Staying Fit While Traveling

If you’re constantly traveling, you might find that staying fit is nearly impossible. Don’t give up too soon. You can do it. It takes some planning that revolves around your reason for the trip. If you’re off on a vacation with the family, choose a hotel or motel with a pool. If you’re going to a place to hike or an amusement park, you’ve already conquered the problem with exercising. Your whole trip will be one long walk. If traveling is all about business, you need extra planning. If there’s a gym where you’re staying, use it.

Both business and pleasure trips require meal planning.

Research before you go. Most restaurants now have an online presence. You can check their menus, prices, and reviews. If you’re on a driving vacation, plan your driving sessions around stopping at restaurants that offer healthy meals or take a cooler filled with healthy food. Locate a grocery near your hotel or motel to buy healthy snacks or nutritious food that doesn’t require cooking for those days you don’t want to eat in a restaurant.

Choose alternative methods of exercise besides walking, hiking, or swimming.

Have you ever tried resistance bands? They’re inexpensive, lightweight, and take up little room in your suitcase. Learn fitness routines using them. When you’re on the road, you’ll be ready to workout. Learn bodyweight exercises that don’t require any equipment. Squats, push-ups, and planks are a few. High-impact calisthenics create a lot of noise. Find low-impact ones to use to curtail complaints from the neighboring room. Find exercises that don’t require a lot of space to do.

Use our fitness services.

Whether you choose the live, on-demand, option or our personal training team, you’ll have Team Jari with you everywhere you go. You can watch it on your computer or your phone. There will be no interruption of your exercise program when you travel. You don’t have to stick with anyone else’s schedule or hope a local gym is open. Your exercise program is available when you need it.

• Check out the gyms in the area. Some gyms offer one-day to one-week temporary passes that are relatively inexpensive. The pass provides use of all the equipment, so you don’t have to miss a workout.
• If you’re doing bodyweight exercises, take an exercise mat. Doing push-ups or any exercise that requires you to lay on a hotel room floor can be disgusting if you consider all the feet that were there before you.
• If your trip is a vacation but you haven’t chosen a destination, make it one where you’ll be more active. Spend time at a beach swimming or in an area where you can hike, bike, surf, or rock climb.
• Besides planning food to take on a driving trip, plan to stay hydrated. Don’t include sweet soft drinks or even fruit juice. Vegetable juice, unsweetened tea, and water are good options.

For more information, contact us today at Get RIPPED! by Jari Love