#TravelFit

Quick ideas for staying healthy on vacation 

Will be more on this in future posts, but to begin:

I hear it often: “Ugh, I loved my trip but now I feel off the wagon!”
You can still love your trip but keep the ball rolling with health and fitness.  It takes only a bit of extra planning and time. Worth it. Read on:

Categories today:
-Food
-Fitness

FOOD.
Tricks to keeping your body happy:

• Pack snacks. Especially protein-filled, good-for-the-body snacks.
  • Examples:
    • RX Bars
    • EPIC bars
    • Fruit
    • Dried fruit and nuts
      • Raisins, Apricots, Almonds, Walnuts
    • Protein powder to mix into coffee or milk
      • My favorites include pure pea protein (brands on Amazon at great prices) and Vital Proteins
• Google Maps → Grocery Stores
  • Find inexpensive and healthy options to supplement the treats of going out wherever you are. 
    • For example, want to save money on eating a meal out, what are your options at the store?
    • Healthy options for breakfast on the go-- apples, bananas, plain yogurt (great deal in western Europe!), local fruits and vegetables, healthy smoothies (no or minimal added sugars, high in protein!)
• Keep your water intake up
  • Especially if somewhere where you are walking a lot, our bodies need hydration (nope, that mojito does not count)
  • So this also may mean noting where restrooms are while out and about ;)

FITNESS.
You don’t need to spend an hour of each vacation day in the gym to keep your goals in motion:

• Workouts doubling as free tours
  • A run along the Seine in France, a run along the Boston Marathon route, a run through Hyde Park in London
  • Outdoor bootcamp in a gorgeous locale, utilizing stairs, benches, and so on
  • Be sure to educate yourself on your surroundings’ safety, stay in populated areas, and keep alert
• Classes
  • If at a larger hotel or resort, do they offer a fitness class? I took an amazing outdoor yoga class at Princeville Resort in Kauai!
  • Want to see how the locals exercise?  Check online for fitness classes nearby.  Or, if you are a ClassPass user, check the many cities in which they are represented.
• Exploring the area anyway!
  • If you were already going to be walking a lot on your trip, awesome!  This counts COMPLETELY. 
    • I was just in Porto, and my legs and glutes got a heck of a workout each day walking all over that hilly city!
  • Are there walking tours offered? Often these can be found at very low prices or even ‘free with just a tip’
  • Have an option of a taxi or a walk? Think about that walk… 
    • Italian gelato + walking to the next sight = #balance
• What is at your hotel/bnb/resort?  
  • Exercise equipment? A treadmill?
  • Laps in the fancy resort pool
  • Going up and down the stairways a few times!​
• Virtual Training
  • This one is a personal shout-out, but fits too perfectly here not to share if could be of help to you!
  • Setting up Facetime in your hotel room, gym, or random open space as you are led through a workout completely tailored to you LIVE. Personal trainer is just on the other side of the screen, in real time.
  • Name your time: 20, 30, 45 min...whatever you have time for. Every bit counts!
  • Pilates, barre, or bootcamp-style session.
  • Prior clients examples: 
    • two high-intensity 20-minute sessions during his vacation
    • each morning, a Pilates session for 45 minutes to get that body woken up and worked before sightseeing 
  • More here. Shoot me an email if you’d like to schedule: kcherich at gmail.com

Just 20 minutes of your day makes a huge difference!
    
Do you have any #travelfit tips you would like to share? Let me know,
Kate

^fabulous hike in Hawaii