Traveling often presents challenges when it comes to maintaining an active lifestyle, but it’s not impossible. In this guide, we offer four practical solutions to help you stay in shape and enjoy sports while on the move. These strategies ensure that you can pursue your athletic passions, whether it’s hitting the tennis court, exploring local hiking trails, practicing yoga, or engaging in other sports and fitness activities.
#1 Walk as much as possible
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This is the base and the easiest solution to set up during your travels. Sometimes it can be tempting to take a taxi or a tuk-tuk, especially since the prices are so low sometimes. In some cities, it is also true that walking is not necessarily super pleasant: few sidewalks, holes, heavy traffic… Sometimes you can really abuse it, just to walk a few hundred meters…
No, seriously guys, don’t push the envelope. Walk as much as possible. It is said to take a minimum of 6000-7000 steps daily. It’s not huge. You could set a goal to do them, whatever your day.
To do this, you can use a connected watch that tells you this kind of data, and many others such as temperature, altitude, etc. I ‘ve had one for a year, and I admit it, I find it very useful for measuring my level of activity, the quality of my sleep, etc.
Example here of a connected watch.
A nice little idea in the same order: I really like the free tours that are offered in many cities around the world. A local makes you discover his city, a district for several hours. An excellent opportunity to walk! Frankly, it’s better than the tourist bus tour, isn’t it?
#2 Rent a bike
Another option to discover and move around the city. Many cities around the world have set up a system like our Velib, a self-service rental system in the streets. This is arguably the easiest way to cycle around town.
Of course, you also have bike rental companies, especially in tourist areas. Some hotels also offer them.
#3 The swimming pool
Here I am talking about your hotel swimming pool. Certainly, in general, it takes a hotel of a certain standard to have a swimming pool worthy of the name. I mean a pool where you can do two, three strokes, not just a small pool…
#4 Dance
In some countries, dance is an institution, it is part of the culture. I am thinking in particular of the countries of Latin America. You can take lessons and dance every night if you want. Cali in Colombia is renowned for its Salsas classes and parties.
That said, without wanting to take classes, maybe you just like to party and dance under the spotlight or on the beach, like Full Moon Party in Thailand. It also works. Unless you swallow a vat of beers of course.