Crutch kicking week #2

Sorry! I fell asleep before I posted this last night. I'll make this relatively quick as I am on a business trip today but I wanted to make sure I busted some more excuses :-)

With travel season coming I know a lot of people are going to be spending days or weeks on the road and in hotels, cabins, etc. Even without summer vacations, many of us travel for work, to see family or just to get away for a few days. Don't let getting away mean you get away from the hard work you've been doing!!
Here's a list of ideas I've come up with - tried and true! - that could help kick the crutches that traveling can try to loan to us.

- New one I learned last night: some hotels have those pay-per-view channels. Check them! Last night in my hotel I saw that they have FREE fitness, toning and yoga videos (I was at a Courtyard Marriot). Since you're doing them in the privacy of your own room, it doesn't matter what you wear! (You know you always wanted to do yoga in your skivvies ;-) ). This option eliminates all excuses as you didn't need to pack anything special to make this happen.

- Resistance bands! They're small, they'll get through security in your carry on baggage, you can do a nearly infinite number of workouts with them and again, by using them in the privacy of your room, you don't need to waste precious baggage space when you're flying with sneakers, workout clothes, etc. Look for different resistance bands kits at www.beachbodycoach.com/gabriellah99 and find awesome resistance band workouts on http://www.sparkpeople.com/. Let me know if you need help navigating either site!

- Workout videos for many of the same reason as the resistance bands. They're small, can pass through security and when used on the laptop in your room, you don't need to find the space either to workout or pack those gym shoes.

- Turn it up! Last night, without even thinking about it, turned up some very TurboJam-esque music while driving for a couple hours. I found myself jamming out, doing seated crunches...practically dancing the whole drive. My abs and obliques are still sore this morning. It was an awesome workout, I burned calories at a time that would normally be a low cal-burn stretch and it was a blast. You can do this anywhere - if you're brave, in the seat on the airplane or for those to prefer to dance while truely no one is watching turn up the radio to a good "party music" station at your hotel room and rock it out.

What do you do to keep on track while traveling?