[Writer]

Advice for dizziness and workout

So I've been working out on and off for a couple of years now and for the past year or so I've been having dizziness and a bunch of problems with my head(I'm seeing a doctor for it) but I haven't worked out properly in awhile. I do stretches and try to maintain some of my old routines with the weights(had to go to my previous weights) and I walk a lot, so I'm not exactly unfit.
One of my doctors told me that I should try to do cardio as it might help with one of my many problems, but a lot of the cardio exercises tend to change your head position.
Turning it to the side or jumping up and down and things like that both make me dizzy and usually give me a headache unless it's a really good day which then turns bad when I do those exercises.
So any alternatives that any of you might know? Or really any sort of advice would be really appreciated.

 

[Dyneti]

Hello and welcome @Writer !

I'm no expert but I do have some thoughts I want to share:

There is a guide called How To Change Any Exercise Into A Resistance, Cardio or Aerobic Workout and also a guide on exercise modification here on Darebee. I don't know if it suits you, but I'm thinking that you could maybe build/find yourself a cardio workout with exercises like Towel Sliding Climbers and other (modified) exercises that hopefully lets you keep your head stable enough?
Then I thought of some form of seated exercise. There is a Seated Cardio Workout in this Seated Exercise Collection. Maybe other things from that collection also work for you? A quick search engine search for "seated cardio" also gave some promising results!

Can you do march steps and step jacks? Then you could check out some LIIT (low intensity interval training) options, for ex. in this collection.

Last idea: do you have access to a stationary bike somewhere? Maybe ask around, try it at a gym or see if there are free outdoor gyms in your area that have something like that, to see if it works for you. I like cycling in al shapes and forms. You could even consider doing bicycle crunches as cardio, though I'm not sure if it is intense enough.

Good luck and maybe you can let us know if that makes sense to you and for your situation.

 

[Writer]

Hello and welcome @Writer !

I'm no expert but I do have some thoughts I want to share:

There is a guide called How To Change Any Exercise Into A Resistance, Cardio or Aerobic Workout and also a guide on exercise modification here on Darebee. I don't know if it suits you, but I'm thinking that you could maybe build/find yourself a cardio workout with exercises like Towel Sliding Climbers and other (modified) exercises that hopefully lets you keep your head stable enough?
Then I thought of some form of seated exercise. There is a Seated Cardio Workout in this Seated Exercise Collection. Maybe other things from that collection also work for you? A quick search engine search for "seated cardio" also gave some promising results!

Can you do march steps and step jacks? Then you could check out some LIIT (low intensity interval training) options, for ex. in this collection.

Last idea: do you have access to a stationary bike somewhere? Maybe ask around, try it at a gym or see if there are free outdoor gyms in your area that have something like that, to see if it works for you. I like cycling in al shapes and forms. You could even consider doing bicycle crunches as cardio, though I'm not sure if it is intense enough.

Good luck and maybe you can let us know if that makes sense to you and for your situation.

Thanks for the advice and suggestions! I do have a stationary bike at home, but I don't use it very often (sometimes I would do a couple of minutes slowly but I don't last very long, I try to last at least 8 minutes, 11 so far is the longest)
I try to avoid floor exercises but sometimes I pick workouts that include floor exercises, so I section the workout into floor exercises and standing up exercises so I wouldn't have to get up and down again(worsens the dizziness)
I mostly use dumbbells, but I got a couple of resistance bands that actually work fairly well with me(mostly at my desk or in bed when I'm on my laptop)

So I end up mostly working out my arms, which is fine by me. Because the end goal? become some buffy-armed war god who seduces warriors and bards, who just happens to be on old people's medications

 

[TopNotch]

"Cardio" covers a lot of things, but it's basically what makes you breathe harder. You say you walk a lot. Try changing your pace - moderate, then fast for a few minutes, back to moderate to recover, repeat. Or go up and down hills or stairs. Get on that exercise bike. You say you can't do more than 11 minutes - that could simply be because you're pushing too hard. Zone 2 is excellent for improving cardiovascular fitness, and you can change it up, with occasionally sprints, or one day of the week working harder in zone 3 (or if you don't want to worry about heart rate, just what makes you puffed, as opposed to being able still to talk).