Working out on the go when you don't have access or time to get to a gym or fitness studio can be tough! You don't have to let your fitness suffer though: if you want to add a dedicated workout to all the exercise you'll get while sightseeing, try creating your own bodyweight-based program, loosely based on the model by trainer Kayla Itsines and various other HIIT style workouts.
You can to create your own program from a combination of steady-state exercise and Tabata exercise bursts. Adjust the times to your own fitness level: a "typical" workout will consist of 2-3 7 minute sets featuring 4 exercises each, and 1-2 4 minute Tabata sets featuring 2 exercises each. For the each steady-state set, select 4 exercises from the lists below to do 12-15 reps of for the entire 7 minutes. For the Tabata sets, you will spend 20 seconds doing exercise #1, followed by 10 seconds of rest, then 20 seconds doing exercise #2, followed by 10 seconds of rest, and repeat for 4 minutes total.
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Sample Workout
Set 1 (7 minutes)
- 15 Air Squats
- 10 Push-Ups
- 20 Side Lunges
- 20 Bicycle Crunches
Set 2 (7 minutes)
- 15 Plank Jacks
- 20 Back Lunges
- 20 Crunches
- 20 Russian Twists
Set 3 (7 minutes)
- 15 Sumo Squats
- 20 V-ups
- 20 Calf Raises
- 15 Triceps Dips
Tabata (4 minutes)
- Side Plank Right
- Side Plank Left
