How to Get Your Workouts in While Traveling

Business travel is disruptive to routines. As the professional gains experience, they figure out how to find consistency in the inconsistency. Daily physical activity is a must no matter where you find yourself.

Raising your heart rate for 30 minutes a day offers many benefits. Daily physical activity reduces the risk of a heart attack, stroke, and high blood pressure.

Plus for the business professional, it helps center you. Whether you practice yoga, lift weights, or jog, physical activity can unleash creativity and a clear mind.

Here we explore seven ways on how to get your workouts in while traveling for business.

1. Set Aside Time

To get in your workouts while traveling, set aside time. You can complete a worthwhile exercise routine in 20 minutes. A business trip itinerary often has few gaps. However, it’s worth carving out an extra half hour in your day. You fill your daily physical activity quota that benefits your health.

For some, it means waking up half an hour earlier. Others find that they’ll go to bed half an hour later. The benefits of exercise deliver several benefits for the traveling business person.

2. Use the Hotel Facilities

The easiest way to exercise while on the road is to use your hotel’s fitness facilities. It’s often an elevator ride away. 

Even if the facilities are basic, it’s a space meant for exercise. A treadmill, some weights, and a bench are sufficient exercise equipment for a 20-minute sweat session.

If you decide to walk on the treadmill for 20 minutes, you can also read, make a call, or practice your presentation. Thus, you’re accomplishing two things at once.

Before you leave for your business trip, check-in with the corporate travel manager. Request that they book a hotel that consists of an on-site gym or workout area. Access to the facilities makes exercising easier.

3. Find a Nearby Gym

If you find yourself at a hotel without an exercise facility, look for a nearby gym. It’s best for business travelers to remain on the hotel’s property when not in meetings, training, or seminars. 

However, if you find a gym within a block of the hotel property, it’s a great way to get in your workout. You can walk there and request a day pass. Some gyms receive traveling business clients. Thus, they work with you.

4. Use Your Body Weight

Working out requires time. For a half-hour workout, you need time to clean up afterward. You also need to get to and from the gym. If you can’t squeeze in the extra minutes for a workout, use your body weight to exercise.

Start by warming up your body with a jog in place and jumping jacks. Then stretch your muscles. From there move into squats, lunges, and push-ups. 

Within 20 minutes it’s possible to complete 25 jumping jacks, 15 squats, 10 push-ups, and 10 lunges on each leg. Repeat the sequences three to four times.

5. Download a Fitness App

Some people enjoy taking fitness classes at their local gym. They enjoy the guided exercises that incorporate a series of moves to benefit their overall strength and endurance. For workouts, while you’re on the road, download a fitness app.

Log into your phone’s app store and browse the choices. Check them out by exercise type, rating, and price. Many have no cost. Some complement a subscription service. Thus, there is a fee attached.

Before you head out, download one of the choices. On the road, give it a try. Next time you find yourself on the road, keep the same app or try a new one. 

6. Purchase a Workout Video

The heyday of the fitness video has passed. So have the days of the fitness DVD. However, many of your favorite fitness programs have made their way into digital format. 

Purchase the video from the iTunes or Android stores, depending on your smartphone or favorite electronic device’s operating system. Download it so you can access it even when you don’t have internet service at your disposal.

7. Sign Up for An Exercise Service

If you need the motivation to exercise on the road, sign up for an exercise service. Fitness subscriptions offer daily workouts, motivation, and diet tips. Their monthly fee varies. Some complement their fitness equipment. Others are standalone services.

You’ll find professional sports athletes and celebrity-sponsored subscription services. Others come from veteran trainers who offer in-person classes in major cities. Since everyone can’t make it to their classes, they place several workouts online.

Conclusion

While you’re on the road, exercising becomes more important. It’s an activity that benefits your health and helps keep you centered. Like other individuals, getting your workouts in while traveling means making time for them. Then use technology to your advantage when you can’t find a nearby gym.