Exercise with limited resources/space

Grizzled

After lots of false starts I have finally managed to get onto a regular schedule of working out over the last couple of months. I'm happy with the results (going mostly for core strength and cardio/endurance rather than trying to get big). I mostly do free weights and running/elliptical.

In a couple of weeks I'm off to do field research, for about six weeks. During that time I'll be living in a shack, in the jungle, in Central America. Therefore there are no weights or machines, nowhere to run, and not a lot space or resources. But I would like to not lose all the progress I've made so far. Also, we mostly live on fried chicken and rice and beans, so I will need to work out just to maintain my current level of fitness.

So: what exercises can I do in this situation? The goal is improving cardio and building overall strength and tone. I thought of pushups/situps, lunges and burpees, but I am looking for additional ideas.

Also, what could I do for equipment, specifically weights? I was thinking about filling some water jugs with sand or something like that, and I think I could make a barbell from pipes, concrete and tin cans.

MegaMan001

I'm pretty sure living in the fucking jungle and eating chicken, rice, and beans qualifies as it's own goddamn workout.

You probably should be more concerned with eating enough rather than working out enough.

I mean, walking around the jungle will probably burn a lot of calories and keep you fit.

bowen

I doubt it's fried chicken. Probably BBQ chicken.

BlazeFire

Maybe take a look at bodyweight exercises. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodyweight_exercise

Cabezone

Pullups, if you want to maintain some sort of cardio add jumprope.

Zombiemambo

Burpees. Look up Convict Conditioning, it's all about bodyweight exercises done in a relatively small space.

spool32

Also, the Insanity routine only needs about a 9ft space to get a serious cardio workout.