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(See attached image) http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/epic-18-month-exercise-trip-around-the-world/story-e6frfq80-1226334453882 No sweat: Man's Epic 18-month exercise trip around the world Save this story to read later BY KATE SCHNEIDER news.com.au April 21, 2012 12:00AM Man completes exercising trip around 16 countries Has compiled an impressive video of his feats His 18-month journey spanned nearly 200,000km How to travel the world for free ALSO Why overhead luggage is out of control 3 Watch Exercising around the world The man behind 'Nerd Fitness' decided to self-fund a 16-country, 18-month adventure around the world - by exercising. Play 0:00 / 3:27Scrubber mute Share Fullscreen Related Coverage Obituary: Dr Mike deGruy Liverpool's soccer cat goes viral Caught on camera: The ultimate road trip? Going for a record-breaking trek Ben's is epic no paddle in the ocean SICK of staring at a blank wall while working up a sweat at the gym and longing to spice up your routine? One fitness fanatic has taken his workouts to a whole new level by embarking on an exercise trip around the world. Steve Kamb, 27, went on a self-funded epic 18-month journey that spanned 16 countries and nearly 200,000km. Proving you don’t need gym equipment to keep fit while travelling, he has compiled a video showing him doing a range of exercises and stretches at spectacular locations around the world. The video shows him running out of his house and warming up in Madrid, doing jumping jacks at the stunning Milford Sound in New Zealand as well as the Whitsunday Islands and then skipping in front of Uluru. He exercises on top of mountains, on boats, with Elvis impersonators, in front of temples, at the Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand, the Eiffel Tower, a scenic beach in Thailand and on the famous Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. Mr Kamb, from Massachusetts in the US, said he was inspired when he took his first trip outside of the US to Peru back in 2010 with a friend. He runs the website Nerd Fitness and thought it would be fun to create a video of him doing push-ups at Machu Picchu. That prompted him to organise a trip around the world. But it came at a hefty price. “I decided to sell my car, my furniture, and most of my possessions so that I could book an around-the-world trip,†he said. He spent most of 2011 technically “homeless†while visiting Australia, New Zealand, south east Asia, China, and Japan before jumping over to Europe to explore Spain, France, and Ireland. “My trip began in Australia, and I knew I wanted to come up with a fun and clever way to document my adventure,†he said. “Because I had the footage of me doing push ups in Peru, I figured I'd just exercise somehow in each fun location and figure out how to put a video together after that.†He was also inspired by the “Where the Hell is Matt" videos which show a traveller dancing at various locations around the world, and hopes to pass on some inspiration. “I just hope this video makes people smile, and maybe inspires others to start planning their own epic adventure. “And it doesn't need to be a worldwide adventure either - even just a trip to a place that's always been on the ‘visit someday’ list... there is no ‘someday’." Travel the world for free: Man thinks outside the box Steve Kamb proves you don't need to be stuck in a boring gym to get fit. Picture: Steve Kamb GO STEVE!!

Thanks for the replies guys. 2% milk = 2% fat? Not something I can remember seeing at the market, will have to keep an eye out next time. I was in the habit of 50-100g of almonds/macadamias as a snack awhile ago, is that worth picking up again? (Plus, tasty). Energy levels have been fine, only been going for 30-60 minute walks with the dog after work, had my first actual workout of the year yesterday and felt alright since. Progress is pretty alright, down 3kg in 10-ish days (mostly water, I'm assuming). If that rate keeps up, or if I start stalling exercises regularly in the workouts, I'll re-assess how things are going.

Hey guys, Used to be primal, but it was too hard to maintain when my partner really wasn't too interested. Making a commitment to eating healthier and moving more. For the last week and a half, the weekday diet has consisted of: Breakfast: Oats with skim milk, a banana and 2 coffees (on skim milk) Lunch (post workout): Steamfresh carrots, broccoli and cauliflower (double serve) with smoked Atlantic salmon or smoked Tasmanian ocean trout (120-150g) Mid-afternoon snack: Can of tuna or a mango, coffee on skim milk Dinner: Bigass salad, grilled meat of the day (worked through steak, lamb, pork, chicken, turkey, kangaroo, eel and veal so far). I'm around 175cm, 100kg (I know, I know), averaging 1500-1600 calories, 150g protein per day. Trying to lose fat. Thoughts? Too much? Too little?

5/12/2011: Horizontal Pulls: 30, 20, 15 (PB, aiming for 3x30) Flat Bent Leg Raises: 23, 18, 13 Time: 35 minutes Feeling: Exercise is going well, diet sucks balls. Need to focus or I'm just wasting my time =(

1/12/2011: Kneeling Pushups: 30,30,20 (PB, aiming for 3x30) Uneven Squats: 2x10 per side (met intermediate, next goal 2x20) Time: 40 minutes RT Feeling: Pretty good.

28/11/2011: Had a terrible, terrible weekend, ate far too much junk, spend all of it on the couch in front of the aircon recovering from a party on Sat night. Was extra motivated today, despite it being a million degrees here (ok, it's only 30 degrees, but there's no cloud cover and muggy as hell) Horrizontal Pulls: 26, 19, 14 (PB, aiming for 3x30) Flat Bent Leg Raises: 21, 17, 12 (PB, aiming for 3x30) Head Bridges: 2x16 (PB, aiming for 3x25) Time: 35 minute RT Feeling: Happy that I improved (slightly) in every exercise, totally smashed though, feeling sick. Stupid junkfood.

Hey, I'm in Bris, thus the name =p Depending on where in the CBD you're based, I find the run around Victoria Park (near Spring Hill) a good one.

That's what I figured too, except I've done three straight sessions of close squats. They're really not putting up a challenge anymore, and I don't know if just doing more reps will help get ready for the unevens. I see there's a few vids on youtube suggesting doing the one-legged squats near a pole, similar to the supported squats, thinking of substituting these instead. What do you think? Is the important part doing the plan as RX'd, or in getting to the master exercises?

Thanks for the heads up, see everyone there. On an unrelated note, is anyone doing uneven squats? If so... HOW??

24/11/2011: Kneeling Pushups: 30,20,14 (aiming for 3x30) Uneven Squats: 5 (each side, met beginner, next target 2x10) Time: 40 minutes RT Feeling: Less hot, but incredibly uncoordinated on the uneven squats. Does anyone know of any other progressions to pistols?

22/11/2011: Horizontal Pulls: 32, 18, 13 (tied PB, aiming for 3x30) Flat Bent Knee Raises: 20, 16, 10 (PB, aiming for 3x30) Head Bridges: 2x15 (met intermediate, next goal 3x25) Time: 40 minute RT Feeling: Buggered, felt like spewing on the second set of head bridges....

Welcome to the rebellion xxnu! It sounds like you're making some pretty good progress already, have you actually hit a plateau already or you're just anticipating one in the future? Good to know I'm not the only Brisbanite on the site anymore =)

21/11/2011: Kneeling Pushups: 30, 16, 10 (aiming for 3x30) Uneven Squats: L 5, 5, R 0, 2 (aiming for 1x5 of each) Time: 30 minute round trip Feeling: Hot. Uneven pushups are freakin' weird, I need to find some videos that demonstrate correct form 'coz I'm sure I'm doing it very wrong...

16/11/2011: Horizontal Pulls: 20, 16, 11 (aiming for 3x30) Flat Bent Leg Raises: 2x15 (met intermediate, next goal is 3x30) Head Bridges: 2x10 (next goal 2x15) Time: 40 minute round trip. Feeling: Hotter. Pulls felt really good, just couldn't keep them up.

14/11/2011: Had a week in Tokyo where I did nothing but eat delicious Japanese food and drink gigantic delicious Japanese beers. Then a week of training in Melbourne, where my hotel had a built in Krispe-Kreme. Epicfoodfail!! Kneeling Pushups: 20,20,15 (met intermediate, aiming for 3x30) Close Squats: 2x20 (met progression, need to buy a cheapie basketball) Time: 30 minute round trip Feeling: Bloody hot, it became summer while I was away. 32 degrees + no cloud cover + no shade = hot.

5/11/2011: Been in Tokyo for a week, no workouts. Going to Melbourne tomorrow, PROBABLY no workouts. Going back to square 1 (or in some cases, 2) the week after next, but will be looking to get back to my (laughable) peak pretty quickly after that!

Back from my week in Tokyo, I reckon I've put on a bunch of weight - Japanese food is the second-best thing on earth. (The best, of course, is Japanese beer). Would be launching into my focused, make-up-for-lost-time 5 week challenge today, except I've been called down to Melbourne for a week to deliver some training. So that's another week of hotels, late nights and no routine. Super-ultra-focused 4 week challenge awaits me on my return!

27/10/2011: Pullup Negatives: 2x5 (real issues with the muscles in my upper arms, just under the shoulder, where they attach to my back. No idea wtf is going on there, but they just wouldn't do ANYTHING. Will try to find why later) Flat Bent Leg Raises: 2x15 (met intermediate, next goal 3x30) Head Bridges: 2x10 (PB, aiming for 2x15) Time: 15 minutes Feeling: Happy enough with everything except the pullup muscle question. Combination of flat bent leg raises and head bridges = feels like a punch to the gut =p

25/10/2011: Kneeling Pushups: 30, 15 (met intermediate, next goal 3x30) Close Squats: 2x20 (met progression) Time: 30 minute round trip. Feeling: Feeling like I should start incorporating rest days, I'm still stiff from the workout before every time this week. Will move to every second day, once the Japanese trip is completed.

Both front shoulders, not sure if it's pushup or pullup related, or a bit of both. Also, my 'bat wings' down my back shoulders. I'm basically fine so long as I don't need anything off a high shelf =p

24/10/2011: Horizontal Pulls: 23, 18 (destroyed by head bridges), 13 (aiming for 3x30, PB) Flat Bent Leg Raises: 5, 10 (met beginner, next goal 2x15, I can tell that completing this progression is going to take a long, long time) Head Bridges: 8, 4 (met beginner, next goal 2x15, holy heck these feel weird, so much harder than you'd think they'd be!) Time: 35 minutes round trip. Feeling: The first set of pulls felt strong, made it to about 18 before I started struggling, NO KIPPING in these figures (I'll admit that my previous sessions always have 4 or 5 kipped pulls per set - stomping these out. This isn't CrossFit!). Two new exercises = muscle groups being worked in weird combinations = wahhh!

That's smart fitness =) Can't stomach green tea, but black coffee with no sugar might be worth a go... =p

That is a GREAT idea, and there are some epicranky photos in there!! Did it work, do you think? Did it help you stay on track? Kudos for the inspirational material =)

Life Goals: 1. Cut down on the diet Cokes. Doesn't matter if they're diet, they can't be good in the long run. Aiming for zero tolerance, A<=3, B<=6, C<=9. 2. Go back to Tokyo, have an awesome time, don't feel too guilty about whatever I eat/drink while there... but don't let it become a roadblock to fitness. Fitness Goals: 1. Get from intermediate horizontal pulls to at least intermediate jackknife pulls (stretch goal = into full pullups) 2. Get to full pushups 3. Track everything I eat during the 5 weeks. Japan is this Friday for one week, challenge will run this week until then and once I get back. We've looked forward to Tokyo for too long to sacrifice anything for it, even for our health =p It's only one week, afterall.

Go Spezzy, go!! Keep up the pace!