Any good hotel routines? (where no gym or weights)

[munchie]

Hi everyone

I'm new to this site and to BB. I've been training about a year, my form and nutrition is right, but my progress is hampered by the amount of travel I do for work. Most hotels don't have any equipment, and since I travel long haul flights from Australia I don't want to cart any around.

Does anybody have any good routines that will maintain strength and size that one can carry out in a hotel room?

Finally, any travel tips relating to maintaining a low fat, hi protein diet while travelling? Restaurants twice a day and carting tubs of protein around suck!

Cheers, Munchie

BTW I think these forums are great, I'm impressed by the community here and the level of informed comment.

 

[ponyboy]

There are lots of simple bodyweight exercises you can do when you have no better option. You can add to these by buying a theraband that will give you some resistance (it's better than nothing, cheap and easy to store in a bag).

Bodyweight exercises include: pushups, squats, standing lunges, chins (if possible), dips on the edge of a chair, you can use books or full bottles for shoulders and biceps, calf raises.

If you have a theraband you can do rows, bicep curls, tricep extensions, squats with resistance, shoulder presses/lateral raises/front raises/rear flyes.

Of course you can do abs anywhere and anytime.

It doesn't take much to get a good workout...do it circuit style and you will do fine. It's not as good as throwing iron around, but it will give your body something different.