Tips to Stay Fit and Healthy On Summer Vacations
If you’re anything like us, every once in a while you have to take a much-needed vacation. It’s always hard to keep up with your workout routine while you’re on the road, especially when you’re staying in hotel rooms and being forced to eat out a lot. It can be hard to find the time to get your daily workout in, especially when you’re away from your personal trainer who usually motivates you to get moving. Everyone needs a little inspiration and advice sometimes, so while you’re traveling on you well-deserved summer vacations this season; keep these fitness and healthy eating tips in your back pocket. Don’t forget to send us a post card!
Tips & Tricks:
- Don’t succumb to the chips, pretzels and peanut snacks provided in bulk to you by the airlines. You can’t bring liquids through security, but you can bring your own food, so throw some fruit, veggies or nuts in a Ziploc bag and you’ll be on the path to healthier travel habits before you even leave the tarmac.
- If you’re traveling by car, you can steal an idea from Sara Wiles, a fellow nutrition and fitness expert. Just grab a little cooler and pack it full of your nutritional necessities. Use jars and Tupperware to keep things fresh. Some ideas of things to throw in? Consider: carrots, homemade salad mixing, granola, apples, tangerines, water, tea packets, mozzarella sticks and almonds. Some dark chocolate for dessert and a treat for skipping the fast food havens is a nice perk too.
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3. Don’t have access to gym? That’s okay. There are simple body weight exercises you can knock out in about 30 minutes for a good HIIT workout without any free weights or machines at all!
ARMS:
- 5 push-ups
- 1 full bridge
- 10 tricep dips on a chair or a bed
- 10 incline push-ups
- 5 burpees
BACK:
- 20 bird-dogs
- 30 seconds of Supermans
- 1 full bridge
- 15 short bridges
- 30 seconds of Supermans
LEGS:
- 10 squats
- 20 lunges
- 10 side lunges
- 15 standing calf raises
- 5 jump squats
- 10 Bulgarian lunges using a bed or a chair
CORE:
- 30 second plank
- 15 v-up crunches
- 20 side or oblique crunches
- 20 second side plank
- 30 second plank
If you complete this full round twice, you’ll sweat it out for about 35 minutes in your hotel room. Then you can confidently draw yourself a bubble bath, head to the beach or grab a drink with an umbrella in it. It’s your vacation, spend it however you want!