Do anywhere fitness

Discussion in 'Health and Fitness' started by push102, Feb 7, 2007.

  1. push102

    push102 New Member

    Looking for an excersise to stay in shape and do anyplace? For me one excersise is the push up. It is good for the overall body especially towards the upper body. You can do them early in the morning or at night and in a hotel room, or even in prison (hopefully your not there). Just shows you how accessible the excersise really is. But it's a very good excersise. I hold many world records in the push ups. They are: Fist, back of hand and one arm. There are websites on the net to verify the records and proper push up techniques used. Enjoying fitness and working out also means eating right. You have to feed your body nutritious foods and drink clean water. Water and lots of it. A gallon a day is good, or every time you pass the bottled water store or water fountain! Stay hydrated if your active. My favorite thing about push ups is they build the chest area. I lacked that for years. I was never one to lift weights, but can. It's just not convienient for me all of the time, especially when you travel. So the push up is good and can be done anywhere. Doing between 500 and 1000 per day really satisfies my energy and leads to good rest after the day is over. That amount took years and much discipline to achieve, but well worth it. Squats, burpees and even chin ups can be done without being in a fitness facility. Walking, cycling and swimming are good overall excersises too, but may require a gym. I enjoy fitness and the benifits of eating good food too. The food is one of the real healthy benifits of it all. Healthy living healthy mind soul and spirit. How do you workout if you travel or dont have immediate acess to a fitness centre? You can comment and others can get ideas. Enjoy and dream big. By: Doug Pruden a world record holder.
     
  2. taekwonguy

    taekwonguy Very Valued Member :)

  3. Nick K

    Nick K Sometimes a Valued Member

    Actually, this could be the germ of a very good thread. I've always wanted to do a 'hotel workouts' website - workouts that you can do without any equipment in limited space.

    Besides the push up and its variations in hand position and plyometric versions, there are
    sit ups/crunches/planks/side planks
    squats/1 legged squats/pistols/ wide stance squats/step ups
    hops - vertical/horizontal/lateral
    jumps - vertical/horizontal/lateral/onto things/ off things
    chins (almost no equipment) - various grips
    planches/levers
    handstands and handstand push ups
    squat thrust and variants -mountain climbers, burpees, burpees + press up, full b*****ds
    divebombers/dands
    Supermans
    etc,etc,etc.

    Mixing them up a la Crossfit against the clock can give you a blisteringly tough workout in less than 20 minutes, no matter how fit you are

    For a sample of potential overall impact - try 100 full b*****d burpees against the clock.

    Try 'Tabata something else' or 'Barbara' from Crossfit

    Also search MAP - there's LOADS of stuff. Scrapper (Body by Fish) does some good bodyweight w/o, as does Gym Jones and Crossfit.
     
    Last edited: Feb 8, 2007
  4. push102

    push102 New Member

    Woking out is working out

    Some people give up on fitness because they cant get a memebership in a gym or they dont have equiptment for sports. Working out is working muscles! Whatever theat may be. Lifting, bending, stretching, running, walking, climbing. As long as its done in safety and you know your limits. Gyms are simply a convienient way to excersise the muscles in one place perhaps out of the elements. Working out means active living in the muscles and movement. MOVEMENT! And putting some demand on the muscles, which want to do things and not sit around or be in the car all day! Your body is made for moving. And of course your body will respond to it with breathing and sweating which is all good and healthy for it. And the benifits eating! Eating is FOR energy fuel for moving muscles, not for an inactive body!

    Doug Pruden.
     
  5. Blevunly

    Blevunly Valued Member

    I'm curious as to how you would do chins in a hotel room. I mean you can't just install a chin up bar there. Or in general how could you work your back and biceps, in a hotel room situation?
     
  6. FortuneFaded

    FortuneFaded Feel my Squirrely wrath!

    I subscribe to men's health, they forerver have articles/examples of how to do exercises whilst doing mundane things or exercises around the home/work.

    Examples, whilst watching the footie, it gives you exercises to do with a football and tells you to sit on the floor, not the couch as you move more and burn more calories!

    Other examples (in a recent issue) was exercise in the home (going up and down the stairs, farmers' walks with suitcases etc)

    If anyone wants info on that i could write them up from the articles i have?
     
  7. push102

    push102 New Member

    One thing I do alot of is walking. In malls, shopping streets etc about 30 to 1 hour per day. As long as I am moving. Be always looking around you and below you for things on the surfaces and things coming, as you can trip. I usually never practice running unless its in a safe path or walkway. And dont run in the winter without good footware that prevents slipping. Another issue is weather to run in cold. A little but not extreme weather. I prefer warm weather for any workout or at least a warm environment. Cold can wreck havic on your breathing. A gym or even at home is good for general excersise. There s lots of oppurtunity to move around while indoors just move! Excersise and the body are one that is why we have muscles. They NEED to be worked. And even worked hard, so sweat it.

    Doug Pruden
     
  8. Nick K

    Nick K Sometimes a Valued Member

    Working back:

    It's possible to do 'baseball bat grip' chin ups gripping the lintel of a doorway (if you have a lintel and a good grip). You can also do under table rows - lie under a table, grip the sides and pull yourself up to the table, keeping your back straight and only your heels on the floor. Not ideal, but better than nothing. Or, if you are on holiday with your children, you can use them as resistance for a good morning (be careful). If you have the misfortune to be on holiday with my eldest daughter, you can use her makeup bag for deadlifts - but only if you are really strong.

    Working biceps:

    All curl options, using a bag/suitcase, children or even furniture (chair rather than bed..)

    There's a really good workout with excellent carry over to striking arts in a recent Men's Fitness by a muay thai/kickboxing exponent, Mark someone or other, which needs no equipment at all. I did it this morning and it's quite tough.
     
  9. tash

    tash New Member

    i have to admit that i do alot of tridips anywhere there is abench or a step you can do them. also golds now have a portable chinup bar that tensions between doorjams .
     
  10. speaktoalex

    speaktoalex Valued Member

    Door frame :)

    Nick d'you think you could explain what these are? I've always wondered..! And I think they'd be useful for me because of how wet it is outside at the moment!
     
  11. NaughtyKnight

    NaughtyKnight Has yellow fever!

    Do 100 Burpees as quick as you can. Work on shortening the time. Incredibly brutal, and can be done ANYWHERE at any time.
     
  12. Myst Kitty

    Myst Kitty New Member

    I saw this special on tv once that talked about flexing your muscles while at work. While sitting in a chair, lift the legs to flex the calf muscles. While watching TV, do some crunches or just flex those muscles. You can flex your muscles anywhere, any time. I found this method to be quite rewarding in regards to the way I felt. It is no substitute for a good workout, but it sure beats hours of lost time when the body is in a resting position as opposed to those muscles being flexed at a constant rate!

    One more thing, lets not forget the flexing Arnold did that he credits for the final defining of those bulging muscles. He always flexed directly after working out.
     
  13. Nick K

    Nick K Sometimes a Valued Member

    Forgive me - I'm too lazy to do in detail but Ross boxing/Crossfit/Body by Fish have the details

    In outline:

    Planks - holding your body rigid on elbows/toes
    Pistols - deep, one legged squats with other leg straight out in front of you
    Planches/Levers - gymnastic moves involving cantilevering your body out bent/ straight, taking the weight on your hands, either in hanging or a push up type position. Very hard indeed
    Mountain climbers - modiifed squat thrust
    Burpee - squat thrust out, press up, squat thrust back, star jump. Dont forget to smile.
    Dive bombers/Dands - press up position - put your bottom up and scrape your nose forward along the ground, bringing your bottom down as you do it. Reverse or press up out
    Supermans - lie on front - dorsiflex/extend spine, raising arms/legs up off ground
     
  14. Nick K

    Nick K Sometimes a Valued Member

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