If you could choose just one piece of exercise equipment to have at home....

The best piece of exercise equipment for a small apartment is something you already have. A 4 yr old daughter! Ok I know that sounds strange but several years ago I lived in a very small trailer and babysat my 6 yr old nephew 4 days a week. I was tipping the scale at a weight I don't really want to admit and decided to start exercising. Lack of money excluded any gym fees or exercise equipment so I got creative. On nice days I'd take my nephew for a long walk around the neighborhood. We'd stop off at the local library where we played the counting game. There were 10 steps up to the main door so I'd have him stand at the bottom of the steps and we'd count how many times I could hit the top step. When he got bored with counting that way, I'd change it to adding: what I did yesterday + what I did today= total. It was good exercise for both of us and great math practice for him. We also had a small kiddy park a few blocks away and I created all kinds of new exercises with the few pieces of equipment they had. On bad weather days we'd exercise in the house, using my nephew like free weights, putting him on my back while doing knee bends, arm curls with my nephew pulling on my wrist. Great resistance training! It's fantasic exercise for both of you, quality time together and trust me your daughter will have a blast. My nephew is now 22 and still brings up those times we spent together exercising. It was great fun and it's something he's always remembered as good times with his Aunt Jo. Hope that helps!

Since you have a daughter, you could try to involve her in your exercise routine. Why not by a jump rope and a hoola hoop. Those things are really exercise equipments as well as kid's toys. Also i saw in the Tyra banks show, that there's this piece of rope that you can buy for like $5. it comes in different resistance, and it will actually help you tone your buttocks. And lastly, that really cute exercise ball. it's one of the best exercise 'equipments' in the market, and it's quite cheap.

I have a treadmill too but mine is one of those that fold up for easy storage. I keep it under my bed when Im not useing it. It's my favoriate one because it works most of your muscles. Useing it you can loose weight in your tummy, legs, hips, thighs, butt, just bout everywere.

Hmm, you have some great ideas. I would say the 4 year old and the dog should be enough for you to keep you busy. Or maybe you need to trade tapes with someone else so you can mix it up a bit. I do think the pole dancing class might be fun, but you would need a babysitter.

I would choose an exercise bike. You move all your muscles and it's convenient to use.