With the summer season slowly approaching many of you will take advantage of that much needed vacation time. Vacations are a great time to relax and enjoy eliminate all worries from your life. With that in mind your workout does not need to be pushed to the side just so you can enjoy another margarita. Working out on the road does not need to take place in a gym or with a bunch of equipment. The only equipment you need is the mindset that you are going to physically challenge yourself to further benefit your body. If you have the right mentality to approach your workout then you are doing yourself  a great deal of good. Making large gains in workouts is very difficult to do, but as long as your maintain them you are on the right path. Maintaining your physical fitness is a lot better than losing all the gains you have made. In the one week of not exercising, you can lose up to 10% of the gains you previously had. If you were able to bench press 225 lbs then after a week of relaxing on your vacation you will only be able to bench roughly 200 lbs. To sum all this up, prepare yourself mentally to maintain your workout routine and do not let a lack of equipment stop your from doing just that.

A simple drop lunge is a great way to stay active while on vacation.

Vacation is a great time to try the old fashion body weight burpee.