Training While Out of Town

Well greetings from the road everyone!

I pre-wrote this newsletter because I knew that this week I would be spending away with my father and son. I had a couple of thoughts I'd like to share.

You never know how much time you're promised on this earth. You never know when doing something that really means a great deal to your kid, parents, or whoever, can make all the difference for that person. I had to miss a little work this week to have the opportunity to go spend time with them. But I'm figuring it like this: In ten years I won't remember the little bit of work that could have been done or the little bit of money that could have been made, but I'll remember the time with my family. I'll remember being able to be a help to my dad. My son will remember me taking the time to go with him. Some things are just more important.

In the movie Gladiator, Russel Crowe has a line that he says while addressing his troops: "What we do in life echoes in eternity."

I believe that. And I'm all about standing up for things and getting as much accomplished as you can with the time that we have here, but remember. whether your accomplishment is some great news worthy thing or whether it's a small emotional blessing you can be to someone, they both carry the same weight in eternity. Be all you can be. Don't miss out on the potential that you have and accomplishing everything that you can, but don't let it cloud the fact that smaller personal times shared with those you love is just as great an accomplishment.

TRAINING TIP:

Some options for keeping your workout. I just told you we're going of town. Our actual destination is the woods to go hunting. Not deep in country, super survive against all costs, and the elements, ultra primitive, hope you can kill what you can eat with a stone type hunting, but we're not going to be that close to town either. SO I know I'm going to be away from any normal gym or facilities to do my regular training. Now you have a couple of options here.

Many times it's best if you're going on a short trip to take the time off and rest. Rest is not a dirty word in training. Many times you'll come back stronger. Another option here is to do a really brutal workout before you leave so that you're forced to rest on your trip and you don't feel guilty about taking the time off.

Because I have some specific things I want to work on right now, I've chosen to continue working out while I'm gone. I'm going to take a little dumbbell set (read one adjustable dumbbell set and 200lbs). It's relatively small and easy to toss in the back of the truck. I'll be working a lot on my one arm press as well as one arm row, one arm one leg deadlifts, two handed cleans, and a few other little exercises. I'll knock a set or two off every day, it won't take much time, but I'll get plenty of blood flowing and it'll keep me on track. I may take one day and do a really high volume workout to help crank up my endurance as well.

As you travel it's easy to take along a few simple things to keep your workout together. Bodyweight exercises are always a great option and learning a variety will help you out. In fact that's why we've created a lot of the products that we have so that you have the ability to have the perfect exercise for whatever conditions you might find yourself in. Rubber cables are also a perfect choice because they're light, portable and easy to store. A short cable set like our isometric ring, a medium cable set and even a long cable set like the Portable Power Jumper, still take up almost no room and no weight. Believe me there's an almost endless array of versatile, hardcore exercises you can do with them.

Adapt, improvise and overcome. Everybody should be familiar with that Marine Corps motto. Another option here is to simply use what's available to you. You can find stones to lift just about anywhere and you can get a great workout for just about everything while using them. Hill or stair running, bodyweight or stone-based roadwork, and car or truck-pushing all make an excellent workout.

We'll have a new article up soon on how adapting in your training is one of the most important things you can do. It's certainly important for keeping in shape while busy or traveling. Don't let anything be an excuse.

Don't forget to check out our stone lifting video and our cable training videos. If you happen to be traveling these could be some of the perfect choices to help you keep in shape. Even if you're not they make for very powerful training tools.

Look for them at Strongerman.com

Alternative Conditioning Videos
Odd Object Lifting Videos

I'll be back at the end of next week with lots of new ideas to share boys and girls. You can still order anything off of our site as it will still be processed and handled this week so don't hesitate simply because I'm out of town.

Now get out there and kick some butt cause I'll be checking up when I get back. That's right.. There'll be a test.