{"id":4241,"date":"2011-06-16T12:52:34","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T16:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/?p=4241"},"modified":"2011-07-08T12:02:58","modified_gmt":"2011-07-08T16:02:58","slug":"home-sweet-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/home-sweet-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Sweet Home…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
\nThere is no place like home…
\n<\/em>
\nI’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.<\/p>\n

We started off by driving the old Route 66 from Santa Monica, California to Chicago, Illinois. <\/p>\n

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.\n<\/td>\n

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

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.<\/p>\n

Below is an overview of our Cross North America Road Trip.<\/p>\n

\"Cross
\nI’ve posted pics from our road trip on the Total Fitness Bodybuilding Facebook Page<\/strong>, just click on the links below to see the pics…<\/p>\n

Santa Monica Pictures<\/a><\/p>\n

Route 66 Through California Pictures<\/a><\/p>\n

Route 66 Through Arizona Pictures<\/a> <\/p>\n

Route 66 Through Arizona & New Mexico Pictures<\/a><\/p>\n

Route 66 Through Texas Pictures<\/a><\/p>\n

Route 66 Through Oklahoma Pictures<\/a> <\/p>\n

Route 66 Through Kansas & Missouri Pictures<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve still got a lot more pics to post up, I should have them posted within the next few days.
\nSo you can check back for those… \ud83d\ude09 <\/em><\/p>\n


\nKeeping Fit While Traveling
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/u><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Here are a few of the things that we did to keep consistent while traveling…<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n– 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.<\/p>\n

– 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.<\/p>\n

– 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.<\/p>\n

– 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.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

In addition to that we also hit up several gyms along the way for regular weight training workouts.
\nI’ve posted up a couple training videos that we shot along the way at the following links…
\nBack Workout<\/a>, Leg Workout<\/a>, and Upper Body Workout<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n
\nAnd 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you are looking for good quality rubber fitness bands, I highly recommend the Body Lastic Bands at: <\/p>\n

www.BodyLasticBands.com<\/a>\n<\/td>\n

<\/a.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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. <\/p>\n

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… \ud83d\ude09
\n
\nall the best,
\nLee<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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