Do you bring fitness equipment or videos on vacation?

[Vintage VFer]

We have a travel trailer and usually do a lot of hiking on trips. I really like trekking poles. Using the poles, I get a great upper body workout while taking some weight and impact of my legs and hips.

On less active trips, I'll bring a 5lb ankle weight and do Margaret Richard's Getting Better.

I have dozens of workouts loaded on to my iPad. Streaming isn't that great in campgrounds.

A long time ago, I took a resistance ball on a trailer trip. When we got to high elevations, the ball expanded about 1.5 times it's normal size. I was worried it was going to 'splode! I didn't bring any balls after that.

Do you bring any fitness equipment or videos on vacations?

[alisoncooks]

LOL about the ball! That's crazy!

When my girls were little, I remember doing Ellen and Strong Stride in the hotel rooms over Thanksgiving and Christmas. Now, I'm more like "meh, it'll be fine" and take those days off.

[bubbles76]

Not usually on vacations. I'll usually walk a lot or use the hotel gym. Sometimes I'll bring my bands or tubing if I know I will have the room to work out.

When I was out of town for work for months at a time, I bought it all! Several sets of weights, step with risers, yoga mat, dvd player, and various dvds. When I was at the end of that (they would send us off for months at a time, several times a year over the course of three years), I was just down to weights, dvds, yoga mat, and online workouts. I did a lot of HIIT and kickboxing for cardio, and used paper workouts to work out in the hotel gym. I used my weights to work out in the room sometimes.

[Mopsy]

I pack a stretchy band for upper body work since a lot of my travel involves hiking or biking. It feels good to balance things out, or even just to use for stretching. I also pack a couple of tennis balls for rolling massage. If my suitcase gets too stuffed for the return trip, I can always throw them out, but that hasn't happened yet.

I used to pack a small dvd player and a workout or two, but only if I'm traveling by car and have lots of room. Now I just rely on iPad streaming for some Essentrics or qi gong.

[Sissy B]

No, I don't. I take those days off and enjoy my vacation.

[Vintage VFer]

Originally Posted by Mopsy

I pack a stretchy band for upper body work since a lot of my travel involves hiking or biking.

I forgot that I have a stretchy band in the trailer. I used it on the last trip. Less weight in the rig.

[Mopsy]

Originally Posted by Sissy B

No, I don't. I take those days off and enjoy my vacation.

I don't do formal workouts on vacation - my trips are often pretty active. The stuff I do in the evenings is more restorative and recovery oriented.

[superfit41]

I try and do a lot of walking on vacations. Last year we stayed at the campground at Disney World which is very nice, although very expensive. I did enjoy walking around it though. It was huge. I also take a resistance band for some strength work. I will sometime use a DVD on my laptop, but mostly walking.

Sherry

[Sissy B]

I walk an average of 10-12 miles a day while I’m at Disney World. That’s good enough for me.

[Kathy G]

We go on a lot of cruises (or stay in hotels with gyms) so I always pack workout clothes, heart rate monitor, MP3 player, wireless earphones, and download some Beachbody On Demand workouts to my iPad.

ETA: I would love it if Cathe Live was downloadable in the Cathe Live app! BOD is awesome for that because I can watch the "Fix" cooking demos, do a workout, or preview stuff I haven't done before... Yeah, I have no life, lol!