Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Take your workout on the road - Travel Friendly Fit Tips

Summer is the season for road trips, weekend get aways, and if your lucky an even longer vacation. While not every hotel has a gym, why should you sacrafice all of the hard work you have put into your fitness while you are away!!!

Take your workout on the road with these travel friendly suggestions -
  • slip an exercise resistance band into your suitcase -do this and you can work practially every big muscle group with one of these bad boys - think upright rows, pushups, military presses, triceps overhead presses, lat raises, then add some body weight squats, lunges and a plank to get even more muscle groups involved. Do 2 to 3 sets of these with 8 to 12 reps each and your good to go with strength training
  • Take advantage of the outdoors - walk, jog or both at the beach, hike if you are in the mountains, swim if you have access to a pool or lake
  • Most importantly have fun and enjoy!!!

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