Home Sweet Home…

There is no place like home… I’m finally back home again after almost a month on the road. My girlfriend Trish and I flew to Vegas, bought a new car (Camaro SS), and drove it back back home. We had an absolute blast, it was our best vacation ever. We started off by driving the old Route 66 from Santa Monica, California to Chicago, Illinois. This was the best part of the trip by far, it’s almost like going back in time as a lot of the towns and communities have been kept they way they were back in the mid 1900’s.

If you have never driven Route 66, then I’d highly recommend you add it to your “To Do” list. It’s the ultimate road trip!

After we finished Route 66 we drove east, crossed the Canadian border in Maine, drove across Atlantic Canada, and then took the ferry across to Newfoundland.

Below is an overview of our Cross North America Road Trip.

I’ve posted pics from our road trip on the Total Fitness Bodybuilding Facebook Page, just click on the links below to see the pics…

Santa Monica Pictures

Route 66 Through California Pictures

Route 66 Through Arizona Pictures

Route 66 Through Arizona & New Mexico Pictures

Route 66 Through Texas Pictures

Route 66 Through Oklahoma Pictures

Route 66 Through Kansas & Missouri Pictures

I’ve still got a lot more pics to post up, I should have them posted within the next few days.
So you can check back for those… 😉

Keeping Fit While Traveling

During our road trip we did keep with a pretty good workout and nutrition plan. Now I’ll admit that we were not following a strict pre-contest diet plan or anything like that, so we had some flexibility. But we kept active with regular workouts and ate healthy the whole time.

Here are a few of the things that we did to keep consistent while traveling…

– We kept a cooler with us and stocked it with protein bars, trail mix, cottage cheese, and fresh fruit. That’s what we snacked on during the day in between meals.

– We had protein powder and greens powder and we had a couple drinks each day. Usually 1 in the morning and 1 in the evening.

– When we’d eat out at a restaurant we would start each meal with a large garden salad. This allowed us to keep lots of green veggies in our eating plan.

– When ever we had a combo meal that offered french fries, we asked the server to substitute vegetables or a garden salad instead. Fries are one of the worst things you can eat for piling on blubber (high-carb & high-fat all rolled into one) you are best skipping them altogether.

So even though our eating plan wasn’t super strict, it’s still was quite healthy by applying these simple tips.

In addition to that we also hit up several gyms along the way for regular weight training workouts.
I’ve posted up a couple training videos that we shot along the way at the following links…
Back Workout, Leg Workout, and Upper Body Workout

And when we couldn’t get to a public gym or a hotel gym for a workout we would workout in our hotel room with bodyweight exercises and rubber fitness band exercises. If you are looking for good quality rubber fitness bands, I highly recommend the Body Lastic Bands at: www.BodyLasticBands.com

Now while this certainly helped us maintain our level of fitness during our road trip, both Trish and I are really looking forward to getting back to normal and kicking our training up to the next level.

I’m getting the competitive itch once again and I think there’s another bodybuilding competition in store for me this fall. I’ll keep you posted with more details about that… 😉

all the best,
Lee