My Spanish is usually good enough to make myself understood, but when I make a mistake, I'm often off by a letter or two. On the second day of the cruise, I broke down and saw the ship's doctor. I managed to tell him that my testicles ache (huevos) but luckily he understood that I really meant that my bones (huesos) ache.
He kiboshed all foods except nutrient-devoid white carbs and diet coke (Honest! Something about potassium!) Needless to say I loved him dearly. My all-carb diet and some (free!) meds had me sorted out in a day or so, thankfully.
A couple of photos:
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| More white carbs than I've consumed in the last 10 yrs combined |
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| Not gonna lie: this was fabulous. |
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| Concerned husband looks on as I attempt to self-administer my medicine |
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| A real live glacier- I felt well enough to go ashore and snap this shot... |
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| ...but pretty soon I felt a bit green and went back to the ship. |
Now, back to the real purpose of this post: to share one of my go-to workouts for when I travel: My Hotel Room Lunge & Squat routine. I know that a lot of people take time off from training when they travel and if this is what works best for you, then that's great! I would feel completely out of sorts if I stopped working out when I travel, so I always make it a priority (if energy levels cooperate, of course!) I often use this routine the day of our departure for home because I all of our clothes are already packed and I know I'll be sitting on a plane for hours. This starts the day off right.
This routine is great:
- If you don't have a hotel gym or you are staying in a small guest house or hostel
- If you don't feel like dealing with your hotel gym
- If you don't even feel like putting on clothes
- If all of your workout clothes are already packed but you want to bang out a quick workout.
- If your sneaks are packed: you don't even need them as you wont be jumping or putting massive amounts of pressure on your feet.
- If the weather is bad and you don't want to go outside: cold/hot/snowy etc.
10 comments:
that was sooo good! I never ever thought to do that type of workout and am definitely going to give it a try (even though it will be my bedroom and not a hotel room) Glad you are feeling better! All carbs and Diet Coke huh? Sounds like my kinda doctor ;-) xo
wow this looks like an amazing adventure! i love beautiful pic with the icy background. i'm glad that the doctor gave you such an awesome solution to your problem. yay carbs!
haha a bit green.
nerd.
xo
Glad you are feeling better! Sometimes a big plate of carbs can do wonders. Just as Maya who scoops up her rice with naan. She's a picture of health!
Love your ingenuity and creative exercise (: I'd be afraid that I'd slip and end up in some disastrous position.
Okay and the carbs AND diet Coke! What a great prescription though I hope ice cream still factored in (:
Love your pseudo-Grinch pick and glad the carbs did the trick.
Glad the carbs and diet coke worked! :)
Great workout! I sometimes do a similar routine, but I'll have to remember adding a "slider."
Happy 2012!
The all carb and Diet Coke diet. That's like my dream diet!! And good call on using the maps as sliders on the sketchy hotel room carpet. Those places are ALWAYS carpeted.
Great routine for travel! Glad you felt better and were able to go on your glacier expedition. Nothing worse than getting sick overseas ;( but at least there were carbs to the rescue! And I'll bet with those carbs, you were revamped, recharged and even lost several pounds... Yeah the carbz are so evil :D
Missy
I did one set of these yesterday in between sets of working on my arms. I was just trying out your workout and I'll say...my a$$ hurts today! This is totally going into my workout schedule! I love how you are always so creative...you leave me with no excuses not to work out when away from home. :-)
hahahahaha your green picture just made me pee in my pants
i feel like i would have done anything to take a picture of a real live glacier!
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