Tyler Parsons BodyBlog

Hey BodySpace, I just wanted to start off by saying thanks to everyone for all the thoughts and prayers everyone has written to me and so on! The small town I reside in got hit pretty hard. The eye went right over us and we received a lot of high winds due to that. My house was spared though, thank god. There was no damage to the house at all. Just debris all over the yard and so on. Again thanks. All right I know you don’t want to hear anymore about that lets get to the training and meal plans I have made up while we are in this time of Recovery from Ike.

It may sound crazy but it is complicated still trying to grow while you have no gym to workout in and you can’t get the proper food for your meals. You don’t have any power to cook and if you did have power you can’t get the foods you need to make those meals. I almost went to jail because I wanted to train. My father is a local high school coach so I have access to the high school weight facility. I went up there on Monday got an ok workout in. Grant it the gym was wet, the bars had rusted, the plates were slick, it was extremely humid, it was dugeon conditions. I grinded it out though and had a great workoutl. Anyway I came back up there on Tuesday and as I was walking into the gym three crazy woman custodians about bit my head off.To make a long story short they were gonna call the cops and try to get me arrested for working out. Believe me, I let those ladies have it. I mean if I had there job I would be pissed to but they had no reason to speak to me the way they did. So commited was I. I almost went to jail because I wanted to train so bad. So I calorborated with the help of Brad Kaczmarski, author of The Importance of Bodyweight Training, and put together a routine I have been doing since Tuesday.

It’s all bodyweight training but if you can add external weight such as a weighted vest, dip belts, etc. can be very useful. We are trying to grow and get better here so treat this workout as you would at the gym.

 Pushups:

1. Standard Pushup:30 reps

2. Feet elevated standard pushup: 30 reps

3. Extended ROM Pushup: 30 reps

4. Feet elevated extended ROM Pushup: 30 reps

Repeat steps 1-4 with added external weight such as weighted vest.

 Inverted Row

I used two bar stools and a closet pole to do these. You have to be creative in times like this.

1. Horizontal (Head level      with feet): 4 sets of 15

Pullups

Now everyone I used the side of my house for this. The roof actually. This is a more advanced technique but again I had to make due.

1. Roof Pullup: 5 sets of 10

Squat

Bodyweight Squat: 40 reps

Weighted Vest Squat: 40 reps

Gobelt Squeat: 40 reps

Bodyweight Squat: 50 reps

Split Squat

1. Split Squat: 20 reps each leg 3 sets

Calf Raises

1. Calf Raise two legs: 20 reps

2. Calf Raise one leg: 20 reps

3. Calf Raise two legs: 40 reps

4. Calf Raise one leg: 30 reps

Jump Rope

1. Two feet: 5 sets 100 reps

2. One foot: 10 reps right leg, 10 reps left leg all the way to 100. 5 sets

Burpees

1. Burpees: 10 sets of 10

Cardio

1. 30 minute run

2. Picking up limbs, branches, fences, etc.

Don’t think manual labor isn’t work beleive me it is! Just think of helping your neighbor as a workout.

MEAL PLAN

Breakfast: AdvoCare Max 3, 30 minutes before breakfast

Meal Replacement Bar, Shredded Wheat, and Protein Shake

Lunch:

AdvoCare MNS Max 3, 30 minutes before lunch
3 cans of tuna or sardines, apple, beef jerky, etc.

Dinner

Usually the same as lunch but in smaller portions.

I know eating wise its not much but I do snack throughout the day. You have to make due when stores are not open and you are eating the best you possibly can. Again, be creative. Find what works for you during time like these and use it.