Band and Body Weight Workouts for Travel

Spring break is coming up and summer right after that! I am starting a band exercise video series on my YouTube channel so you can workout on the go! HERE is my YouTube channel

The great news is that you can modify almost any existing workout routine for body weight/band work.

So I am going to show you a workout in my upcoming workout called Hourglass Extreme and then modify it for band and body weight.

So why is this idea coming into my head right now? Well like I said, spring break is upon us... But I also have a little news of my own. We are moving to the beach!

The husband just accepted a position in Port Aransas, Texas which is a little town on a barrier island outside Corpus Christi, Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. We are ecstatic and nervous all at the same time. My kids and I are staying in town to finish out the school year to sell the house while my husband is going to live in our camper there. Once the house sells, we will be living with my in-laws and then moving into the camper until we find a house. So... my fabulous home gym will be going away for a while very soon. And there are no public gyms in this new town. I know, what the heck?! Maybe my new job needs to be training the people of the town and offering out my home gym time for membership LOL

So, my plan is the take my body and my bands with me for any situation. I also plan on having my Bowflex SelectTech dumbbells too, but I might not always have access to them, who knows?!

So let me walk you through how to modify any existing workout for band and body weight.

Below is a sample of my upcoming workout Hourglass Extreme which will be available for purchase very soon!

Regular Workout with Full Gym Access 

 Hourglass Extreme Week 5 Day 3

Exercise	Sets x Reps	Rest
Single Leg Hip Thrusts	4x8
Banded Face Pulls	4x15	60
Deadlift	PR--4x3
Shoulder Press	4x10	60
Seated Behind the Neck Press	4x10
Quadruped Banded Straight Leg Hip Extension	4x10
Ab Wheel	4x10	60
Front Raise Lateral Raise	4x10
Pull Through	4x10
Side Plank	4x30s	60
Bent Over Rear Delt Raise	4x10
Standing Banded Hip Abductions	4x10
Squat with Curl and Press	4x10	60

Modified Workout with only Bands and Bodyweight

(red exercises are changes, black stayed the same)

Exercise	Sets x Reps	Rest
Single Leg Hip Thrusts	4x8
Banded Face Pulls	4x15	60
Banded Deadlift	4x15
Banded Shoulder Press	4x15	60
Banded Seated Military Press	4x15
Quadruped Banded Straight Leg Hip Extension	4x10
Plank Walkout	4x5	60
Banded Front Raise and Lateral Raise	4x10
Pull Through (use band instead of cable)	4x15
Side Plank	4x30s	60
Banded Bent Over Rear Delt Raise	4x15
Standing Banded Hip Abductions	4x10
Squat (bodyweight)	4x15	60

                                  

As you can see, with bands you need to increase the reps generally and there is usually an easy substitution. Of course, bands are not useful for pushing through personal records. So that is off the table, but the idea is that you will be using bands and body weight forever! They are amazing for getting a great pump and hypertrophy. And most certainly better than doing nothing!