Maintaining on Vacation

Training Bodybuilding
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I’ve been incredibly fortunate recently in the sense that I’m going to be on vacation for three consecutive weeks. The problem is that when I travel I lose weight (seemingly mostly muscle) like it’s my job. I think it’s mostly stress/sleep related and because when I eat when I’m hungry I naturally lose weight.

I figure now would be a great time to lose some stubborn fat that’s concealing my glorious abdominal muscles, so my question is…

Anyone have any tips on how to do this and still enjoy myself?

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You’re not going to lose bellyfat and enjoy your vacation. I would justenjoy your vacation and lose the fat later.

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[quote]KombatAthlete wrote:
You’re not going to lose bellyfat and enjoy your vacation. I would justenjoy your vacation and lose the fat later.[/quote]

Agreed. At least for me losing fat is hard as hell. You are going on vacation. Enjoy it. If you want an exercise or two try…

suitcase 1arm floor press
suitcase 1 arm military press
suitcase overhead squats
suitcase rows
suitcase single-legged, straight-legged deadlifts
etc

no suitcase? try

500 body weight squats followed by
100 pushups followed by
100 crunches followed by
20 pullups (if you can find a bar)

hell, encourage your girlfriend to pack extra just so you have to lug it around.

my 2 cents ( I just spent 2 months on vacation if you are hurting for ideas, send me a PM)

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[quote]edgecrusher wrote:
I’ve been incredibly fortunate recently in the sense that I’m going to be on vacation for three consecutive weeks. The problem is that when I travel I lose weight (seemingly mostly muscle) like it’s my job. I think it’s mostly stress/sleep related and because when I eat when I’m hungry I naturally lose weight.

I figure now would be a great time to lose some stubborn fat that’s concealing my glorious abdominal muscles, so my question is…

Anyone have any tips on how to do this and still enjoy myself?[/quote]

Enjoy your fucking vacation and not worry.
Oh yea…sprints!
:slight_smile:

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[quote]KombatAthlete wrote:
You’re not going to lose bellyfat and enjoy your vacation. [/quote]

Intuitively I knew that was going to be the answer, but somehow I was hoping someone had a magic bullet for me. I think, if I do anything, I’m going to focus on isometrics and stretching because I’ve been neglecting them.

Thanks for all your responses and well wishes, I really appreciate them.

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Try Thibs’ MacGyver workout. It has cool stuff you can do with only a few stuff.

http://www.T-Nation.com/readTopic.do?id=459514

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You didn’t mention anything about your training while you’re gone, but here’s something else to throw into the hat… Berardi’s playground workout: