost -0- balance issues. The very slight amount that I do have makes running unwise, so I have to remain done with tennis, but I now can go up and down stairs without using a bannister and can walk at a fast pace without any fear of falling. And the therapy was actually fun...I kidded my therapist that I was beginning feel as if I were an agility dog in training.

The main take-away for all of us in this thread is "it's true that getting old ain't for sissies!"

--Peggie

 

[Hayden Watson]

Hayden I used one like that after an MCL operation on my knee one winter. When the weather didn’t allow me to walk outside I pulled this little guy out, turned up the tunes and stepped to my heart’s content. Mine did have an adjustment to increase and decrease the force of the steps as my knee grew stronger. Height, once mounting the stepper, may restrict the use below decks but certainly usable on deck. A stable handhold would be necessary to have close by for when the boat moves.

Thanks.
Sue is 5'-6" and I have full standing headroom at 6' so she should be fine. We would plan to use it in the main cabin, and she can hold onto an overhead hand hold and the fiddle / bulkhead on the aft edge of the hanging locker.

 

[mermike]

Exercise bands work great.

 

[Hello Below]

Sue is 5'-6" and I have full standing headroom at 6' so she should be fine.

Yes . . . maybe. A typical sneaker will add an inch plus the height of the device itself will bring her close to the deck head.

 

[jssailem]

the device itself will bring her close to the deck head.

Perhaps. They also make a recumbent version ( made by Schwinn).

I have one in my office. Sitting on it, I sit up tall yet am closer to the floor than if I were standing. The downside is the bike takes up more space.

You might scope out the Peloton brand of equipment. They have a variety of options.

 

[Hayden Watson]

We have also been looking at this.

It takes no electricity to run it and the resistance is by Magnetic reluctance, which provides a very smooth, uniform and quite type of braking.

 

[jssailem]

That is clever. Now if you attach wires to the output maybe you could use the effort to help charge the battery.

A two-fer experience.

 

[LloydB]

mermike
'Exercise bands work great.'
Maybe so but with all the electronics they drag around with them these days it would make the cabin crowded.