Travel and Fitness

Travel and Fitness The ability to leave the daily stress behind us and to enter a land of pretending for a while is one of the best opportunities that traveling proposes. But when we go back home and measure our weight, the vacation ends and the feeling of happiness is replaced by guilt. It is because we remember how much we ate and how little we went for sport. The problem consists in the difficulties to keep to our fitness regimen during the travel as well as to our sleeping and eating patterns. Who would travel to see the most beautiful places in the world and meanwhile to spend hours doing exercises? When we go to exotic places like Rio, we are tempted to try everything, including delicious food, promising to do sport as soon as we get home. But as we eat we need to burn the calories. If not, our bodies store it as fat being mistaken that we're eating to аaccumulate energy for the winter season. And it is important to remind us that it is easier to gain weight than to lose it. Traveling truths While traveling we consume more and wrong meals and beverages. We often eat them late at night which is wrong and unhealthy, especially when we ad desserts at every meal. So workouts are important. Sure nobody expects the exercises to be as intensive as we do at home. The useful push ups and crunches They help us to tone our muscles and to burn the unwanted calories. It is easy and safe. You just have to be motivated - no special equipment is necessary. Good music and some TV programs can help you when you are in the hotel room. As an example - watching gorgeous models on Fashion TV can be a good inspiration to train harder. Making push-ups in the open air is even better, especially if you are in a beautiful place near the beach, feeling the tender touch of the sea breeze. Let the exercises be a part of your trip In many of the best resorts worldwide you can find outdoor fitness areas where you can spend some time working out. It is not a rule to do it only in the gym. In Rio de Janeiro there is a nice outdoor fitness area situated between Copacabana and Ipanema. You will be surrounded by all the equipment you need for a good training and also good looking people - can you imagine a better inspiration? And the best time to do so is during the beautiful sunset, when the heat is replaced by cool breeze and the sky is colored in pink and orange. You can do fitness in different ways depending on the place you travel to. For example in fitness oriented cities like Cape Town, South Africa and New York City, USA you can experience the city's life and culture. It is easy to meet new people there and when you go out at night you can see them in some clubs. If you go to a place surrounded by nature, like Machu Picchu in Peru, you can enjoy the nature from a distance or go hiking to some not so common destination all day long. If you travel to Central America you can also choose how to spend your time. Either to spend a relaxing day at the ruins of Tical in Guatemala or to do some exercises climbing the pyramids and enjoying from the top the wonderful views of the rainforest that is all around. In Costa Rica the options are just relaxing on the beach, or trying two forms of workout - a white-water rafting or a canopy safari. If you are going to a tropical beach to spend your vacation there you can also take advantage and keep fit. It is simple - jogging on the beach is one of the best ways to tone your legs, it is healthy for the heart and also for your feet because of the exfoliate effect of the sand. There is another very good and easy way to do exercises during a travel. It is to do yoga. It can be done anywhere and only one hour can "charge" you with a lot of energy and good humor to spend a great vacation. Eat wisely The local cuisine is one of the most impressive things and a part of the experience while traveling. But there are some advises how to get that experience without "picking up flesh". If you love sweets and cannot avoid them, eat them earlier in the day so you will be able to burn the calories during the day. If you want to try as many meals as possible, just take little portions. It is good to have three hours time between the last meal and bedtime. If you are very hungry before you go to bed choose some protein and avoid carbs because they won't burn while you sleep. Turn the challenge into a plus. The unavoidable changes in the fitness patterns during a travel can be a good way to make your home workouts more interesting and exciting. During a trip you can imagine some new exercises that you can add to your regular fitness training, besides a beautiful tan. Danny DeMichele highly recommends www.evisibility.com for more information