How Does this WannaBe Tarzan Stay in Shape in Bali?

First, here's some more leaping in keeping with my Tarzan tradition.  Watch out Below!!

...and where'd my shorts go??  Usually, going to exotic islands like Bali really gets me motivated to do absolutely nothing.  However, this is the exact opposite of how I felt this trip.  Normally when I'm overseas for projects such as films and The Amazing Race Asia, I am so uninspired to do anything.  In fact, I just tell myself to "write off" that period I'm traveling and then take care of business after I return.  I guess you can call it an "I.O.U" to whoop my own butt back to shape. 

One thing that I've learned over and over again is that there are no short cuts and you don't get anything for free, especially when it comes to your body.  When I was young, it was easy to eat and drink all I wanted, but I think getting older makes all of us have to be more conscientious about how we take care of ourselves.  I used to be able to wolf down all sorts of food like it was going out of style.  Now, I try to watch what I eat more and how much I eat.  I don't think I am eating any smarter, but I do think I am getting "wiser" from all the good and bad experiences with overeating unhealthy foods. 

Here in Asia, we're flooded with all these misleading advertisements from slimming centers and beauty spas.  According to them, you can just pay a chunk of money, go to their center, undergo some of their services such as body wraps, muscle stimulation machines, etc. and look slimmer.  I can't begin to tell you how much further that is from the truth.  In this day and age, anyone can look great in a picture with all the digital touch-ups the advertisers do now to deceive you.  That's why you usually never see them around...cuz you wouldn't recognize them! So for now, I'll just say that there's no rocket science when it comes to losing weight and getting in shape...Just Eat Less and Work Out More.  Period.  With the constant barrage of health and fitness information from every direction and trajectory, it's easy to get confused and duped.  I like to use this simply as a reminder to work out.  We aren't reinventing the wheel here or anything so let's just get the original one rolling!

With all the demands are commitments in our so-called lives, it's easy to get distracted and forget about that workout you've been telling yourself to do all day, all week, or all last year.  Since I had a lot of down time in Bali, I promised myself I'd break a sweat a few times.

Starting with some simple stretching and jumping jacks to warm up...

...it's time to do some exercises that we all know and maybe don't love without having to go anywhere or pay someone.  I start off with pumping out a few sets of fifty pushups...

If standard pushups are too easy, then it's time to elevate your game...

These incline pushups are a lot harder, and I almost literally kissed the asphalt after I did about forty reps so be careful!

Fortunately, I had a tree nearby that was willing to lend its branch to me so it was time to be a Tarzan Temp again and do some pull ups...

I remember one time in my life I popped off forty pull ups in one set.  Now, I'm happy to heave myself up fifteen to twenty times.

Now, here's something I used to do after each water workout I did back when I was on the crew (rowing) team at CAL.  We called them "Maximums"--all you do is stand in one place and jump as high as you can for ten or more reps...

Of course, you gotta be prepared to push yourself and enjoy the burn, and you'll only take out what you put into your workout.  Again...NO rocket science involved. 

Now that I've done some of the basic moves, it's time to elevate my workout--and anyone else who chooses--to the next level with a revolutionary new exercise resistance band called Loopz, which was designed and engineered by the talented and beautiful Wong Li Lin. So what da Heck can I OR YOU do with it? 

We'll find out soon!!