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Hey all,
As you may have seen in other posts of mine, I'm currently at a summer internship by my college campus. Problem is today's the last day, tomorrow I'm going back down to my hometown for about a week, and I do not have any sort of gym membership or anything down there. That includes I do not have any free weights at home, unfortunately

So I was wondering what you guys think, if you guys think I should be doing some light "weight training" or core stuff or basically anything to get me off my but for 30 mins - 1 hour a day. Some of my preliminary plans are:

- Run every other day (this isn't preliminary, I'm sticking to it no matter what)
- Practice TGU's with extremely light weight, probably just hold up a book or 2. This is mainly to get the form and movements down, because I've never done a TGU before in my life lol

Let me know what you guys think, all comments are appreciated, thanks!

-Nick P.

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The consensus is that a week off doesn't make any difference, but keep eating the same way as if you're training.

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Yeah that makes sense. I'm not so much as concerned about training and such, more along the lines of just generally excercising. Anaerobic, aerobic, whatever it doesn't matter, I just reeaallllyy want to avoid sitting on my @$$ from morning to night. Tips? Just walking maybe? Thanks

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If you don't have any weights, you can give the PBF a try. Basically a ladder of increasingly difficult BW variations of the big lifts. Link here: viewtopic.php?f=25&t=8135

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watch tv, go out dancing, eat some pizza. Just enjoy your week off then come back to the gym with renewed vigour

I agree. Assuming that you've been working out hard for a while, taking a week off won't make your muscles shrink. You might get some DOMS if you resume training at the same intensity that you left off, but that will clear up quickly

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Thanks, TimD

you're screwed.

I KNOW.

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Take the week to plan and try out new things. Do some walking, experiment with body weight movements, but most of all, think through what you need to do to get your health under control.

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Let thy food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be thy food.~Hippocrates
Strength is the adaptation that leads to all other adaptations that you really care about - Charles Staley
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Thanks TimD

Yoga or some variations like that. Even for guys above average in strength with large muscles....that is still incredibly tough it isn't going to give you the workout free weights at the gym will but dead ass look up yoga. It's serious.

Most gyms I've been in give free or reduced charge prices if you go and just talk to them and let them know your situation.

When I'm in the US, I travel a lot. I usually can find a gym with a reasonable day pass rate, often as little as $5. If I'm desperate, I'll occasionally pay $15, but that's my limit. Twice when I was in the same place for a few days and I had paid for a day pass once or twice I was given a free day. Community recreation centers are often reasonable, and usually have good facilities. When all else fails, there's always Golds.

Or go to a park and find a rock or two. Stone clean and press is fun, and will guarantee some strange stares. Or, you can throw the stone as far as you can, run pick it up, and repeat, around a circuit or to a landmark and back. Squat with a stone clutched to your chest. A stone deadlift would be something like a Sumo DL. Overhead press, floor press (maybe "lawn press"?), curls, raises, TGUs all can be done with stones. Just pick a rock, try your lift. If the weight is way off, look for a bigger one. If it's close, just adjust reps as needed.

Or go to a playground and do chins and inverted rows on the play equipment. If you bring some children with you, the parents of the kids there won't be as worried that you are a child molester. And you can use children as weight. It's best to do this with the permission of the parents (if it's not your own kid) and with the kid's consent. Unwilling kids that are thrashing around can really throw you off your form on a TGU!

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Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.--Francis Chan

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Maybe go with the non-doc suggestions Nick ;)

But yea, Pushups pullups bike ride (*shrug* likely not got a bike so walk/jog whatever) planks

If I'm bored and get the itch I just do 3x20 pushups and 3x15ish dips (off a chair) but nothing else...I'd rather cycle than a-team together all this tin of paint/bottles of water backpack $h1t - I do like the idea of scaring off parents and overhead pressing their kids tho.