Thursday, August 20, 2009

Staying fit in Peru

I plan on exercising and staying fit while in Peru. The speech the British POW's gave to Billy Pilgrim and the other American POW's about staying fit in Vonnegut's Slaughter House Five is quite applicable. No need to read it, I'll sum it up; stay clean, exercise, and stay active. 30 minutes, at least, on most days...Of course like most of my advice on this blog its all trial and error, so i'll keep you posted if I can maintain or not...I follow Crossfit at home, but I don't think I can keep that up in Peru, unless of course my community has some bumper plates and kettlebells. What I do plan on doing is a functional fitness routine based around what I can bring; my portable Rouge Fitness pullup rings, a jump rope, and my body. Squats, pushups, pullups, dips, and situps will probably make up most of my routine. I think the air-squats will definitely get the most laughs from my community. I would love to add running to the list, but i'm not sure how that will go over, I guess it really depends on where i'm at. Heck, maybe i'll start a little gym for my community! I can have a bunch of little Rocky's and Rockitas running around, talking about protein and lactic acid and the killer burn in their glutes!

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