During
the past years, I developed to be a Globetrotter. I call hotel rooms my home,
and live out of a suitcase. I travel around the world, sit in airports and
airplanes so often, that I am able to fall asleep comfortably before the plane
even starts rolling onto the runway. I eat at beautiful restaurants around the
world way too late and too much. I feel bloated and weak quite often during my travels.
My muscles feel soft. I started to have high blood pressure in my early 30th
and my resting heart rate is above 100 constantly. Diagnosing myself, I would
say I am stressed on a high level.
Does
that sound familiar to you? If so, you are facing the same problems I have
since 6 years. I am currently working as Project Manager for the SAP
Implementation at an international company. Before that I worked in Export
Management and travelled around the world even more often than nowadays. Don't
get me wrong, I love the lifestyle I am having. However, I do not enjoy feeling
soft, weak and bloated, I don't believe in bragging about my high blood
pressure and certainly want to avoid taking those strong Beta-Blockers Doctors
describe too fast.
So the
question I asked myself a while ago: How can I combine my lifestyle with
healthy eating and a workout routine to keep enjoying what I do?
In the
beginning of my career I started to look into a regular visit to a Gym but was
not able to get warm with the idea of paying a fortune into a facility I am
using 4 times a month due to my work schedule. Then I started to look into DVDs
with different kind of workouts. DVDs are easy to travel with, every
business trip is accompanied by a laptop, and normally hotel rooms were big
enough for the moves the DVD workouts show. So I have to admit, for about
2 years I actually exercised with Billy Blanks' Taebo. Though, the disadvantage
was that sooner or later I knew every word, every move of all the 12 DVDs I
had. I got bored and my search started all over again. Also, nobody was there
to actually tell me if I did something right or wrong.
Then I
looked more and more into YouTube. There are so many videos out there, I was
amazed about the volume of workout material you can find. Through YouTube I got
stucked to a free workout page. I loved the workouts with the original host. I
slowly got addicted to the webpage, followed the workouts and noticed changes
of my body. Not to mention, I liked it and felt healthier with it. But there
were downsides to the workout as well. I became dependent on their workout time
schedule they put online and never knew when the next workout will be posted.
Another down part is the internet connection. Not every hotel has high speed
internet, so downloading and looking at the videos was not possible everywhere.
Based
on all the past years' challenges and research I decided to do my own thing, so
I did my ACE Personal Trainer. In addition to that I did
my CrossFit Level 1 Trainer. I am in the beginning of building up
my own routines, learning from the different workouts what moves and equipment can
be used in a hotel room/hotel gym. I want to share the outcome with those who are in the same situation as
myself, who’s body suffers from all the travelling, tight time schedules and
long business lunches/dinners.
I hope
you will enjoy the blog and the workout routines I create for myself to
challenge my body while I am travelling.
For
further interest or your own personalized workout schedule, please visit the
webpage www.InnShapeTraining.com
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