Keep The Muscle Over Summer

[ViperJ]

Hey i had been in a weight lifting class all year but now that its summer i wont be lifting any wieght. What would help me keep the muscle until next year? I dont have a weight bench and all the gyms are to far away. Thanks

[lamehonda]

can you get a cheap bench and some cheap free weights? If not, good luck keeping the muscle

[RSX-S777]

Do it the old fashioned way. Push-ups, pull-ups, crunches. Pilates-type stuff using your own body weight as resistance. Won't be nearly as effective as free weights, but you can keep some tone.

[lamehonda]

and when you go back to school you can sport a beautiful dancers body
I agree, just don't tell anyone you did pilates and you should be ok

[Oz]

Grab some small hand weights and every day just do some fast shaping excercises (lighter weights, more reps, faster contractions). Will keep the muscle you have and tone it nicely.

[ElPeliador]

Drink alot of milk and when I mean alot, I mean alot. If you cant buy weights, save up those milk jugs and fill them with sand and water. Use them wisely. Do some light cardio to keep those muscles toned nicely. Otherwise good luck keeping those muscles. Weightlifting is a yearly thing if you want to keep gaining mass and keep those muscles.

[cpcg32]

abs - crunches, leg raises, scissors, a lot..
tri's - field goal push-ups
bi's - chin ups
chest - push ups
back - pull ups
quads - single leg squats
hamstrings - lunges
calves - single leg calf raise

For push ups put a something heavy on your back. There are lots of things around the house that can be used for weights: gallon jugs, books, chopped wood, etc.

[Implode]

Make sure you continue to intake lots of protein. Like people suggested earlier there are plenty of challenging body weight exercises. Pull ups, handstand pushups, single legged squats.

[Porsche]

No gym is too far away, I used to walk 35 min to my gym almsot everyday at Uni.

[Hyatus]

eat creatine and chicken while u bang your girl friend!! just kidding!!!

Try doing handstand push-ups thier extremly hard, also do u have a lake or river or water hole near u? Try swiming and pulling wieghts while running in the water. Also i recomend Rocky 1 2 3 and 4 in all his videos he never uses a bench, and some of the exercises he does are actually very responsive!! later

[ViperJ]

Originally Posted by Hyatus

eat creatine and chicken while u bang your girl friend!! just kidding!!!

That seems to work. I did go out and buy a bench and some hand weights so everything is good now. I forgot about the pushups but those seem to really help.

[Passivality]

word, i would just recommend doing elevated situps, and push ups, try wearing a backpack full of books or something to put weight on your back, do 100-200 when u wake up, and 200-300 before u go to sleep, if you can't do this many work your way up. it works.