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| basic equipment that results in a great burn |
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| free pass on line |
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| fun to ride |
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| a mega gym |
The program can be followed while I travel however it is very difficult to consistently integrate the two. My recipe for touring is to put an impetus on my reason for being away from home, spiced with a dash of pleasure; a good meal, drinks and movies. I typically allow myself to drop my fitness regiment and rely on my healthy habits to keep me on track.
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| simple and free |
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| beautiful beach |
60 days on the road
has presented a number of challenges and required adaptations regarding my
daily training regiment and weight control mechanisms.
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Making time: Staying busy with everything but physical movement
results in fewer burned calories.
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Finding the right equipment: living
in unfamiliar surroundings presents the challenge of locating recognizable
apparatus to use for achieving my normal training results and regiment.
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Getting the best results in the shortest
amount of time: I need to be
flexible if I am going to get the most out of the time, space and gear I have
available to me.
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Breaking Barriers: Being open
minded to new and different equipment and routines and turning a foreign
situation into an effective, productive, enjoyable experience.
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| stadiums are great places to walk and have fun |
I have found that long term travel with the changing of locations every two or three days presents the greatest challenge in controlling my food intake and accomplishing any type of fitness goals.
The first 30 days of this trip I only managed an average of
30 minutes per week of training. The
results were not pretty; I gained a whopping 7kg./15.4lb and ballooned out of a
pair of my favorite shorts.
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| spanking some balls is fun and cheap |
I am unwilling to accept the negative growth and results of
my poor choices over the last month.
There are no short cuts and dropping gains is always slower than putting
them on. Getting started after a long layoff
requires as much follow through as intent.
The only axiom for me regarding weight control is all movement is good movement
and the journey begins with the first step.
Plan: This is as simple as setting a guideline
on the number of minutes or target muscle groups I want to train each day.
Intention: Commit to achieving my immediate
training goal.
Action: Think outside of the box, keep an eye
on the prize and take the steps required to reach training objective set out by
the plan. While traveling this could be
a few laps around the rest area, or a mall walk, a swim in the hotel pool, or
meandering the local neighborhood for 30 minutes in each direction.
Follow through: Movement is the physical element in
health and fitness. Self control and
making the smart food choices is the mental part of the game plan. Exercise and diet are equally important; the
intestinal fortitude to follow the plan and reach the goal is where success is
found.
I recommitted myself to a healthy lifestyle a week ago and
in that time I have had fun, explored new areas and willed myself to stay on
track more than the previous 30 days combined. Here are a few ways I have burned calories.
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Went on line and got a free 3 day gym pass to a
mega gym and used it.
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Went to the movies in a super mall and did a
mall walk
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Stopped at a road side park and used the fitness
trail
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Went to the beach and did a long beach walk
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Walked to the baseball stadium and did a couple
of laps around the stadium while I watched the game
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Strolled through a neighborhood near my motel
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Parked my car as far away from the store entrance
as possible
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Opted out of the shuttle bus and walked to my
terminal.
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went to the driving range and hit a bucket of
balls
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Focused on eating smart and cut back on my alcohol
intake by 90%
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| public fitness trail |
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| stop the car |
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| All so simple and effective |
At the end of the day success and failure in health and fitness is an individual sport. I get frustrated with the yo-yoing; every gain is a loss and with every loss there is a victory. Success all comes down to intention, the way is found in many techniques and the will is only from within.
Go have some fun,
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| Clearwater beach |
Geo
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