Let me paint a picture for you.
You're on the road traveling either for work or vacation.
You know you need to workout and you don't have access to a gym nearby.
And you're stuck in the hotel gym, you head there and this is what you find.
A rack of dumbbells only up to 50 pounds.
You think, I'm screwed, no chest workouts, no back workouts, nothing heavy.
Guys not so fast, I'm going to show you an intensity technique that you can take with
you anywhere.
What's up guys, Jeff Cavaliere.
ATHLEANX.COM
On location here in Port St. Lucie, Florida, home of the Mets Spring Training.
Guys I find myself in hotels often and like you when you get to a hotel gym, you might
walk in and get a big sense of disappointment.
You take a look at the dumbbell rack and you see nothing higher and heavier than 50 pounds.
Now with you guys knowing all about ATHLEANX Training and how we stress progressive overload,
you might feel like you're screwed.
And it's not even worth training and working out and you just kind of walk out of there.
And skip your workout on the road.
That could be a big mistake, because remember there's more ways to skin a cat, right.
More than one way.
You've got to be able to have overload in various ways and techniques.
And sometimes the old tried and true method of just adding weight, not only is it not
necessary.
But sometimes it's good to mix it up.
So what I wanted to show you today is exactly what I would do here.
If I found myself in a hotel gym, with limited weight but still want to be able to get an
overload.
And create really an unfamiliar stimulus that maybe I haven't used in a long long time.
So it's great to freshen up.
Not just a chest but any workout you're doing.
So basically, what we want to do is, I'm going to grab the 50's because normally I've worked
out with 80's or 90's.
I'll grab the 50's which would not be enough weight for me.
And I've got to figure out a way to make them feel like 90, ok.
So the technique that I have here is one in which we're going to take the weights, lower
them down, hold them in our hardest position, our sticking point.
Our low point, our weakest point of our exercise, hold them for a count of one.
Lift that weight up.
On the second rep we're going to hold it for a count of two.
On the third rep we're going to hold it for a count of three, in that sticking point.
We're going to continue to do that all the way up to our 10 to 12 rep failure.
Which is what we normally try to strive for with that heavier weight.
Watch how difficult this becomes.
If you haven't tried this, give this a try.
So we start down here at the sticking point for one, we come up for one.
We hold down here, one, two, and we come up.
Down, one, two, three and come up.
One, two, three, four and up.
One, two, three, four, five, up.
One, two, three, four, five, six, up.
I'm only half way there!
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, up.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and up.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine up.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten.
And that's intensity guys.
Again a completely lightweight, half of what I would normally use and we applied a technique
that drove that intensity through the roof.
Again, two benefits, one you probably haven't used it ever or in a while so it's going to
give you an overload you haven't had for probably a lump of time.
And secondly it's going to allow you to get your workout in and stay consistent even when
you're on the road.
Like I find myself a lot.
Again guys, doesn't matter if you're a business traveler.
Doesn't matter if you vacation.
You're going to find yourself in some optimal training environments.
I need to be able to arm you with techniques to get you in and get that work done regardless
of where that is.
If you haven't already guys, and you want a program that you can travel with and arms
you with all the techniques you need, come onboard ATHLEANX.
And get on Team ATHLEAN, see what it's like to start training like an athlete.
And start being able to train anywhere.
Speaking of guys, even if you don't even want to work out with any equipment, our ATHLEAN-ZERO
Program travels extremely well.
Because it requires nothing.
I could have done it up in my hotel room if I wanted to.
But if you want to get into the gym and use the equipment that's most common.
Things like a pullup bar, just some dumbbells and something to lay on, I've got you covered
with ATHLEANX as well.
Head over to ATHLEANX.COM right now and grab your training program.
I'm out of here, work is done down here.
I'm heading back up to Connecticut in the next couple of days.
In the meantime guys I wanted to make sure I not only got my workout in but I got my
video out to you as well.
I hope you guys enjoy this technique.
Let me know with you comments below.
See you guys soon.