Travel Workout

Okay, fine, you’ve got to travel. Or maybe you get to travel. Whichever the case may be, leaving home and your comfortable exercise routine doesn’t mean you have to skip out on a good workout. There’s really no good reason for just letting your body go while you are out and about. So don’t even start entertaining the one million bullshit excuses no to do a workout. And I think I’ve heard them all. Don’t give me your sob story about the hotel not having a gym, that you didn’t bring any equipment, or that you just don’t know what to do.

Now you do. You can use this workout in any hotel (or any small space for that matter). This is one of my favorites, as a matter of fact. You don’t need anything but the determination to just plain do it.

This is a 3-2-1 Workout. That means, after your warm up, you’ll do 7 rounds of exercises. Each round will have 3 activities. The first one listed (a) is Cardio. Repeat that activity for 3 minutes. The second one (b) is Strength Training. Do that one over and over for 2 minutes. The third exercise (c) is Core. Do that one repeatedly for 1 minute.   

Warm Up: Jog and move in place for 2 minutes.

Round 1:

1. Run in place
2. Alternate between Hindu Pushups (5x) and Squats (20x high tempo)
3. Dead Bugs

Round 2:

1. Alternate between Downward Jacks (10x) and Jumping Jacks (20x)
2. VTVs (100xin each position, repeat)
3. Side Plank Twists (10x each side)

Round 3:

1. Alternate between Mountain Climbers and Upright Climbers (20x each)
2. Alternate between Forward and Back Frog Hops (10x) and Staggered and Stacked Pushups (6x)
3. Leg Lowers

Round 4:

1. Alternate between Heismans (5x) and Scissors (20x)
2. Towel Slaps
3. Starfish

Round 5:

1. Alternate between X-Rotations and X-Jumps (20x each)
2. Alternate between Overhead Chair Press and Bent Chair Pull (10x each)
3. Beach Pose Side Crunches (10x each side)

Round 6:

1. Alternate between Diagonal Reaches (20x) and Starbursts (5x)
2. Alternate between Knee Ups and Down and Outs (10x each)
3. Plank Slides

Round 7:

1. Alternate between Mini Steps moving Forward and Back then Sideways (Do 4 trips back and forth over a 5 foot space, then do the same moving sideways)
2. Cycle through Side Lying  Tricep Pushups (10x each side), Tricep Dips (10x), and Bench Bridges (10x each)
3. In and Out of Hands Down Frog Squat

Finale: End with 2 minutes of jogging and moving in place.