I know there are lots of you around who have been in the same position I find myself often. You have just had three great weeks of making a routine in your workout program and are feeling and seeing results, and now you need to leave town for a week long conference. This leaves you feeling like you have interrupted your flow, and are a bit frustrated with feeling like you will have lost a step when you return. What should you do? How could you keep the momentum going?
In my career, I have had the chance to travel often for work, and have worked with many clients who spend much of their time on the road. Some clients are traveling as much as 12-15 days per month. We often have the conversation about the hurdles they encounter in attempting to maintain consistency in their workout programs while traveling. Long days are spent in meetings or at trade shows, followed by dinner with colleagues or clients that fill your day until bedtime after which you start over once more. Does any of this seem familiar?
So the most frequently asked questions are, “What can I do that is gonna be effective?” and “How can my workout program be managed in my busy schedule while on the road?” Very well, there are always solutions. One solution is to make you a priority and schedule your workouts into your travel itinerary. You might not have the hour that you are used to at home, but when you can manage 20-30 minutes, you’ll end up feeling good about maintaining your consistency.
Try bringing certain resistance tubing with you on your trip and workout in your room. It fits easily into a travel suitcase and can offer a lot of variety to your workout program. Rather than doing a series of sets with rest, try doing a circuit. This will allow you to manage your workout time and maintain your volume. You can try body weight exercises such as pushups, abdominal bridges, prisoner squats and lunges. Using your tubing, you can do a series of movements like shoulder press, bicep curl, row and cable twist. Perform 8-10 exercises and run through the series twice at around 30-60 seconds per exercise, moving from one directly into the next with little to no rest between your sets. Do not forget to do a warm up and cool down with certain flexibility exercises and stretches before and after as well. Alternate these resistance workouts with your cardio workout days and you ought to have a plan that will allow you to complete a quality workout in 30 minutes or less. I’ve discovered that even the most frantic of traveling business, men and women can manage a 30 minute workout program while away from home.
Simply because you are going to be traveling, it does not mean you have to lose your consistency. Make it a priority to schedule your workouts, and execute them. You may even find yourself more alert and effective in those afternoon meetings.
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