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Camping with the family can be a great vacation idea. It is rare to see families enjoying time together anymore, the kids are usually doing their own thing while the parents do theirs. Camping is a way to get away from your normal everyday lives and spend some quality time together.

Do you remember back when you were just a young kid and Dad would come home from work and say, lets go fishing? I remember when I was around ten years old my Dad would come home from work and say hey kid do lets get our rods and go fishing. I was not much on the fishing but I did love the one on one time that I had with my dad on those fishing trips, but what I liked most were the family vacation camping trips. So maybe your family was not like mine, but it is never too late to have a family vacation camping trip.

Some camping areas have log cabins, boat ramps, paddle boats, and many more activities that will make your family vacation camping trip the best family vacation ever. Families can rent cabins and spend a weekend and sometimes a week cooking out and fishing and swimming.

When camping, you might want to bring a radio so that you can keep up with the weather, but other than that, you really do not need any electronic devices. During the day you could fish, swim, and play volleyball maybe even some badminton. Sandwiches are always a family favorite and easy meal when on a camping trip. After lunch, mom and dad can hunker down, enjoy a good book, and relax while the kids play. Nature hikes are a great way to spend some of your family vacation time when on a camping trip.

Camping is a good and fun way to bring the family back together. Camping does not have any distractions such as a cell phone, Gameboy, or television. Sit around a campfire and eat smores while telling scary stories until you fall asleep. Your family will love the closeness and fun time memories you are creating.

Camping in log cabins is not the only way to enjoy camping. You can camp in tents and RVs as well. It is even fun to camp out underneath the stars. Having the stars as your roof is beautiful and you will be able to look for constellations and falling stars while you lay in your sleeping bag.

There is nothing like hanging out with your family playing games and fishing on a camping trip. Many families have a family vacation camping trip family reunion. Imagine having about 100 or more family members to come together and share recipes, pictures, and just catch up on family news. For such a large group you might want to cheat a little and have barbeque catered in for the whole family, but it will still be a lot of fun.

What is so sad is that young people today just are not into camping. They are more into television or Gameboys or cell phones. A family vacation is a time to get to know each other again, regain closeness, and get away from the rat race of everyday life. A family vacation camping trip is a time to relax and enjoy one on one time with the family. Camping trips make the best family vacations!

Those who pursue bodybuilding have different feelings on time off from weight training, with some believing that several weeks of regular bodybuilding workouts should be followed with a break from training of at least one week, while others fearing the very idea of vacation from bodybuilding, to the point that they try to find a workout facility even when they are on a cruise with family or friends. The true answer to how a weight lifter must deal with vacations in order to avoid any significant adverse impact to muscle building or fat loss is somewhere between these two extremes.

It’s very easy to become compulsive with weight training, to the point where skipping a workout brings about worry of substantial muscle loss or body fat gain in a short period, and this can cause those who pursue weight training to actually try and avoid vacations so that they can remain consistent with their weight training workout routines at all times. This to the outsider seems excessive, and there is no doubt that, mentally, living such a one track bodybuilding lifestyle can bring about emotional breakdown, so avoiding breaks from weight lifting workouts completely is never a logical or reasonable choice.

Others aim for vacations from weight lifting every several weeks, performing their weight training and cardiovascular sessions for 4-6 weeks, and then taking a several week sabbatical from weight training before beginning another month long weight lifting and cardiovascular routine. This technique can delay muscle building progress significantly, so I recommend, as an alternative, planning breaks from muscle building around special events (Thanksgiving, visiting family), and saving unexpected vacations for times when sickness surfaces (flu, injuries, etc), so that you can easily move away from weight training workouts for 1-2 weeks during times of the year when you have places to travel to and friends to spend time with, or when you are surprised with an unexpected sickness or injury.

The amount of muscle lost during a break from weight lifting can be substantial if the time away from bodybuilding is considerable, so a reasonable period to vacation from weight training workouts is one week, and preferably, a vacation from weight lifting should never exceed a two week period, as the body begins to burn muscle after 1-2 weeks (depending on individual genetics). If you are taking a vacation that requires a significant time away from your normal weight lifting workout session, consider following an abbreviated schedule, where each body part is trained once per week with low volume, to try and encourage muscle maintenance during a longer period away from weight training. This method can be used for time off from weight training that lasts any length of time, but is vital if your time away from weight training will exceed a two week period. Such an approach allows for quick weight lifting workouts that stimulate the muscle sufficiently to delay muscle loss.

Frequently bodybuilders believe that since muscles grow during rest, long periods away from weights will cause the body to produce superior progress compared with infrequent breaks from weight lifting, and rest will help with muscle building if in fact enough stimulation has occurred through weight lifting, but this also means that lengthy breaks from weight lifting will not only remove the overload necessary for continued muscle building, but also eventually begin to burn away muscle tissue, as the body constantly adapts to the most recent stress, and will begin to eliminate muscle tissue during extended vacation breaks from weight lifting workouts.

In regards to the number of vacations from weight training workouts, this will depend on your lifestyle. For maximum results, the fewer extended breaks you take, the more muscle you will gain, yet a one week break several times each year is beneficial for the mind and body, but only if such periods away from weight training occur at extended intervals, with at least two months (preferably three) of consistency preceding a break from weight lifting.

Also, do not forget the importance of proper diet during a vacation from weight lifting, as abandoning sufficient carbohydrates or protein during vacations from weight training will cause your body to burn muscle, where otherwise only minor negative change will occur. Most are excited about eating during vacations away from weight training, but just make sure to consume sufficient protein during such periods, and aim for carbohydrates at a sufficient level to sustain daily activities in order to prevent muscle loss.