6 Fitness Tips to Staying Fit While You Travel the World

Jeremy Colon
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2 min readApr 13, 2017
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Because you can’t let anything come in between you and your passion for travel. With each journey you undertake, you are exposed to varying climatic conditions, food habits and way of living. It is thus essential to ensure that you keep yourself healthy and fit while traveling. After all, who would want to ruin all the fun and mirth by falling sick?

Here are six tips on how to keep yourself healthy while traveling:

1. An Exercise Routine Can Work Wonders

How can your visit to a place be complete without tasting its delicious cuisine? No, I am are not asking you to sacrifice that. Just make sure you prepare a schedule to hit the gym regularly. If not, at least go jogging around the neighborhood you’re staying in.

2. Keep Yourself Hydrated

This is the key to good health in any given situation. And this holds especially true if you are visiting a tropical country or a desert since there are greater chances of falling sick at such destinations. So, always carry a water bottle in your backpack and drink up!

3. Walking is Necessary

This is by far the best way to explore if you are really keen on learning first-hand about the destination. Walk through lanes and by-lanes, interact with the local people and make sure you do not miss out on any attraction. Also, skip the elevator, take the stairs instead.

4. Avoid Skipping Meals

Skipping meals, with the hope of having a compensatory heavy meal later, is always a bad idea. When you skip meals, it reduces the rate of metabolism, which in turn makes you feel exhausted and unwell. Eat clean, eat healthily. Do not go wandering empty stomach; try to eat something or the other at an interval of two hours.

5. Carry Vitamins

While you immerse yourself in a hectic travel schedule, you may sometimes miss out on a healthy, balanced meal. Vitamin supplements can be your true friend in these situations.

6. Take Care of Your Skin

Change in weather patterns and food habits can lead to a lot of skin problems. Taking care of your skin is equally important while traveling. Make sure you never step out in the sun without applying sunscreen. Also, wear your sunglasses. Moisturize your skin when stationed in a relatively dry destination. Carry a mosquito repellent and apply when in need of it.

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Jeremy Colon
getHealthy

Body Transformation Coach | Building a Better & Stronger Mind, Body, and Soul | CEO & Founder, Master Personal Trainer & Life Coach - Jeremy Colon Enterprises