Fitness: Are You Using Your Vacation As An Excuse to Avoid Exercising?

When summer vacation time rolls around, most people leave their exercise routines behind.  A long weekend maybe, but ten to twenty days without exercise is not a good thing.  You work so hard to get in shape and in developing good exercise habits that it is a shame to let yourself be derailed and for no good reason.

 

The purpose of a vacation is to relax and to carve out some time for yourself, and to get some much needed exercise.  If you are someone who already exercises regularly, your goal might be to maintain your current level of fitness while you are away.  It is okay to cut back on the intensity, duration and even frequency a little, but you should adopt some sort of maintenance routine so that when you get back home, you don’t have to start over from scratch. 

 

For those of you who don’t exercise regularly, now would be a good time to start…perhaps a good walking program.  You may feel so good about yourself by the time you get home that you will be ready to make exercise a part of your life. 

 

If you vacation with family or friends, drag them with you. Some events are more fun when you share the experience with others.  Incorporating exercise into your vacation plan is not as hard as you might think, but it does take a little thought.  Hotels and cruise lines often have workout facilities for the truly dedicated.  If not, you can easily find our about local facilities that allow guest participation.

 

If possible, take your own exercise equipment with you.  A small kit might include things like a jump rope, resistance stretch bands and walking shoes.  You can do a credible workout with nothing more complicated than resistance bands.  Resistance bands are ideal because you can work nearly every muscle group in your body, even if your space is limited.  Jumping rope, if you are coordinated enough to do it without killing yourself, will give you a concentrated aerobic workout.  A good brisk walk, jog or even a run are always a possibility.  Ask hotel staff to point out streets, trails, tracks, beaches areas or malls where it is safe to walk.  Remember to carry ID, a cell phone, the address of your hotel and enough cash for an emergency snack or a cab ride home if you get lost.

 

Before long you will be exercising with the best of them.  A good pair of workout shoes, a video tape, and your own little kit is all that you need. I have found that I can oxycise, do yoga, or even a resistance band routine, in a tiny room or even in an RV.  A vacation is not an excuse but an opportunity to do something good for your body as well as your mind.

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