training on the move
After taking a break in the south of france I was inspired to write a post about exercise options when you’ve got no facilities near you….
If you travel alot or, like me, feel you need to exercise even when on holiday (i’m an addict) you will find that lack of facilities / equipment / time can make it difficult to get a good workout.
Having experimented with many different travel workouts over the years I can share some tips:
1. Use your own body weight as resistance.
For this all you need is yourself and a small floor space. With these two things you can perform literally hundreds of different exercises targeting most muscles in your body.
Here is a very simple bodyweight workout that, completed with minimal rest in between exercises, will give you a good cardio workout whilst hitting all the major muscles in your body.
See if you can complete 2 x 20 repetitions of each exercise (do more or less reps to adjust difficulty)
- Press up (chest, shoulders, triceps and core muscles worked)
- Dips on a chair/bench (triceps)
- Squats (Glutes, Quads and Hamstrings worked)
- Crunch + oblique crunch (stomach muscles)
- Burpees (legs + core)
- Cobra (back)
2. Take some minimal equipment with you
eg. Stretch cords or a (deflated) swiss ball. These two pieces of equipment are very light and portable and will give you much more variety and often a greater challenge than having no equipment.
3. Use the great outdoors
You don’t have to go to a gym to train - some studies even prove it is more beneficial to train outdoors than in a gym.
david@sculpt.me.uk
