Why is it so hard to maintain our normal fitness and nutrition routines when we start traveling? It’s something nearly every traveler struggles with even if you’re just heading out for a week of vacation. There will always be a destination to explore, a new food to try, or maybe just the desire to relax […]
Fitness From the Road: Kettlebell Workout
Have you worked with Kettlebells before? Most hotel gyms have recently added these to their fitness rooms and they are a great way to get a high intensity cardio and strength workout. Make sure you ask a trainer to teach you the proper form, because you can injure your back if you just start swinging […]
Fitness From the Road: Bodyweight Travel Workout
More travel workouts from the road. This is all body weight so no excuses this time! 10 Burpees 20 Pushups 30 Squats 40 Crunches 50 sec Plank Repeat 3 – 5 x Get to the gym (or your living room) and your workout in today! Leave a comment with how you did and what muscle […]
Travel Workout: The Final Countdown
Yes, in my head I hear Europe singing to me every time I do this workout. You don’t have to listen to all 5 minutes, but at least fast forward to minute 1:59 and you too can experience what I hear! A fun workout I do with some of my clients is called The Final […]
Quick Sweaty Workout
Just as the name implies, this is a quick sweaty bodyweight workout you can do at home or on the road. Josh and I completed this workout in the living room of our parent’s house as a nice break from travel planning. It ended up being pretty tough to get through all 5 sets.
Running in Kilometers
How easy it was to put on my tennis shoes and go for a run in Chicago with the Chicago marathon months away. Both Josh and I habitually ran 3 – 5 times per week without thinking about it. I believe that a runner’s high is real and addicting – and I was a living example. […]
Exercise Philosophy While Traveling
No Excuses. I hear them from my clients constantly: no time. work too much. on vacation. eating out all of the time, no energy, too hot or too cold, life gets busy. and on and on and on… Josh and I will be traveling (not vacationing), and will be outside of our normal routine. Our […]