Holiday workout routine help needed

kersti

After several months of talking about and thinking about it I've finally gotten back into the gym (and rediscovered the joys of DOMS) but I'm away next week on holiday (yay!). I'm worried that now that I seem to finally have some sense of motivation I might undo it all while I'm away.

My current programme is three days a week, full body strength training (I'll up to a split routine in a few weeks once the initial shock of being in the place has worn off)

I'm off to France and will be moving around, hotels do not have a gym and I can't take anything weighty with me. My French is non-existent so I'm not confident of being able to find any gyms along the way that I could pop into.

I'm thinking about getting some resistance bands and trying to pull together a home workout plan so that I can take the gym on the road with me so to speak.

I'd appreciate any advice you guys can give me on the following

- what length resistance bands should I get
- do I need handles or are the plain jane type just as good?
- what muscle groups should I be concentrating on
- any specific exercises that I could incorporate

dave80

kersti wrote: »

After several months of talking about and thinking about it I've finally gotten back into the gym (and rediscovered the joys of DOMS) but I'm away next week on holiday (yay!). I'm worried that now that I seem to finally have some sense of motivation I might undo it all while I'm away.

My current programme is three days a week, full body strength training (I'll up to a split routine in a few weeks once the initial shock of being in the place has worn off)

I'm off to France and will be moving around, hotels do not have a gym and I can't take anything weighty with me. My French is non-existent so I'm not confident of being able to find any gyms along the way that I could pop into.

I'm thinking about getting some resistance bands and trying to pull together a home workout plan so that I can take the gym on the road with me so to speak.

I'd appreciate any advice you guys can give me on the following

- what length resistance bands should I get
- do I need handles or are the plain jane type just as good?
- what muscle groups should I be concentrating on
- any specific exercises that I could incorporate

bands offer very little resistance, head to a local park and do a light jog for 5 mins to warm up, then find a branch of a tree or even a goal post (something you have to jump up to grab), and do a burpee with a press up then jump and grab goal post and do a chin, repeat

kersti

dave80 wrote: »

do a burpee with a press up then jump and grab goal post and do a chin, repeat

Thanks for the advice

Unfortunately as I'm only just back I've got no hope of doing a chin - couldn't do a chin even at my strongest!

fragile

http://www.dragondoor.com/articler/mode2/Workouts

rubadub

www.simplefit.org

bands offer very little resistance

Argos bands maybe, but you can get better ones.
www.ironwoodyfitness.com

read the forum in my sig link for ideas on portable equipment, also the guys in that forum use bands, and not girly pink bands!

I would recommend getting or making gymnastic rings, these could be looped on things in parks, you can adjust the height and do bodyrows rather than full chins.

kevpants

http://www.liftinglarge.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=7

Dirk_Diggler

I'm going off for a couple of weeks holiday (which will involves heavy amounts of drinking of course). Last two months I've made some good gains but now I'm fearful that a lot of this will be lost by the time I get back. Is it possible to hold onto most of this? What I mean is, will a load of press ups and chins daily be of any use? Or am I destined to lose a good amount of strength?

Thanks.

Al_Fernz

Dirk_Diggler wrote: »

Or am I destined to lose a good amount of strength?

No. Eat well and enjoy your holiday.