Gonna be on a long trip again.. What to do

queenierz
queenierz Posts: 210 Member
edited February 26 in Food and Nutrition
Brief story: I have to go on a community service trip outside my hometown for five days and there won't be any weights for me to lift. Worse, it will be hard for me to control what I eat... . Currently I'm trying to build muscles, so what am I going to do?

*oops, not a "long" trip, but still.

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  • thebigcb
    thebigcb Posts: 2,210 Member
    Do bodyweight exercises

    Or just dont go on the trip
  • ShellF415
    ShellF415 Posts: 182 Member
    Try push ups, lunges and squats.
  • BernadetteChurch
    BernadetteChurch Posts: 2,210 Member
    Push-ups, sit-ups, dips - just to name three - are all doable in a hotel room.

    Re food, just do the best you can and get back into it when you're back home and back in control.

    Sometimes life gets in the way of MFP, but if it's short term no real damage will be done.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    A week off won't kill you. It's called a complete deload. I took a full week off and the next week my lifts were even better.
  • aliakynes
    aliakynes Posts: 352 Member
    http://www.startbodyweight.com/
  • queenierz
    queenierz Posts: 210 Member
    Thanks guyss. Yeah, I guess I have no choice but do the body weight exercises. Better than nothing right? :)
  • queenierz
    queenierz Posts: 210 Member
    A week off won't kill you. It's called a complete deload. I took a full week off and the next week my lifts were even better.

    Oh! Really? I thought that if we don't lift for like 2 days or more, our muscles will shrink and perhaps start over? :/ But if your experience says your lift got better, then I'm relieved hehehe. Thanks.
  • thebigcb
    thebigcb Posts: 2,210 Member
    Thanks guyss. Yeah, I guess I have no choice but do the body weight exercises. Better than nothing right? :)

    Look up Tabata training, pick 5 or 6 exercises, do you fine

    Dips off chairs, burpees, mountain climbs, thrusters, push ups, core work

    the list is endless
  • jos05
    jos05 Posts: 263 Member
    Do what you can...with what you have... it's life... You can't put it on hold! Just do your very best and when you get back...hit it hard!
  • DWBalboa
    DWBalboa Posts: 37,259 Member
    You say tomato I say Tabata; let’s call the whole thing off!
    Tabata’s, sprinting and suicides are an awesome workout that can be done practically anywhere.
    Here’s a couple of links that may help.

    http://www.shape.com/fitness/cardio/4-minute-fat-burning-miracle-workout
    http://greatist.com/fitness/best-tabata-moves
    http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/the-real-tabata-brutal-circuit-from-the-protocols-inventor.html
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