Tips for Training While Traveling
Learn the whys and hows of exercising when you’re on vacation. Learn tips for training while traveling.
Check out the Barbell Logic podcast landing page.
SHOW NOTES
Tips for Training While Traveling: Whys
Why train while traveling?
While, in part, it depends on how often you travel, your goals, the length of travel, and how consistent you are outside of travel. For those who are extremely consistent and rarely travel, it might make sense to take the week off.
If you travel for business, you need to train.
You will feel better if you train. The workout might not feel good, especially to start, but you will feel better afterwards. You might even feel better during the workout (e.g. initial warm ups feel terrible, then the heavier warm ups and work sets move well and feel good).
It also helps provide structure to your days, which on vacation can often lack structure. Additionally, it gives you some short amount of you time, and, importantly, healthy you time.
Tips for Training While Traveling: Hows
Incorporate your gym seeking into your travel planning. Checkout the hotel gym and nearby gyms. You can often find a serviceable gym that has a guest policy. You might need to call the gym to check the visitor policy.
Pack and prioritize some equipment. Belts and other bulky items are not needed. Having a pair of shoes that you can both lift and do cardio with makes sense. You might pack some small things like liquid chalk, straps, or knee sleeves.
Plan your workout ahead of time. Intend to do at least something hard – get into that “worth it” zone.
Depending on the number of times you will train and decide whether you will do full body and a split. Fewer times means full body makes more sense.
Besides that, Niki and Andrew have some general tips and approaches they take:
- Mentally let go of the weight on the bar
- AMRAPs
- supersets (antagonistic or similar)
- burn out sets
- drop sets
- hard exercises that don’t require tons of weight (e.g. bulgarian split squats)
- bend these joints: knees, shoulders, elbows, hips
Try out these tips for training while traveling.
A couple links for helping you train while traveling can be found here & here.
SPECIAL OFFERS
Partner offers:
Use discount code LOGIC to save 10% off microplates, dumbbell microplates, and more at Microgainz
Use discount code LOGIC to save $10 off belts and more at Dominion Strength
OTHER NEWS
Coaching 101 is HERE!
If you’re thinking about taking your first steps into coaching as a side hustle, or even a career change, Coaching 101 will quickly provide you with the knowledge and confidence you need to start coaching others now.
- 100% online and video-based
- Learn at your own pace and on your schedule
- Lifetime access to the content
- Join an exclusive community of barbell enthusiasts
More Content
-
Are More Sets Better? Evidence Review
Are more sets better? We dive into a new study and an associated article and headline. Check out the...
-
Enjoy the Pursuit Not the Outcome
Enjoy the pursuit not the outcome. We are refine by the pursuit, by the difficult process, not the outcome...
-
The Gospel of Hard
Learn about the good news - the gospel of hard. Hard things done intelligently and consistently create good results....
-
Uniquely Hard Efforts for Uniquely Successful Outcomes
You have to undergo uniquely hard efforts for uniquely successful outcomes. Expect (and demand) nothing less from yourself. This...
-
How Can I Look Like Jake Gyllenhaal?
How can I look like Jake Gyllenhaal? If you've asked yourself or your coach this, we discuss what this...
-
Applying MED to Coaching Beyond Programming
We discuss applying MED to coaching beyond programming. MED principles underlie an effective, successful approach to online coaching. This...
