Don’t leave this item out of your suitcase.
One of the things I advise for clients who travel a lot is to buy adjustable resistance bands. These are very small, portable and fit within a backpack or a suitcase. They’re inexpensive, around $30, and let you approximate a lot of the exercises you’d be doing in a gym—a squat, row, or a shoulder press can all be done with resistance bands in your hotel room. You can increase the level of resistance just the way you could in a gym. If you’re not afraid of getting weird looks at the airport during a long delay, you could find a quiet corner and have a workout. You’ll always feel better once you’ve been active.
As a co-founder of Caliber, a science-based fitness program, Chris Muir the 39-year old New York City resident has coached hundreds of clients to transform their bodies and has created an app that allows more people to learn how to get in shape. He says it’s all about developing a routine and tracking little victories along the way. “One of the things we encourage a lot of clients to do is to get away from thinking too much about scale and to look at their overall strength as a bigger picture. We gamify it, so they can see the data every week and they can see exactly how they’re progressing,” says Muir, comparing it to how Credit Karma can track a user’s credit score.
But that routine doesn’t have to get thrown out the window on vacation, despite all the temptations of a decadent breakfast buffet or swim-up poolside bar. When Muir travels, he flies Cathay Pacific when he can, calling it his home airline as he hails from Hong Kong. Bloomberg spoke to him about the best ways to stay fit while traveling.
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