Run in Mud Obstacle Race Training-4/30/14

Travel Edition

We are tempted beyond measure while traveling. Unhealthy, convenient food choices, long hours at work, sleeping in out of the way hotels, and unknown terrain may offer good excuses to not work out. This is fine for shorter trips, and can be a great way to power down for a while. While back sliding on your workouts is ok in the short trip instances, longer vacations can hurt your training.

While traveling, learn to eat better. Nothing beats home cooking and sometimes your menu is limited to high calorie and high fat meals, but choose the better options. They might not be optimal, but you can at least choose the lesser of all evils.

Working out is tough too. Traffic patterns, elevation, weather and sleep deprivation can lull you into complacency. Break the spell and must up the motivation to do something.

Here is a workout option that you can do locally and much of it can be done in your room or using hotel equipment:

In your room:
Push ups
Burpees
Dips
Weight training using suitcase or computer bag
Abs
Planks

In hotel:
Run stairs
Use gym
Swim
Walk parking lot
Ask for running trail map
Use app on phone to find running trail.

Here's my workout for today:

60 push ups
60 dips
walk to flights of stairs
Run 1.5 miles
12 pull ups with leg lifts
2 minutes plank
1 minute side plank
1 minute side plank