Travel Fitness Tips

Hey, folks, it's Ben Greenfield. And you know, I travel a lot, but there's absolutely no reason that you have to let yourself get out of shape while you're on the go. So today I'm going to show you nine proven ways that you can stay fit when you're traveling. So let's get started. All this stuff is going to fit very easily into a suitcase, the back of your car, an airplane, or wherever you need to take it. First of all, I've got an elastic band. Okay. Elastic bands. When I use these, I actually like to choose the type that are a tube and that have handles. When you've got a tube and you've got handles, you'll find that you're able to do a lot more exercises, everything from curls to tricep extensions to squats to presses. But you got to have something similar to this. There's a few different styles of tubing with handles, but definitely put an elastic tube with handles into your travel bag. All right, next up. Similarly to an elastic band with tubing, it's nice to have some kind of mini band because you can do resisted walks, forwards, backwards, side to side when you attach one of these to your feet. Works very well, and it's awesome for toning your hips, your butt, your legs, and working your core when you have a mini band like this. So I'll be sure to put a link to a mini band at Ben Greenfield Fitness for getting a mini band for your travel. Now, the last thing in kind of the elastic category is this. It's a gym stick, and they make a big version like this as well as a telescoping version that can fit into a suitcase. It's basically a stick with two elastic bands coming off it. And these would attach to your feet or your hands. And you can do everything from pressing to squatting to lunging, to a ton of different exercises that they do a really good job of putting up over at the Gym Stick website. So I'll put a link to this as well under the video. But this is a gym stick. I like to have this around. You can throw it in your car. You can also get the telescoping version and travel with it. All right, next up. This is really cool. It's called a Fit 10, and it lets you exercise with nothing but a door. So this is a band or a belt that you attach to your waist, and then you can do resisted sprints. You know, I can do like five 60 second sprints and feel like I ran a mile when I used this like at a hotel room in the door jam. The other thing that it comes with is kind of a way to get a full body upper body workout. It's basically two handles and I do have a video that I've shot before that I'll put a link to underneath this video@BenGreenfieldFitness.com but you basically put this in the door and you can do resistant upper body exercises. Really cool. Full body workout. Okay, next thing is a jump rope. I like a jump rope when I've got limited space. When I don't feel like running. I do like to go with a weighted version of a jump rope just because you get a little bit more metabolically demanding workout. Jump rope though, single leg, double leg, do your rocky tricks, whatever works for you. But a jump rope works really well to travel with. Kind of along those same lines running shoes. I like to get like a racing flat type of running shoe because it'll really compress well to fit into a suitcase or into a small space. These are the K Swiss Krus. There's a lot of other types of running shoes that you could use, but try and get some running shoes that you actually have something to put on your feet to go exercise. Alright. Next up, I use the Internet, I'll use my phone. There's a few different apps that you can use or websites you can visit to help you find places to exercise. Airportgyms.com is one really good one. Another really good one is a swimming website called swimmersguide.com that lets you look up swimming pools. I also like to use a free account with TrainingPeaks and you can use TrainingPeaks to do something like find an actual route that you could go bike or run or walk in your area. And then you can get that sent to your phone. You can view it on the Internet, you can print it, whatever. But going out and finding places that are near to where you'll be to exercise is really important. And if you really need to just use Google Maps or Google Directions, that works really well. Also the find nearby function on that. Okay, next up. No, these are not underwear. Bring swimming gear. Okay. Something as minimal as swimsuit and goggles works. I also like to use an underwater MP3 player. This is a swim P3 player. It keeps you entertained while you're working out. You put some music on there and you go to your swim. I'll use that website, swimmersguide.com or, or google Maps to actually find a gym near me that I can go swimming at. Or you can even swim in a hotel pool. And there are actually a variety of different things that you can do in a hotel pool that will allow you to swim in a short pool if you need to. That is a topic for another video. But you can get bands, parachutes, all types of things that allow you to swim a lot more effectively in a short pool. Okay. And last, with all that exercise that you're going to be doing, you'll want to give the muscles a way to repair and recover. There's a couple different options here. For example, this is called a muscle track. You use it to basically rub up and down sore muscles. It's basically the same as getting, like, a massage or using a foam roller. This is another one similar. It's one I'm just now starting to use. It's called a myo rope. And what it does is it allows you to lay on top of these balls in different areas of your body to allow you to target some tight spots or spots of adhesion from your workouts. So it really helps you to bounce back a lot more quickly from your workouts and get rid of little nagging aches and pains. Plus, they look really cool. Although you might get the TSA pulling this out and giving it a few funny looks as you go through your security line at the airport. So those are nine things that I personally use to stay fit when I travel. I travel a lot. I've got a really hectic travel schedule. But when I'm on the go, I always stay fit no matter what. And by using some of these tools, I never have an excuse not to. So I hope that helps you out and you can use any of the resources under this video to actually get your hands on some of this stuff.