ADVENTURES IN TRAINING: Camp Trip with The Girl

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Trail-mix, surfboards, a pair of gym rings and some awesome camp spots to check out. The girl and I took a killer road trip down south last summer to Wilsons Promontory, one of the coolest national parks i've been to. Great company too.. Photos courtesy of Nikki To (her photos here!)

Paleo man discovers first gas stove

Breakfast burrito - ham, salsa and eggs. Boom!

Food was a major priority, ensuring that stocks of fresh delicious eggs, meat and vegetables were always at hand. Coffee was left to that of the local skilled baristas that inhabit the small towns and communities of southern NSW and Victoria - i would like to take this opportunity to thank those guys (assuming they have internet?). Dinners were usually left to the RSL's and local pubs. I remember a very decent schnitzel had somewhere at Mornington Peninsula.

Nikki in gymnastic-domination mode (has the advantage of Chinese genes)

Like our breakfasts built of solid fundamentals, so to was our ring training - L-sits, rows, dips and inversions - just enough of them to build up an appetite and keep the holiday-no-training blues away.

Mandatory surf expedition at Wilsons Promontory. Damn cold water but nice waves for a couple of learners. Nikki got up on her first go!

And of course, we did some natural-gymnastics and calisthenics in the natural environment. Probably the coolest type of training when you're on the road is getting out onto the rocks, into the bush, the sand - whatever is available to you - and coming up with some fun movements and workouts. Don't take it too seriously, and also try to remember that one of the reasons we spend so much time pressing kettlebells and doing planks is so that we CAN do fun stuff with your body!