Yea I'm struggling to motivate myself but I'm still getting through it. I just feel like whatever I do is going to do 10% of what I did in the gym (as I have no weights at all). I've tried a backpack full with bottles of water but that still only equates to about 10kg.
I've decided I may as well cut during this time as I'm going to lose a load of strength anyway.
Edit - Any ideas for heavy things I can find in a supermarket to fill a backpack with?
You can get things like those massive water containers (20L+) which you can either fill with water or building materials like sand but then they won't fit in a back pack...
After faffing about, I've decided the secret is to keep the number of exercises minimal, but hammer them, because there's no way I can really 1:1 my gym routine atm and a lot of stuff is either far too easy or too impractical. If you're used to only doing 5's and stuff like that then it is a bit of a culture shock - I know I'll have lost peak strength, but I shouldn't lose much mass as long as I'm basically going to failure on these exercises a couple of times a week (which is okay because the systemic stress of failing isn't the same as failing a x3 bw deadlift or something) - but losing size shouldn't be an issue really if you're able to do these:
Dips (w/forward lean to get the pecs involved) with a slight pause at the bottom - I'd only start to stress if I could do more than 20-30 reps with a loaded backpack for sets, if not that's horizontal pressing sorted. Or you could work on one-arm pushups (or Archer pushups)- again unless you're doing those for 20+ reps a side I wouldn't worry.
Handstand push-ups, either against the wall or the upside-down L ones where you're feet are on a chair or something (ideally with hands elevated to get a greater ROM)... that's vertical pressing sorted, because unless you OHP your bodyweight for fun, then these are haaaaaard.
Pull-ups and inverted rows (ideally with feet elevated to the same height as the hands), both with pauses at peak contraction should again be challenging enough to keep nearly everyone busy for a few months when it comes to horizontal and vertical pressing.
Pistol squats - using a rope/band and elevating the standing leg (to help you if you aren't flexible enough), these hammer front of the leg and glutes, and again a pause at the bottom makes them harder - I've been doing the
deck squat variation too - especially if you really try and keep positioning consistent. No it's not as nice as just squatting with a bar on your back but what can ya do.
Nordic curls and kneeling leg extensions are also incredibly hard and require assistance unless you've attained god-tier strength even for low reps.
That covers nearly everything - throw in some band lateral raises/face pulls/curls/abs - and even if it's not the same as heavy bar work, it's likely the difference between going back and having say, a 10% drop in performance that takes several weeks to bounce back from and a huge drop in performance that takes months to correct.
