If you plan to exercise while you’re travelling, you may need to pack a few tools to allow some diversity in your workouts. Of course, you can always train with what you find on your travels – a hotel gym, heavy natural items, structures to climb, etc. – but you may want to be self-sufficient. In that case, what should you pack?
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Reviews of equipment, clothing, websites, books and suppliers that relate to portable fitness training. We hope our honest appraisals help you accomplish your goals while you’re mobile.
Training on the go can be a little different than training in a standard gym environment. Here is a bunch of advice from our experiences and those of fellow portable athletes.
A collection of anecdotes about training and places where portable athletes have trained whilst travelling, working, or just being out and about. These may inspire you to do and be more.
The Portable Athlete can greatly benefit from learning the mechanics of barefoot running. Firstly, it’s biomechanically superior to the standard method of running. Secondly, it means you won’t have to carry around a pair of running shoes (of course you can pack your Five Fingers instead).
CrossFit Victoria is one of the original Australian CrossFit affiliates. They offer group and private fitness training in their converted warehouse in Fitzroy, Victoria. The coaches and athletes are very friendly and they welcome travellers throughout the week. Be prepared for a challenge, their workouts are tough (but they can be scaled to your ability and fitness level).
You don’t have to spend a truckload of cash to create yourself a Portable Athlete toolkit. With a little bit of this and a little bit of that you can come up with a few things that will help you maintain your fitness whilst on the move. Here are a few ideas.
The Gymboss is a small, lightweight interval timer that can be used to add a new element to your workouts. It is a simple to use tool that will beep and vibrate to tell you when to start and stop efforts, when to change from high intensity to low intensity or when to change exercises. A great addition to any Portable Athletes toolkit.
In January and February of 2010, Adrian McGough, a member at CrossFit Victoria, headed over to Thailand for some well deserved R&R. However, like any dedicated CrossFitter, he got a workout in wherever he could. Thankfully, Adrian kept a detailed online journal of his adventures. Here, we present some selected posts from his journal. Make sure you read it through, you’ll never guess how it all ended up for Adrian!
