The body weight exercises are interesting, but can’t you get most of that from normal situps, pushups, and maybe lunges/squats? I’d say come up with a couple variations on the same themes so you’re doing slightly different things each day — no sense in doing the exact same kind of situp/crunch everyday…

As far as what I do, I’ve been trying to go to the gym 4 days a week for about 45 mins each day. Two body parts a day (3–4 exercises each) that only get done once a week, for a total of 8 body parts. The fourth day is optional since it is biceps and traps, which are kind of throwaway muscles.

On top of that, running. I was doing a spring workout about twice a week and a 2-ish mile run two days a week.

The thing that is most pertinent to this discussion, and something I’m going to start doing more of once I get the hell out of school is plyometrics. I think this is exactly the kind of stuff Brian would like — box jumps, etc. It’s a great workout and needs little or no equipment. Another thing I’ve always thought about is getting some of those giant therapy rubber bands and trying to construct a bit of a workout around those while traveling for extensive amounts of time. However, I’m not traveling, so it hasn’t come up.

Also, I was thinking that you could have created a giant Better TP Lantern (or whatever it was called) from the trashcan. Unless it was not a metal trashcan, in which case you could have melted a heap of plastic.

However, I’m thinking maybe you should’ve kept that other part of the trash can. It could come in handy.