Responsible Lunch

Touring the world; touring a country; touring a state; touring a province; Each and all provide their own opportunities to deviate from your routine of eating whilst eroding your innards at very little expense. Fried food is cheap, creative, satisfying, and provides precisely the comfort a tired or irritated person needs. There have been numerous attempts by me and countless others, no doubt, at reversing the polarities of habitual dietary negligence in favour of 'eating healthy' on the road. Some are successes. But like so many other inevitabilities in life, you'll end up staring down the barrel of a banquet burger at some point on the road.

Home, however, is where your colon and mine gets a rest from the bodily civil war. Above is my go-to cleansing lunch. IN layman's terms, Salad. Duh. Sure, if this was a food blog, my next trick would be to teach you how to make a bowl of cereal -- and it will -- so don't think i'm trying to be impressive or cocky. Try and vary at your leisure:

Raw Kale -- 2-4 leaves, washed, and torn from the stem. Leave them out.
*i like to sub in/add arugula, chickory, or spinach
Red Pepper
Field Cucumber
Raw Tofu
Scallions
Fennel
Olive Oil
Balsamic Vinegar
Coarse Salt
Cracked Pepper
Dijon Mustard
garnish with - raw sunflower seeds/raw pumpkin seeds.

Enough to fill, plenty of vitamins, some protein, and if you've got a vivid imagination you can picture the kale scrubbing all the bad stuff out of your stomach like a plant-matter bottle brush.

SOUTH LONDON CIRCUIT

On what would have otherwise been the last day of tour, Ben and I did a little workout circuit using the best of our surroundings. We were staying in a 3 story house in Wandsworth Town, South London, where our record label office is located. On the top floor is an apartment where bands are allowed to stay. It's a pretty meagre spot, and there's bunk beds (for maximum activities), but it's great to have a free place to crash when we're in the busiest/most expensive city in the world.

Good trivia about this flat is that it's first resident was actually Ian Astbury from the Cult (or so i'm told). i'm sure he was doing precisely the same thing by himself in the mid 80s, contemplating the chorus to 'Nirvana.'

This short workout circuit was done in the middle of a (20kg) kettlebell routine. The kettlebell moves i'll leave anyone to figure out on their own, since a written description is a bit useless in the age of youtube (except for my long winded stories, which despite a photo telling a thousand words, usually exceed that and beyond. All totally necessary).

1) pull ups. Three sets. 5, 3, 2 (or whatever you're comfortable with). We clung to the ledge for dear life, staring certain spinal injury in the face. Actually worked pretty well to stay motivated, though.


2) Decline Pushups. Three sets: 10-15 each time using two 'push up handles' (best way I think I can describe these) that Ben brought along on tour.


3) Squats unweighted. Three Sets: 15 each time. I've no picture to accompany this one, but it was done in the same room as the kettlebelling, which was a tiny kitchen. On either side we were flanked by boxes of Fucked Up merch.



So that was some stuff done in tight quarters. Not the most intense routine, but a good way to round out a whole other circuit of working out. These were done in consecutive steps (1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, etc) without stopping. I'm sure it will get more creative as time goes on. There was a great 'street workout' in Berlin, but no one had a camera on them.

Good stuff.

until next time