How to travel your workout!

Squeaking out these last few weeks of Summer and a lot of little vacations before the kids go back to school!  Taking breaks and renewing your mind and body is SO important!  But, if you leave your habits behind for too many days...it can be TOUGH getting back on track!  So take your workout with you!   

Bodyweight workouts are incredible for strength training and cardio! With these couple of small items to take along, you can create a VERY effective workout, regardless of your level of strength!  

I like to pick 6 exercises, set my timer to 45 seconds work, 15 seconds rest, 24 rounds! - so that's 6 exercises 4 times each!  That's a 24 minute workout, add a quick warm-up and cool down and you're done in 30 minutes!  I like to choose an upper, lower, cardio, upper, lower, cardio to keep high tempo and sending blood flow throughout the body for extra cardio impact!

• An easy example would be:
• Push-ups
• Squats
• Jump Rope
• Flys or Curls w/ Bands
• Switch Lunges
• High Knees

Here's what I take:

• Gymboss Timer - I use my interval timer EVERY SINGLE DAY! Even when I do real-time videos, I like to have my timer clipped to my shirt so I can crank up my music, go as hard as I can and squeak out that last rep before the Beeeeep...never having to look at a timer!  This one is perfect!  You can set intervals and rounds! It's inexpensive and durable!  I haven't had to replace mine and I have had it for 5 years!!!

• Grab a cooler! Not on all trips, but on most vacations we are traveling by car and have some sort of cooler with us!  Coolers work great as a bench - step ups, dips, incline push-ups!

• And of course, I never leave home without my jump rope!  Excellent cardio addition to your workout, full body, coordination and more!

This is literally what I packed - it took up inches!

• Weights - not easy to travel, but Bands - Very Easy to travel

I picked these up from Amazon for $10! They work well for all kinds of exercises, especially in targeting those intrinsic muscles!  And at home you can add them along with your weights for an extra burn! Use them around your ankles, knees, wrists for resistance with body weight exercises too!