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Hi Everyone!

Well I’ve returned from my two week caravan holiday in the South of France, had a lovely time could have stayed a lot longer! The only things i missed was the comfort of my own bed and my gym!

Having a week off the training and dieting doesn’t hurt every now and again, but any longer may start to eat away at your hard earned results. As I had a two week holiday this year I decided that I was going to still try to eat fairly well and get as much exercise as I could fit in without cutting into my relaxing holiday too much.

I decided to put together a whole body resistance routine which I could complete first thing in the morning without cutting into the days activities, and also without the use of gym equipment. My routine was as follows:-

Bodyweight Full Squat (performed very slowly and controlled) – 3 sets 12-20 reps
Calve Raises (performed on the caravan step!) – 3 sets 12-20 reps
Press ups – 3 sets of 12-20 reps
Pull ups (performed hanging from a branch by our caravan!) – 3 sets 12-20 reps
Tricep dips (performed on the side of my bed!) – 3 sets 0f 12-20 reps
Shoulder side raises (performed with 2 shopping bags) – 3 sets of 12-20 reps
Ab crunches – 3 sets of 12-20 reps

I performed this routine 3 mornings a week. It was designed to keep my muscles active and to prevent muscle loss, not to build any new muscle.

Along with this resistance routine I tried to keep myself as active as possible. I decided to give myself a rest from my usual cardio which involves mainly running, and include alot of swimming, walking, tennis and a few other holiday activaties that me and the family could enjoy together.

I have to say that doing this allowed me to enjoy my holiday to it’s maximum, and I am very pleased to say after taking some measurements now i’m back to normality, that I have had no muscle loss or fat gain during my holiday!

If you are coming up to your holidays, and you want to keep in shape while you are away, I would highly recommend that you throw in as many fun exercise activities that you enjoy as possible. Also why not try my holiday routine above, it will prevent muscle loss on long holidays and only takes 30 mins to complete.

If you are having a short break, a week or less, then having a rest from weight training especially will do you no harm at all. In fact it will give your body chance to recover from your training.

If you are off on your hols, have fun! I’ve got no more planned for a while so the posts will be coming thick and fast again!

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