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Workouts that Travel

By Daniel Remon

With more people travelling on business and for pleasure than ever before, the greater the need to learn how to exercise effectively while away from home.

Travelling should not bring your fitness program to a grinding holt. Be creative in your exercise choices, be realistic and manage your time more effectively regardless of how busy your itinerary is.

Research shows that 4 x 15 minute sessions of exercise are just as effective as 1 x 60 minute session. End result – more efficient use of your time, greater energy expenditure, boosting your metabolism four times instead of one, and a physiological production of happy hormones and endorphins throughout the day to keep you energised, in good spirits and mentally alert.

So how does this relate to exercise? Before breakfast, put your trainers on and hit the gym for a 10 minute run and a stretch, or go for a swim. After lunch walk for 15 minutes around the hotel grounds. This will also help the digestion process so you don’t feel full when get back to work again. Once your meetings have finished hit the gym for a quick 15-20 minute circuit blast of strength training. Circuit training will ensure your heart rate remains elevated, maximising your energy expenditure, completing your workout in much less time and create a new training response for your body to adapt and respond to. Forget about your 3 sets of 10. If you have access to a gym, work through all your exercises one at a time, alternating muscle groups. Then hit the shower to get ready for your dinner engagement. It really is as easy as that!

You will need to be disciplined to do it the first time, but once you have tried it once, it will become just as routine as cleaning your teeth – and you will feel fantastic!

Here are some other tips to increase your physical activity while travelling on business:

Try these simple yet very effective steps to maximise your activity, productivity and performance while travelling on business.

About the Author:

Daniel is the Managing Director of Fitcorp Asia. Asia's leading health, fitness & lifestyle company. Daniel is a contributor to many magazines, Master trainer for Technogym throughout the Asia Pacific, golf fitness and fat loss specialist. http://www.fitcorpasia.com, http://www.personaltrainingbangkok.com