6 Pool Exercises You Can Do on Vacation or Business Trips
The hotel pool is a gym most travelers ignore. In Physical Friday number eight I share six pool workouts: hands-up treading water like the Navy SEALs, the Rocket swim-and-bodyweight circuit, run-swim-run, interval swims, water running, and why cheap goggles live in my travel bag.
Stuck in Your Hotel Room? Try These Bodyweight Workouts
Can't leave the hotel room? No problem. In Physical Friday number seven I share the workouts I do right on the hotel room floor: 100 burpees for time, 1,000 push-ups counted with playing cards, handstand accumulation, the Margarita, planks, and follow-along yoga for recovery.
Don't Be Bored on the Treadmill: 3 Treadmill Workouts
The treadmill does not have to be boring. In Physical Friday number six I share three treadmill workouts that mix in dumbbells: Jason Khalipa's 10-to-1 front squat and row combo, a 400-meter run with snatches and front squats, and Ross Enamait's interval challenge.
Take Your Workout to the Beach
Fresh off a trip to Bimini, I share my favorite beach workouts in Physical Friday number five: draw two lines in the sand for shuttle runs and down-ladders, lunge and handstand-walk between them, add an ocean swim between landmarks, or just tread water for fifteen minutes. Vacation is no excuse.
Take Your Workout to the Hotel Parking Lot
I would rather work out outside than in any gym, and the hotel parking lot is one of my favorite spots. In Physical Friday number four I share suicide sprints using the parking lines, the beep test for measuring fitness, 10-9-8 down-ladder circuits, and burpee box jumps off a bench.
4 Tried and True Pull-Up Bar Workouts for Any Hotel Gym
One pull-up bar opens up a world of hotel workouts. In Physical Friday number three I break down four tried and true benchmark workouts — Cindy, Angie, Candy, and Mary — how to count rounds with paper cups, and why journaling your scores keeps you improving on the road.
Hotel Workouts With No Equipment: Just the Stairs and Parking Garage
No gym? No problem. In Physical Friday number two I show you how to turn the hotel stairwell and the parking garage into a complete workout — burpees at the bottom, run to the top, burpees at the top — plus deck of cards variations. Free, available everywhere, no excuses.
3 Hotel Workouts You Can Do With Nothing But a Dumbbell
In the very first Physical Friday, I share three workouts you can do in any hotel gym with nothing but a dumbbell: the Macho Man, Kalsu with dumbbells, and the Magic 50. Travel is where fitness goes off the rails, and these three keep you consistent on the road.
