Low impact cardiac excercises?

[Edward78]

Any list of them from a health info site would be nice. Gogle search sucks, I want a full list on 1 page.

 

[Morba]

Firstly: Why do you need low impact?
The answer to this will help people give you better options.

As a general though:
cycling
xtrainer
swimming

those would be the first 3 on my mind.

 

[Dugganator]

This would be better moved to the sport section

But
swimming
cross trainer
bike machine

All this is dependant on how you do the exercise. If you go for it low impact exercise can still do damage. I have a bad knee and 40mins on the cross trainer I start to feel pain.

 

[Cosimo]

Two good ones are walking and yoga.

http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/fitness/Pages/Lowimpact.aspx

 

[Ciphon]

Boxing
Ultra Marathons
Judo

On a serious note... Walking and Swimming..

 

[Lunatic Dreyfus]

Exercise bike would be my first choice. The real ones have some 'impact' issues, when you crash 'em.

Cross trainers destroy me after the first ten minutes and it's never felt natural using them. But still I do.

For real low impact, I suppose a 'quick' stroll wouldn't do too much harm.

 

[kwerk]

Jazzercise

 

[Guest2]

swimming / anything in water

 

[Badgi]

As others have said, X-Trainer, Swimming, Cycling and Walking. Also, if your gym has them, cardio wave would be a good option also.

 

[Inquisitor]

swimming / anything in water

Except water polo.

 

[Chris1712]

Except water polo.

Especially if you use horses.

 

[colzboppo]

Cycling is low impact yes, if you take it easy and stick to easy routes with no hills to climb that is!

 

[Freefaller]

Especially if you use horses.

Swimming is probably one of the lowest impact sports there, however an exercise bike is fairly low impact too.

 

[Redman]

Cycling is low impact yes, if you take it easy and stick to easy routes with no hills to climb that is!

It's low impact as long as you don't stamp on the pedals every turn Low impact doesn't have to mean easy exercise, cycling can be very high intensity but remain low impact.

 

[Von Smallhausen]

Punch bag ?

3x3 minute rounds on a bag is very good exercise.

 

[sigma]

Punch bag ?

3x3 minute rounds on a bag is very good exercise.

Would be a bit pointless if you're not hitting it with any sort of power, and if you were, it'd be pretty high impact surely?

Skipping is fairly low impact but I guess still higher than swimming.

 

[Dj_Jestar]

This is why we need to know why the OP can't do "impact" training. If it is because the OP is heavy, like me, and doesn't want to destroy their knees, ankles and hips by going for a run, they could still do boxing. If it's because of something such as osteoporosis then swimming is about the only option

 

[Sgt Tackleberry]

I find s*x a really good one .. But Cycling is the best..