Workouts On The Road

Today Tammy and I are leaving for a 3-day business seminar in Chicago and I just wanted to get a quick post out to everyone and thought it would be appropriate to give you some tips on getting your workout in on the road.

Many hotels offer a fitness center, unfortunately the so-called fitness center is nothing more than a few treadmills and maybe (big maybe) universal weight machine. So how do you workout when traveling.

1. Take Some Light Equipment With You. I always try to take a band w/ door attachment and a small foam roller (both can be purchased from Perform Better - see link on our web page). These two pieces of equipment along with your body weight will give you everything you need to get a good workout.

2. Choose 4 and Repeat. Choose 4 exercises: one single leg exercise, one upper body pulling exercise, one core exercise, and one upper body pushing exercise. Perform each for 30 seconds with no rest until completing each exercise, then rest 30 seconds to one minute and repeat 3-4x

Example:

BW Lunge 30 seconds

Band Row 30 seconds

Plank 30 seconds

Push Ups w/ Mountain Climber 30 seconds

Rest 30 sec - 1 min and repeat 3-4x

Takes 15-20 minutes

3. Focus on Recovery. When traveling it is good to focus on helping your body recover, especially if you have been working out pretty hard. To help your body recover make sure to foam roll at least once a day. If you do the above workout spend 5 minutes afterwards on the foam roller.

So the next time you are on the road try the above workout and you will stay on track with you workouts and progress. It's not the best workout, but it beats doing nothing or waiting for some sweaty guy to get off of the single piece of equipment in the hotels fitness room.

Live Fit,

Josh

www.defined-fitness.com

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