Before I lost my vision, I used to stay in shape by swimming a mile every week. Unfortunately, the only swimming pool I have access to is the one owned by the apartment complex I live in and they won't allow me to use their pool for safety and liability reasons, so they claim.
Because the grocery store next door closed, I'll be moving next month to a new apartment that is next door to a grocery store. The new apartment will be almost twice as big as the apartment I'm currently in, that should leave plenty of room for some kind of exercise equipment.
The downside is that this new apartment complex is smaller than the one I'm currently in so they don't have a swimming pool. But considering that they'd probably have the same objections about me using their pool, it's probably not that big a loss.
Even if I had access to a pool, I'd still want something else for those times of the year when it's too cold for swimming.
My second choice is some kind of exercise equipment, preferably one that provides a reasonably good upper and lower body workout.
I have used them in the past when nothing else was available, but I've never really cared much for free weights. Thus my preference for some kine of exercise equipment.
My goals are pretty simple, I'm not looking to be muscle bound like Arnold Schwarzenegger, I just want a way to maintain a healthy level of fitness, without a lot of fuss or equipment.
For a while I considered a Bowflex Tred climber, but it has an electronic control panel that is made like the control panel on a microwave. To find the controls, I'd have to have a sighted person put some kind of self stick buttons on them, and then there'd be the problem of reading the displays. The electronic control panel was just one reason why I eventually decided against the Tread Climber. The other reason was that I had doubts about its ability to exercise the upper body. From when I could still see, it has what resembles ssnow ski poles to exercise the arms. The way they were attached to the Tread Climber, they looked like an option rather than an integral part of the exercise. They're also quite expensive, starting at around 2,000 US Dollars.
So far, a rowing machine or something similar seems to be my best option.