CAMPING WITH DUMBBELLS
Stay strong, healthy, and active wherever you go.
A private community for RV’ers who want practical health and nutrition guidance, and a community of people who love to travel without putting their health on pause.
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Fitness is a tool, not the destination.
Tell us if this sounds familiar. You bought an RV to:
• Explore new places
• Hike the trails
• Visit family and friends
• Discover amazing coffee shops (ok, maybe that’s just us ☕😁)
Us too! And like you, we believe staying healthy and consistent with our workouts makes every adventure better.
Fitness doesn't have to change just because your scenery does.
Why We Started Camping With Dumbbells
Through our online fitness business, Digital Barbell, we've coached hundreds of people from all walks of life.
As we shared more of our RV adventures online, something unexpected happened.
RVers started asking us the same questions over and over...
How do you stay consistent while traveling?
What workouts do you do at campgrounds?
What do you cook in your Airstream?
We realized there wasn't a place on the internet built specifically for people who loved RV travel and wanted to stay healthy without making fitness a full-time job.
What if there was one place where we could gather with of these awesome people, and answer all of those questions every day.
Camping With Dumbbells is that place.
Inside The Community You’ll Get
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Fast Answers From Coaches That Live The Lifestyle
Ask us about:
Workouts
Nutrition
Injuries
Protein
Supplements
RV cooking
Travel fitness
You'll always hear directly from us.
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Monthly Fitness Focus
Stay motivated with monthly fitness challenges:
✔ Steps
✔ Protein
✔ Fiber
✔ Mobility
✔ Sleep
Who doesn’t love a good challenge?
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Surround Yourself With People Who Get It
Members-only discussions about:
Nutrition
Mindset
Travel
Longevity
Habits
Behind-the-scenes
The conversations social media never gets.
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Campfire Happy Hour
Once every month, we go live.
Fitness
Nutrition
Travel
Questions
Conversation
Bring your favorite drink.
Our Philosophy
We don't believe fitness should become your life.
We believe it should make your life better.
It should help you...
✔ Hike farther
✔ Set up camp with ease
✔ Load and unload worry-free
✔ Feel strong and confident in your body
✔ Explore longer
✔ Say yes to every adventure
Fitness Should Fit Your Lifestyle, Wherever You Are
Whether you’re at home, at a campground, or on the road, your health shouldn't depend on having the perfect setup or the perfect schedule.
The Camping With Dumbbells community helps RVers build a healthy lifestyle that works with real life: simple workouts, practical nutrition, and a supportive community that understands the balance between staying healthy and enjoying the adventure.
Because fitness is not the destination.
It's what allows you to fully enjoy the journey.
Your RV is built for adventure. You should be too.
What People Are Saying
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We feel stronger, look better, and it’s a long term plan. Blakley and Jonathan do a great job at making it fit your lifestyle so there are no excuses! Just results. Thanks guys!
Jill & Gray Friedrichs
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Working with Jonathan and Blakley has made staying in shape on the road so much easier. Their programming fits perfectly with our RV lifestyle.
Brad Driver
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I've spent years trying different workout programs, constantly falling into the cycle of starting, stopping, and starting over. My progress with Jonathan & Blakley, has been incredible. Not only can I see and feel the difference, but I've built confidence in my ability to stay consistent. I can do these workouts whether we're on the road in our Airstream or at home.
Liz Pereda
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Jonathan and Blakley have helped us define what healthy fitness and nutrition look like in our 50's. Though we are very active, we see growth from the principles they teach, with the phrase "we have Digital Barbell to thank for that!" being spoken often. With full-time RVing in our near future, we look forward to working with them to migrate to an RV lifestyle.
Jimmy & Tara Tidwell
Who is this for?
🚐 You love RV travel
🏃♀️You want fitness to support your lifestyle
💪🏼 You want functional strength
👋🏼 You want community with others
✔️You want direct access to experienced coaches
Join Camping With Dumbbells
We'll Save You a Seat Around the Campfire
Camping With Dumbbells isn't just about workouts.
It's about surrounding yourself with people who believe the healthiest years of life don't have to be behind them.
It's about staying strong enough to keep saying yes...
...to the next hike.
...the next bike ride.
...the next National Park.
...the next adventure.
We'd love to have you join us.
-J&B
Our Story
1997 - Houston, TX
A 17-year-old beach-bleached Floridian (Jonathan) walks into Footlocker and asks for an application. He gets the job, where Blakley, a beautiful Louisiana-born kneeboard champ, holds the position of head cashier.
Fast forward 5 years, they tie the knot at sunset at a rural bed and breakfast, and the rest is history.
Since then, we’ve lived in 3 states, owned multiple businesses, and walked through the many highs and lows that we all face in life. God has been faithful through it all.
In 2014, Blakley opened a gym in TX where many lives were changed.
In 2018, Digital Barbell was born as a way to help more people outside of the gym.
In 2019, we moved sight-unseen to Boise and went full-time with Digital Barbell when our dear friends gave us a chance to live rent-free while we got the business rolling.
The business grew, we adopted 2 crazy rescue dogs, and in 2021, we bought our first RV. The Little Guy!
Even though our little 4Runner was outmatched, we made great memories, and discovered some pretty amazing places in that 21’ teardrop camper.
“What if we got something bigger? Maybe something we could travel in full-time?”, we asked.
Enter the “Big Guy”. Our 2023 27’ Airstream International.
After several short trips, we fell in love.
We did a “test month” of life on the road, with mixed feelings in the end.
But we pulled the trigger, anyway.
In February of 2025, we gave up our house and hit the road full-time in the rig.
Thousands of miles, countless campgrounds… Life on the road was great, but challenging.
Who knew you had to be a full-time meteorologist, travel agent, and financial planner while also holding down your real job?!?! 😂
We learned how to navigate staying on track with our health, our workouts, and our nutrition while logging behind the windshield of our Super Duty.
Today, we’re back to part-time RV’ing as we wrap up the details of our “home base” house we’re remodeling in the TX hill country.
Life is good, God is good, and we’ve found purpose in helping other people become the healthiest version of themselves.
We’re glad you’re here.
Frequently Asked Questions
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When you join, you'll get access to our private Facebook community where we post workouts, host discussions, answer questions, and connect with the other members and us every day.
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The community is hosted inside a private Facebook group, so you'll need a Facebook account to participate. If you don't currently have one, many members create an account just for Camping With Dumbbells.
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Camping With Dumbbells was created specifically for people who love the RV lifestyle. If that's you, you'll feel right at home.
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Absolutely! Most of our members have a home base and use their RV for weekend trips, vacations, or seasonal travel. The workouts, conversations, and community are designed to support you whether you're at home or out exploring.
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Not at all! It's not about where you are today; it's about where you want to be tomorrow. Everyone is welcome inside.
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Not at all! We believe all foods can be part of a healthy lifestyle. Inside the community, we'll help you learn how to eat to support your goals without the typical restrictions common in diet culture.
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Absolutely! That's one of the biggest reasons this community exists. Ask us anything about workouts, nutrition, travel, injuries, supplements, or healthy living. If we don't know the answer, we'll do our best to find it.
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Very! We love being part of an active, supportive community. You'll regularly see us answering questions, sharing ideas, posting new conversations, and cheering members on.
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Every Campfire Happy Hour is recorded and available in the group for one week afterward, so whether you're driving, hiking, or sitting around your own campfire, you can catch up whenever it fits your schedule.
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Camping With Dumbbells is a community built around the RV lifestyle. You'll get direct access to us, live meetups, and conversations with like-minded RVers.
If you're looking for fully customized workouts, nutrition coaching, and one-on-one accountability, that's exactly what we offer through Digital Barbell.
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No cost! Join today!