Hotel Workout

[nollt2]

Gentlemen,

I travel alot for my job. There are times when the only exercise "equipment" that I have access to is the furniture in my hotel room. Does anyone have any good workouts that they have tried that could be done in these conditions?

Thank you in advance.

[sam7596]

50 burpees for time

5 rounds: 5 HSPU, 10 pushups, 15 situps, 20 squats

Variations of that

All you can really do w/o equipment is burpess, HSPU, pushups, situps, squats, well there's also pistols

[jltiger143]

I would highly recommend you get the FitDeck from the store. I have one, and I bring it with me when I travel. Lots of variety in various PT exercises. Basically pick as many cards as minutes you want to workout. Throw in some jumping jacks or bring a jumprope and there's your cardio.

If you don't want to spend the $20, just get a regular deck of playing cards and assign an exercise to each suit (pushups, situps, flutterkicks...whatever) and pick a bunch of cards and work through it.

[sam7596]

jltiger is right, the fitdeck is a good idea too...

I was just referring to functional CrossFit movements.


You can always do traditional BUD/s Grinder PT, Stew Smith ab workout, etc.

If you're just looking to do some straight up PT, then you can do push/sit/push/ab, or a variation thereof.

[9007112]

You need to buy a book called "Combat conditioning" by Matt Furey.

I'm doing the warning order, along with jumping rope and combat conditioning, I feel ****ing invincible and I'm not even close to the shape I wanna be at!

Not only does it focus on strength, but functional strength, injury prevention, etc... being in 3 motorcycle accidents, it ****ed up my spine/hip a bit, did the Royal court/BIG 3, no problems for 4 weeks now.

Buy that book, you will not regret it.

[rsbmg]

Don't forget the good old fashioned run. Most hotels have stairs also. There are also box jumps that can be done on stairs or whatever is around handy. Do a little research sometimes there is a park close by with some equipment. You can check with a local gym or crossfit faclity you can usualy grab a workout for a couple bucks, some people like resistance bands those are easy to take with you.

[danodec]

I too have to travel about once a month for work. You can always do the basic PT-style things people have mentioned. Push ups, ab work, burpees, mountain climbers, body builders, HSPUs, jumping jacks, dips, and all the variations you can think of.

Usually hotel rooms have a bench at the foot of the bed or in the room somewhere that can be used for box jumps. Depending on the furniture, you may be able to use a piece as a barbell substitute for, say, thrusters. And your luggage can be used too! If you've got a smaller carry-on style bag maybe use it as a kettle bell. The thing is to get creative and think outside the box. Just don't do snatches with your tv or pull ups on the shower rod and you should be good.

[aj1953]

I too have to travel about once a month for work. You can always do the basic PT-style things people have mentioned. Push ups, ab work, burpees, mountain climbers, body builders, HSPUs, jumping jacks, dips, and all the variations you can think of.

Usually hotel rooms have a bench at the foot of the bed or in the room somewhere that can be used for box jumps. Depending on the furniture, you may be able to use a piece as a barbell substitute for, say, thrusters. And your luggage can be used too! If you've got a smaller carry-on style bag maybe use it as a kettle bell. The thing is to get creative and think outside the box. Just don't do snatches with your tv or pull ups on the shower rod and you should be good.
I used the doorjam for the pullups, so I don't damage the room. Also there is typically a sturdy chair in the room, not the swivel one at the desk and
tricep dips are the easiest to do--all you need is the chair. Lower your body off of the end of a secure chair, with your knees bent at a 90-degree angle and you will feel the burn.

[jumpingbum]

There are also those dumbbells you can fill with water that, when deflated, fit in your suitcase. Soda Bottles filled with water in a rucksack make good weight if you want to go for a ruck...

[scskowron]

See

http://www.board.crossfit.com/showthread.php?t=21576

and

http://www.board.crossfit.com/showthread.php?t=24376&highlight=hotel