How To Hit Up The Holidays

MAXIM fitness guru ALEXA TOWERSEY has some essential top tips on staying fit during your silly season summer sabbatical…

- Alexa Towersey

It’s that time of year again. The most dedicated and hardcore lifters are using their holidays to go to the gym for two hours a day, six days a week, while the rest of you social butterflies are facing a time-crunched, often unavoidable four-to-six-week period packed full of shopping with girlfriends, family get-togethers, parties with mates, even more shopping with girlfriends, more parties and epic hangovers (hopefully not while shopping with girlfriends).

The mistake most guys make during the holiday season is trying to fit their regular workouts into their busier, more unpredictable holiday schedule. This never works. You’re just setting yourself up for failure. So, this year, commit to taking a more proactive approach and make a conscious decision that for a couple of months at the end of the year, you’re going to work with your lack of time, space and equipment. That way there are no excuses — aside from the fact that you’re a pussy.

You don’t need fancy equipment to do an effective workout