How to Workout in Your Hotel Room

Staying fit while traveling can be a challenge if most of your time is spent sitting around and eating. If the hotel gym is lacking and you are in an area where a run outdoors isn’t an option, you can still get a great workout without stepping out of your room. Making healthy meal choices and staying active will help you maintain your weight and still see the world.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Yoga Mat and/or
• Speed Rope and/or
• Inflatable Weights

1. Research. Check out your space and find out what the hotel has to offer.See if you hotel supplies yoga mats. If not, a thin mat is easily packable and takes little room. Yoga mats are perfect for stretching, pushups, sit ups and, yes, even yoga.
2. Check your TV. Sometimes your hotel network will offer exercise programs on demand that you can follow in your room. Does your room have a DVD player? Workout DVDs are easy to pack, inexpensive and can provide great exercise!
3. Even with zero equipment, you can get a decent 30 minute workout. Buy a fitness magazine in the hotel gift shop. Almost all publications offer at home exercises that can easily be adapted to your hotel room.
4. Take the time to develop a travel workout according to your needs. Three sets of 15 lunges, sit ups and push ups is a great start. Add leg lifts, crunches and yoga poses to increase the difficulty and variety.

Tips & Warnings

• Work out in the morning to get it out of the way and start your day right!
• Buy fitness magazines and read them on the plane. This will inspire you to stick with your program while traveling.
• Travel a lot? Buy travel friendly equipment. Websites like Skymall offer great travel equipment like water inflatable weights.
• Consult with a doctor before beginning any exercise program.
• Be careful when you're working out in a confined space to avoid injuries.