Deyv, you staying in hotels, staying with people, or camping?
You could bring heavy duty plastic bags, fill them with sand when you get there, and that will give you instant dumbells. You could do tons of exercises using dumbells, as I am sure you know. Doing pushups using various arms width will hit your chest and triceps. That will help keep your muscles worked, but won't help you gain any mass. Keeping your fingers and thumbs together in a triangle shape will give your triceps a good workout.
Originally posted by I Are Baboon Deyv, you staying in hotels, staying with people, or camping?
You could bring heavy duty plastic bags, fill them with sand when you get there, and that will give you instant dumbells. You could do tons of exercises using dumbells, as I am sure you know. Doing pushups using various arms width will hit your chest and triceps. That will help keep your muscles worked, but won't help you gain any mass. Keeping your fingers and thumbs together in a triangle shape will give your triceps a good workout.
I will be camping, and not much sand in NZ. the different width push ups is a good idea. I don't want to gain any mass but I know from previous long hiking trip that I loose some upper mass.
Sorry, I wasn't clear on the triangle thing. When doing pushups, keep your hands close together, forming a triangle with your index fingers and thumbs. Pushups are a lot tougher to do this way, and most of the stress in on your triceps.
If you can't get sand or dirt, try filling a couple of containers with water (plastic milk jugs work well).
You could do pullups on a low-hanging tree banch to keep your back worked. Pullups are the best back exercise you can do.
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