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5 Travel Workouts: Get In Shape While Traveling

Posted on / By groupmaster

This LEGO knows all about staying in shape while he travels.

Ever said, “I’d love to get in shape, but I travel too much”?

If so, this guide is for you!

Today we’re gonna teach you exactly how to get fit no matter what type of business trip you’re on.

We’ll cover:

  • 5 Quick Travel Workouts (no equipment required).
  • How to eat healthy while traveling.
  • What are some of the healthiest fast food options?
  • How do I eat a healthy continental breakfast?
  • How to make exercise on the road a priority.
  • How to overcome jet lag (and other tips)

It’s time to get you a specific action plan that you can take with you on your next trip.

This is the philosophy we teach to all of our 1-on-1 Online Coaching Clients. Many travel quite a bit, so having “worldwide accountability” and a specific plan for travel has been a game-changer for these Rebels.

Are you trying to learn a new exercise, lose weight, or build muscle, but find doing it on the road a challenge? Let us help you – click below to learn more.

5 Travel Workouts You Can Do Anywhere

Where's this LEGO going? Will he workout once he gets there?

Without access to your favorite gym, it can seem like you are doomed to remain sedentary until you get back home.

Have no fear! These 5 workouts you can do anywhere and at anytime!

#1) THE 20-MINUTE HOTEL ROOM WORKOUT

Set the alarm clock to 15 minutes from now and see how many circuits you can do!

  1. Bodyweight squats: 20 repsDo a proper bodyweight squat to work out your legs
  2. Incline push-ups: 15 reps (feet on floor, hands on edge of bed or desk)Staci doing an elevated push-up
  3. One-arm luggage rows: 10 reps (each arm, use your suitcase as your weight)
    Jim doing a luggage row
  4. Reverse crunches: 10 reps

The reverse crunch is a great way to engage your core during your bodyweight workout.

Click right here for more advanced hotel workouts you can try.

#2) BEGINNER BODYWEIGHT WORKOUT

No gym required for this workout!

If you have a body, you can do this circuit! If you’re a brain floating in a jar, email me. I’ll think of a workaround for you.

  1. Bodyweight squats: 20 reps.
  2. Push-ups: 10 reps.
  3. Walking lunges: 10 reps each leg.
  4. Dumbbell rows (using your luggage/laptop bag as a weight): 10 reps each arm.
  5. Plank: 15 seconds.
  6. Jumping jacks: 30 reps

Run through this circuit three times. If you don’t have milk in the hotel room for the rows, find something of roughly the same weight with a good handle. Your luggage might work perfectly.

3) THE PLAYGROUND WORKOUT

Throughout the world, you’re often never that far away from a playground or a park.

Get a workout in there!

  1. Alternating step-ups: 20 reps (10 each leg).
  2. Elevated push-ups: 10 reps.
  3. Swing rows: 10 reps.
  4. Assisted lunges: 8 reps each leg.
  5. Bent leg reverse crunches: 10 reps.

4) ADVANCED BODYWEIGHT EXERCISES CIRCUIT

Was that Beginner Bodyweight Workout too easy for you?

Then try out this more advanced circuit!

  1. One-legged squats: 10 each side [warning super-difficult, only attempt if you’re in good enough shape].
  2. Bodyweight Squats: 20 reps.
  3. Walking Lunges: 20 reps (10 each leg).
  4. Jump step-ups: 20 reps (10 each leg).
  5. Pull-Ups: 10 reps [or inverted bodyweight rows].
  6. Dips (between two chairs): 10 reps.
  7. Chin-ups: 10 reps [this might be tough in a hotel room, so try an inverted bodyweight rows with underhand grip].
  8. Push-Ups: 10 reps.
  9. Plank: 30 seconds.

5) THE ANGRY BIRDS WORKOUT

This is Nerd Fitness. There’s no way I’m going to miss including a nerdy-themed workout.

  1. Bodyweight Squats: 30 reps.
  2. Push-Ups: 20 reps (or 40 knee push-ups).
  3. One arm rows: 30 reps (each arm).
  4. Planks: – 60 seconds.

6) SPEED RUN WORKOUT

If you’re busy on the road, it might seem like you have no time to train.

Enter the Speedrun Workout.

In the video above, Coach Matt walks through exactly how to sneak in a workout, even with “no time.”

How to Eat Healthy While Traveling

What should you eat when you travel? How about fruit (the non-LEGO kind)

Here’s what I do specifically while traveling:

#1) Skip meals strategically. I know that if I skip breakfast, it means I can eat a slightly larger lunch and have an extra drink with dinner and STILL come in under my daily calorie expenditure.

#2) Prepare for bad meals. I love me a good steak dinner with a side of mac and cheese and sweet potato fries and dessert and a few beers. When I’m on vacation or celebrating, that sounds like heaven to me.

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However, I know if I always eat like that, I’m going to pack on lots of weight.

So I plan ahead for a big meal, that way I can enjoy it guilt-free and not see the scale budge. I eat protein and veggies for lunch, strategically undereating so that I can overeat for dinner – and not gain weight in the long run.

#3) Never eat 2 bad meals in a row. We have a big “never two in a row” rule at Nerd Fitness, as I explain here: