Do you work out when you travel for work or vacation?

[Anonymous]

DH and I always do - especially if we're travelling for vacation. I try to scope out the gym situation before-hand to get an idea of what I should take - lifting stuff or just running shoes if their weight room looks like crap. I feel like I can indulge in food & drinks if I keep my training schedule on track.

DH travels for work and at least tries to get cardio in.

What about you?

[Anonymous]

Typically I run 6 days a week, year round, no matter what the weather. I take a rest week in the summer and one in the winter. So I usually plan for my summer vacation foto be my rest week with no running.

[Anonymous]

Week* don't know where "foto" came from

[Anonymous]

sometimes. Really depends on where we are going and what we are doing. When we go to the beach I will run a few mornings. On trips where we will be doing a ton of walking I don't go out of may way to do much else.

[Anonymous]

Bodybuilder here who works out regularly 2/3x a week and when I go on vacation I try not to workout and will treat it as a rest period. So travel or sickness is my rest periods. But if it's 7 days or more I try to slip in a quick workout lifting or if we're at the beach do some running or sprinting on the sand which is a great leg workout. I have young children so i don't get much downtime while on vacation nor do I have any when I'm at home for that matter but I make the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bodybuilder here who works out regularly 2/3x a week and when I go on vacation I try not to workout and will treat it as a rest period. So travel or sickness is my rest periods. But if it's 7 days or more I try to slip in a quick workout lifting or if we're at the beach do some running or sprinting on the sand which is a great leg workout. I have young children so i don't get much downtime while on vacation nor do I have any when I'm at home for that matter but I make the time.

Do your bodybuilder friends work out when they travel? I had always assumed people at that level always do . . . I know some of them that travel with their chicken and broccoli, etc.

[Anonymous]

I do not travel for work. I don't usually work out on vacation but we tend to have pretty active vacations where I am doing way more walking and physical activity than I do at home. I eat much more freely and drink a lot on vacation and do not usually gain any weight.

[Anonymous]

Yes.

[Anonymous]

It depends. I don't travel a lot, so it's not a big deal for me to take a break.

If I'm going to the beach, I'll run in the morning. I actually will enjoy my beach time more if I have a good morning run.

If I'm going on a non-beach vacation and can't do a morning run, then I'll make sure that I work in a LOT of walking so that at least I'm moving.

I don't lift weights on vacation. I feel like it's better to get a break. I'm pretty consistent throughout the year, so vacation and sickness is really the only time I take a break.

[Anonymous]

Not usually. But if I were even slightly overweight, I would.

[Anonymous]

I travel a lot for fun and work. I always try to get a workout in. I try to walk/hike a lot, and on top of that - I try to lift at the gym. Most hotel gyms suck though, so if there isn't much I can do or if there's no time, then I don't stress about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bodybuilder here who works out regularly 2/3x a week and when I go on vacation I try not to workout and will treat it as a rest period. So travel or sickness is my rest periods. But if it's 7 days or more I try to slip in a quick workout lifting or if we're at the beach do some running or sprinting on the sand which is a great leg workout. I have young children so i don't get much downtime while on vacation nor do I have any when I'm at home for that matter but I make the time.

Do your bodybuilder friends work out when they travel? I had always assumed people at that level always do . . . I know some of them that travel with their chicken and broccoli, etc.

The single guys at my gym do bring supplements, I'm not sure about bringing actual food with them but the married guys w/ kids don't tend to, like myself. But what I try to do is work out before a meal so I can eat immediately after a workout.

[Anonymous]

I'm a female bodybuilder and I do work out on vacation. I take protein powder and other supplements, but not actual food. I would not go on vacation while prepping for a competition though.

[Anonymous]

I bring a jump rope and exercise band with me on vacation to use.

[Anonymous]

I always do. I'm a daily exerciser, and it's so much a part of my routine that I feel weird and sluggish if I don't work out. But I'm flexible. I usually run, but if I'm traveling someplace very hot, that might not be feasible. On one vacation, I mostly surfed and did yoga and only ran a few miles. On another vacation, I swam and snorkeled and walked a lot. Most hotel gyms are pretty weak, so I don't use them often, other than as a break from running in the middle of a week of running.