Help Bigred build a new workout

Disclaimer: Beefcakes can go elsewhere...

I'm also working on nutrition and healthy eating because I know that's #1 to meet my below goals but help me craft a workout to meet the below goals:

Goals

1. Need to lose 10-15 pounds in 2-3 months
2. Build core strength (not looking to max out on bench)
3. Get in better cardio shape
4. Avoid treadmills as much as possible

Obstacles

1. Stay in hotel Mon-Thurs (has decent gym with freeweights, some machines, bench, and mats)
2. Traveling a lot for weddings next few months
3. 100+ degrees right now in Texas

I found this workout: http://www.mensfitness.co.uk/exercis...t-loss-circuit. I've been doing it on and off for a week and really like the exercises. I'm out of breath by the end but I get breaks to rest. I also don't have access to a medicine ball so I use small weights to achieve similar outcomes. The problem is I can't do this everyday and I don't feel it addresses everything like back.

Anyone have any weekly workout regiments that captures the spirit of the link, is flexible enough to be done in a number of locations (gym, hotel, backyard, etc), and is somewhat fun that I actually want to do it?

Losing 10-15 pounds (for men) is a piece of cake IMO. I'm guessing this is a fairly big change for you so I'm pretty sure just minor adjustments to diet will work. There have been three times in my life where I made a concerted effort to eat better and the pounds melted away instantly.

As for the rest, meh. I won't be much help there.

ALSO:

LOOK HOW ACTIVE BIGRED IS! MUST BE A WOLF

Order a kettlebell. Do this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmHSeilTXfo

I'm not a kettlebell person, but they are great and it sounds perfect for what you want

Do back squats with a barbell in a rack (i.e. not with a smith machine or any analogous machine like leg presses) for 4 to 8 reps 3 sets across. Will seriously fuck your shit up and is probably addresses the objectives of like 8 different exercises in about 1/4 of the time it would take (including core strength). There's a lot of data to suggest that the sheer central nervous system stress that a back squat or heavy deadlift produces will cause all sorts of useful hormones to kick in for building strength and muscle mass across your entire frame, not just your back and legs.

For days when you don't have access to a barbell or rack, you can always do front squats with a big dumbbell, and chin-ups are probably the most practical upper body exercise on the planet.

More jogging. Less food late in the day. Less beer.

Go to an all night rave, take drugs, dance all night, rinse and repeat.

Buy a TRX. Watch a bunch of videos, work out in your room, outside or in the shitty little gyms in the hotels. Stop eating carbs or run your fucking heart out.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by OngBonga

Go to an all night rave, take drugs, dance all night, rinse and repeat.

---

for once i agree with onga bonga.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by wufwugy

Order a kettlebell. Do this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmHSeilTXfo

I'm not a kettlebell person, but they are great and it sounds perfect for what you want

---

Hmmm, could possibly do this on weekends at home. Carrying a kettleball on the plane, probably not...

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by jyms

Buy a TRX. Watch a bunch of videos, work out in your room, outside or in the shitty little gyms in the hotels. Stop eating carbs or run your fucking heart out.

---

Seems pretty awesome but I'm a little short on $300 right now...

Keep it in your luggage

Regardless you can do a lot of the same stuff with basic dumbbells that people do with kettlebells

Cut out most, if not all, sugar in your diet.
More water
Pilates

Adding a 20kg hunk of iron to your checked bag during travel is likely to reduce your overall quality of life about 216% more than the enhancement of fitness would increase it.

Doh. Didn't think of that

Just get in a gym. Bodyweight exercises are generally much more hardcore than what can be done in the gym. They're usually way too easy or way too hard. It's a product of bodyweight being constant. Any non-beginner has to basically workout at the same intensity as this guy if he sticks to bodyweight stuff and wants to get anything out of it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gA3MUJyHzY

Just get in the gym and do some circuits. Anaerobic endurance is where the true "in shape" is at

Do you have a public pool near you? Swimming is good cardio + great in hot weather.

For core strength you could try some yoga poses. Can be done anywhere and should help flexibility.

http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/fin...ategories/core

Quote:

---

Disclaimer: Beefcakes can go elsewhere...

---

A+

It's been a week without me
And she feel weak without me
She wanna talk it out but
Ain't nothing to talk about
Unless you talkin bout freakin out
Then maybe we can work it out

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by bikes

A+[/COLOR]

---

No bikes, you are a+

Use the hotel stairs instead of the elevator.

Have you ever tried using a calorie journal? I stopped using it regularly (and am now re-fatted a bit) but for the 6 weeks that I used the MyFitnessPal app, I lost about 8 pounds. You have to use it fairly religiously to monitor calorie intake and exercise (calorie burning). It has a very handy bar code reader that immediately puts all the info for most things into your app. Also has a huge data base were you can get a decent ballpark for at least calories which is your biggest concern if you're trying to lose weight. Eating out can be tricky to get everything added into your journal, but a good estimate can be done sometimes, and gives you motivation to eat simpler shit. Having a decent ability to estimate 1 t. vs. 1 T. vs. 1 cup is also helpful.

I've heard FitBits can be used in conjunction with these as well to monitor activity but that's $100 or so.

You have to stop drinking good beer :sadface:, and if you still want to drink, switch to something that is Alcohol and Club Soda, or Water. I suggest Jameson and water, or gin and club soda.

I also hate treadmills but rather enjoy the elliptical because it's easier to watch Netflix (which is key for me to avoid the exhaustion I feel from aerobic stuff). I'm not sure if those are one in the same for you. My weight lifting focuses on lunges, pull-ups, dips, push-ups, various kinds of situps, and various combination exercises that impact several muscle groups at once. I tend to circuit train, moving from exercise to exercise quickly with little rest. Sweating my ass off and keeping my heartrate up.