Vacation? Take your workout with you!
4th of July is right around the corner and millions of Americans will travel on vacation. Lots of people will choose places like the beach or a relatives house. If you are one of these people traveling and don’t know how you will get a good workout in while vacationing, try these exercises. You will be sure to get a good sweat in and even if you slip a little on the diet home front, at least you will know that you worked your heart and muscles. Running is always a good way to get your whole body moving and working. It is one of my favorite ways to exercise while on vacation because I don’t have to do much thinking. However, I am going to take the thinking away for you and give you a butt busting workout that you will want to do over and over again.
And if there is ABSOLUTELY no way for you to get away for an “alone” workout, play beach volleyball with the family, go for a beach walk, swim laps in the pool or play pool basketball, take surfing lessons, play tennis or take a clinic, or rent some bikes and go for a family bike ride.
Tip: Do your workout first thing in the morning when you wake up. It is easy to forget about it later in the day, especially when you are on vacation. Hand the kids off to daddy and take off down the beach (or wherever you may be)!
Vacation Workout if you are vacationing at the beach:
Hit the sand! For the first 15 minutes, you will perform your exercise knee deep in the water.
Walk/jog for 15 minutes knee deep in water
Move up to the soft sand (usually closer to the houses) and run/jog for 5 minutes
Perform 15 pushups
Jog 2 minutes
Perform 30 Mountain Climbers
Walk 1 minute
15 (each leg) Walking lunges
Jog 2 minutes
TURN AROUND and start heading back home, you are half way there!
Return to the water and perform 20 walking side squats
2 minutes jog knee deep in the water
15 (each leg) 1 legged deadlifts
1 minute walking in water
30 arm circles/reverse rotation for another 30
2 minutes jog knee deep in water
Return to the beach (soft sand/medium soft) and jog for 15 minutes.
COMPLETE!
Vacation workout if you are at a friends house or hotel:
Hit the pavement!
Jog for 15 minutes (take it at your own pace)
Perform 15 pushups
Jog 2 minutes
Perform 30 Mountain Climbers
Walk 1 minute
15 (each leg) Walking lunges
Jog 2 minutes
30 Plie Squats (non weighted)
Walk 1 minute
TURN AROUND and start heading back home, you are half way there!
Perform 20 walking side squats
2 minutes jog
15 (each leg) 1 legged deadlifts
1 minute walk
30 arm circles/reverse rotation for another 30
2 minutes jog
20 Dips (can be done on ground-pulse dips, or on a bench)
10 minute jog OR 15 minute power walk
COMPLETE!
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