My brother Drives a truck; Portable gym ideas?

[Destructodave]

My brother is a cross country truck driver and really is wanting to get back into working out and shape. He takes probably 3 6 day trips a month give or take. I'm looking for stuff he can take with him in the truck to get workouts in on the road, but it has to be really portable because there really is no room to store much stuff.

We have been looking at getting some power blocks and the travel bench or iron masters and the travel bench.

What are some other good things he should have? He's probably gonna have to pull over and do most of this outside the truck. What are some good resistance bands, etc.

Any help appreciated.

[cgc]

Not saying bands are the end all be all of working out....but they sure do fit nicely in a little bag.

http://www.amazon.com/Bodylastics-Re...0015358&sr=8-1

[dskoo65]

i like the ironmasters, BUT i think they would be a pain in the a** for this type of application.

id say the powerblocks and their travel bench would be a good compact choice. ive seen guys put PB's in their lap and do dips with their back to the bench. if he could figure a way to do pullups (maybe off the back of the truck?) he could get a pretty thorough workout.

[captainmorgan0]

Kettlebells

[golfwolf]

for laughs. Go to :40 seconds into the video

[ndmike99]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdZVWeA7a-Q

[Source7769]

didnt sylvester stallone do an arm wrestling movie and workout while driving a truck? .. over the top?

[Destructodave]

Not saying bands are the end all be all of working out....but they sure do fit nicely in a little bag.

http://www.amazon.com/Bodylastics-Re...0015358&sr=8-1

Those look pretty cool too. Ill see how much hes willing to spend. The powerblock/travel bench combo gonna set him back a fair penny at first.

i like the ironmasters, BUT i think they would be a pain in the a** for this type of application.

id say the powerblocks and their travel bench would be a good compact choice. ive seen guys put PB's in their lap and do dips with their back to the bench. if he could figure a way to do pullups (maybe off the back of the truck?) he could get a pretty thorough workout.

Yea that is the #1 thing im trying to figure out for him to get some more lat work in besides rows and pullovers with the dumbells. I ask him if he could do inverted rows or something under the truck and he said nah its all welded together.

Right now the travel bench and power blocks seems his best bet and he should be able to get a good workout in with those. I was lookin for some of those heavy duty suspension straps maybe he could toss around something and do pullups. I was wondering if maybe the trailer had a lip on it and he could use one of those door frame pullup sets. I even ask if there was somewhere he could strap the sport bench down since it has a pullup attachement and he said nah he will barely have room for the travel bench and dumbells most likely. Appreciate all the help.

And yea i make fun of him about over the top. He actually does pull over and do situps and pushups lol. He says there are actually small gyms in some of the truckstops across the nation, just they are so few and far between and he could be off his shift and the other driver driving pass them up while he sleeps.

[billy]

I'd go with the suspension straps. For example, something like the TRX.

http://www.amazon.com/TRX-TSPABX-Sus.../dp/B002N59QKU

He can stop by a place that has a tree or hopefully there's something on the top of this truck he can attach it to.

[Zensuji]

Gymnastic rings FTW

[Jimbo.]

Gym rings for sure. He could throw those over a tree branch at a rest stop or something. No reason to waste money on the TRX when rings are cheaper and more versatile.

I also like the powerblock and bench option. I would also want a kettlebell or two. I think with all that you could get some pretty good workouts going.

[Destructodave]

Gym rings for sure. He could throw those over a tree branch at a rest stop or something. No reason to waste money on the TRX when rings are cheaper and more versatile.

I also like the powerblock and bench option. I would also want a kettlebell or two. I think with all that you could get some pretty good workouts going.

ill look into the rings for him. The powerblocks actually have a kettle bell handle attachment on their website. I dunno the price of it, but he would probably have to pay it for the low amount of room hes got to carry stuff on the truck

[billy]

If you don't want to waste money on the TRX then make your own for under $20.

http://rosstraining.com/blog/2010/01...nsion-trainer/

[Squeebo]

Resistance bands are perfect for this type of thing. But for it to really be a solution, he needs a good set of all kinds of sizes and types, and he needs to learn lots of exercises he can do with them rather than just doing the few most obvious ones he can think of like presses and curls.

[STR8OUT]

what about having him join a gym that is nationwide like LA Fitness or Planet Fitness? He would just have to find them and map them out on his drives

[Jimbo.]

ill look into the rings for him. The powerblocks actually have a kettle bell handle attachment on their website. I dunno the price of it, but he would probably have to pay it for the low amount of room hes got to carry stuff on the truck

I would stay away from that kettlebell thing they sell, it is very gimicky. I messed around with it one time in a store and I cannot imagine trying to perform snatches with one of those.

what about having him join a gym that is nationwide like LA Fitness or Planet Fitness? He would just have to find them and map them out on his drives

This is also a good idea. I would still say he should carry some equipment with him, but at least he would have the option of hitting a full gym every once in a while.