Fitness Lifestyle Meets The Travel Bug

peaceout_aly

Maintaining a fitness lifestyle is easy - when you're at home and have a consistent schedule. Next week, my traveling begins - I head to Chicago, then Las Vegas, then I'm home for a week and head to Iceland. I pretty much have it down on how to maintain the nutrition aspect of things - opt for grilled meat, steamed veggies, avoid alcohol and desserts. That part will be easy. However, I don't want to completely lose the strength aspect of things while I'm away either. When I'm in Chicago and LV I'll be staying in hotels and will have access to a hotel gym, which I'm sure will have minimal equipment, mostly being cardio. My plan is, over the course of the 5-days that I'm away to fit in cardio daily, and three lifts - power legs, back and arms. Then, when I arrive home I'll hit the gym for heavy legs...assuming the hotel gyms won't have a rack for squats, etc.

What do you all do when you're away and DON'T have access to a gym?

Side note: I know there is the option to just not work out, but traveling back-to-back like this, I don't really want to just take a break and then feel totally out of shape when I return home. I'm also getting surgery in November so I'm kinda cherishing the work outs up until that point.

middlehaitch

I do most of my trips 3 weeks+.
I workout and lift while at home so I can enjoy the activities I am planning so I don't lose much in the way of strength gains. I gave up trying to hit the gym, but do have a bodyweight routine that travels with me (nerdfitness, it's simple fast and effective).
I usually start back one weight back from when I left, but I am old and don't want injuries.

I would think you would lose little strength if you can fit in your workout while you are home for a week between trips.

Cheers, h.

tomaattikastike

I never travel without my running shoes, and especially when I'm at a conference all day, going on a run either morning or evening is a must for me, and also let's me see the area in a different way. Strength training might be more difficult - I have taken an exercise mat for bodyweight exercises in the past but often don't. However, if that's something important, you could also ask at a local gym (even before your trip) - the response really varies, many (at least that's been my experience in Europe) will even let you do a free "trial session" even though they know you're not from the area.

Sunnybrooke99

Anytime fitness seems to be pretty widespread, and your key fob will work at any of them after a month. I think you have to have a year contract, but you could find out ab that. It might be worth the cost.

lorrpb

You can do a lot of strength training with TRX and it's very portable. Can use in your hotel room.