top of page

Ep.41 - Travel Fitness vs Travel Fatness

Updated: Jan 9, 2021

In this episode, we discuss various approaches and techniques to enable you to stay fit while travelling as well as touch on the importance of combining your exercise regime with a good diet. We have been full-time nomads for 2 years now and we share our experiences of what has and what hasn’t worked for us over the past two years.

RELATED POSTS:

Travel Fitness - How To Stay Fit While Travelling Full Time

Travel Fitness - How To Run 5km In 9 Weeks


FITNESS:

Benefits of being fit when you’re on the road.

Being motivated to exercise regularly.

The challenges of a changing environment.

Overall health and well-being while you travel.

Going for a regular run.

Blog post - How to train yourself to run 5kms

Yoga - Use an app like DownDog.

High-intensity training and bodyweight workouts.

Establishing a routine and sticking to it.

Be mindful of bad habits and make better choices.

Wear a fitness tracker to measure progress and monitor routine.



EATING:

Eating well is easy if you have an unlimited budget.

Why your diet is more important than exercising.

Track what you eat to hold yourself accountable and keep you honest.

Should breakfast be the most important meal?

Choosing the right food and avoiding bad habits.

Cut out the obvious culprits such as refined carbohydrate and sugary foods.

Fruit juices and smoothies are really bad.

Avoid alcohol as much as you can. 

Don’t miss out of the odd spoil but don’t eat two bad meals in a row.

Keeping a food log using Instagram is fun and will help to keep you accountable.


#podcast

#traveltips

PLAN YOUR TRIP

VISA

Let iVisa take the pain out of travel planning and assist you with Electronic visas, Travel Authorizations, Visas on Arrival, and even Paper Visas. They can also help with Health Declarations, Embassy Registrations and even photos. If you're from the US, they provide a One-Stop Shop to renew your Passport securely and error-free.

FLIGHTS
Find a cheap flight by using Skyscanner or Momondo. These are our favorite flight search engines search they index other travel websites and airlines across the globe to easily find you the best deal.

ACCOMMODATION
Hostelworld is the number one resource for researching and booking hostels. If you want to stay somewhere other than a hostel, either use Booking.com or Agoda.com as in our experience they consistently return the cheapest rates.

TRAVEL INSURANCE
Travel insurance can
protect you against unexpected illness, injury, theft, and cancellations.

 

Need more to book your trip?
Check our complete resource page for the all the best companies to use when you travel. You will only find the companies we use ourselves.

Please note that some of the links above may be affiliate links, and at no additional cost to you,

we may earn a commission if you end up making a purchase and the income goes to keeping the site ad free.

FIND YOUR

WHERE-TO-NEXT

DESTINATION

Advanced real-time filter by visa, region, value, weather & activity

GREY-GEAR-LOADING.gif

Related Posts

WEWILLNOMAD

WEWILLNOMAD

WEWILLNOMAD

Recent Posts

TIPS for Travelling Albania by Campervan 2023

Travelling Denmark by Campervan 2022

Vanlife Portugal - Travelling by Campervan 2022

bottom of page