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exercise while travelling

ClareMandy1904
ClareMandy1904 Posts: 4
edited January 10 in Fitness and Exercise
hi everyone

From this sunday I will be travelling around Europe for 4 weeks. I am not worried about fitting in my cardio as I can easily just go for runs or do home workouts, but in terms of weight lifting I know I won't be able to get much in! I've googled a few basic things I can do at home for example just lifting a chair and doing a few reps with that etc..but I have been working out hard over the past few months. I am just starting to get quite good definition in my legs and arms..will this go after a month of barely doing weight training? Also I feel that weight training is the main reason I have lost and am continuing to lose weight (of course the cardio helps but I noticed way ore of a change once I Started lifing weights.) Will not lifing for a few weeks really stunt my progress

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  • jaz050465
    jaz050465 Posts: 3,508 Member
    You couldt get some resistance bands to take with you.
  • fresh_start59
    fresh_start59 Posts: 590 Member
    Might consider getting resistance bands:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzyCtzAF8F0

    Instead of tying the band to a doorknob, there are straps you can buy that will allow you to attach the band to a closed door.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZXyqjlRgU8
  • BranDiesel_27
    BranDiesel_27 Posts: 46
    Do calisthenics requires basically no equipment. Search, Progressive calisthenics.

    1. There around a hundred MODS of Push ups you can do
    They will target your chest, triceps, front delts

    2. Squats also have a wide variety of MODS
    Targets legs.

    3. Supermans/Bridges
    Target Lower back, glutes, hammys.

    These are just a few examples. If you have a portable Chin up bar then youll hit more areas.
  • Miss_Aurora
    Miss_Aurora Posts: 93
    Can you check if the places you're going have gyms?

    I don't know how heavy the weights you normally lift are .. but here's something to consider if you're not wanting more than 16lb per arm. Or 8lb per leg.

    http://www.aquabells.com/specs.html
  • Bl0emetje
    Bl0emetje Posts: 6
    Hi, I travel for work year round and always carry a resistance band.
    Additionally, I always buy bottled water for in the room. I safe an empty bottle, fill it with water and use it as a weight! For my legs, I just run a flight of stairs a few times. Good luck and enjoy Europe!
  • LindseyAlyssa
    LindseyAlyssa Posts: 156
    If you'll have internet access through a laptop in your room, look up pilates videos.
    That will definitely keep your muscles in shape.
  • Mr_Excitement
    Mr_Excitement Posts: 833 Member
    I'd suggest astanga yoga. You can do it anywhere and you don't even need a clock-- just a yoga mat and you're good to go. It's an excellent and strenuous workout that you could do in a tiny bedroom without trouble. Astanga is great for building strength.
  • Miss_Aurora
    Miss_Aurora Posts: 93
    Hi, I travel for work year round and always carry a resistance band.
    Additionally, I always buy bottled water for in the room. I safe an empty bottle, fill it with water and use it as a weight! For my legs, I just run a flight of stairs a few times. Good luck and enjoy Europe!

    Or borrow them from the mini fridge if there's one :D
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,137 Member
    I usually fork out for a couple of day passes at a local gym. Your hotel might have deals on ones nearby,
  • funkycamper
    funkycamper Posts: 998 Member
    Check out Nerd Fitness. He has a lot of tips on bodyweight exercises while traveling. And the best part is they're done outdoors so you're at a park or a playground. Why waste time on your fantastic vacation staying in your hotel room to work out? You could jog along the Thames, stop and do push-ups, then do walking lunges to a bench and then do tricep dips, yada yada. What a fun way to incorporate sight-seeing with exercising!

    For tons of great videos on bodyweight and/or resistance band exercises to do in your room, you can't beat Fitness Blender.

    I love to lift heavy but I found myself hating to go to the gym last summer. When not working or doing other necessities, I prefer to be outside enjoying the sunshine so I was riding my bike a lot, hiking, etc. So I only made it to the gym about 5-6x over a two month period. When I started back up in September, not only did I have no loss of muscle tone during that time but I had extremely little loss of weights/reps. I mean, if I was doing 3x8x90 on a row, I maybe dropped to 1x8x90, 1x6x90, 1x8x80. It only took a few sessions to get my weights and reps back up to where I stopped and then steady progression from there.

    Enjoy your amazing trip!!!!! With all the walking and such you should be fine without a structured exercise program.

    Oh, why don't you carry a daypack and fill it fairly heavy and sightsee with that on? Maybe not every day or all day but once in awhile. That does a lot of good things for strength and fitness.
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