The bed makes a decent leg press, although it weighs much less at the top of the range of motion than it does at the bottom. The greater the angle between the bed and the floor, the more weight is on the headboard and the less is on my legs. I tried putting stuff on the bed to make it heavier but they just slide off.
It works better for chest press because the range of motion is shorter (arms being shorter than legs) so the angle between the bed and the floor stays small, increasing average resistance throughout the motion. It's still easier at the top than the bottom though.
I'm okay doing bodyweight only for shoulders. I still can't do a handstand push-up with full range of motion so I can keep working on that. I needed something for my back though and none of the door jambs are deep enough for pull-ups, even if I had the finger strength to maintain a crimp grip for that long (which I don't).The best I've come up with so far is single arm rows with my simplicity descending life line. It's not very heavy but if I do a lot of reps with it I eventually feel a burn.
The hotel initially provided a plastic wrapped package of water bottles with a handle that would've worked better since it was heavier. Unfortunately I drank most of the water bottles in it and the hotel refused to give me another. They don't want to give me more than 5 or 6 water bottles a day so I've been calling at different times of day hoping to get a different staff member that doesn't know I've hit the quota.
Between that and drinking less water, I've gotten pretty close, and the plastic wrapped package has some structural integrity again. By tomorrow it'll be fully restocked. I think it'll be about twice as heavy as the simplicity descending life line. Too bad I'll only have a couple more days to use it.
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