Alachua Personal Trainer Reveals the Top 3 Travel Fitness Tips

March 15, 2011 - PRLog -- Nathan Trenteseaux is a local Alachua personal trainer and fitness coach. He has helped many people formulate successful strategies to maintain their fitness and body weight when vacationing or on the road.

According to Trenteseaux, “Nothing is worse than bringing back vacation memories in the form of unwanted fat storage in trouble spot areas that makes you feel sluggish, bloated, and unattractive. In all of my own personal failures, I have truly gained a lot of perspective regarding what it takes to be a lean traveler.”

Below are Trenteseaux's top 3 travel fitness tips to help you maintain your overall health, performance, and body composition when away from the structure of home:

Lean Traveler Tip#1- Commit to Performing Short 10-20 Minute Maintenance Workouts First Thing In The Morning Each Week

Time is not an excuse. We all have at least 10-20 minutes to crank it before we start our day. Trust me on this one: A brief workout first thing in the morning will set the tone for the rest of your day. Besides being your energy pill to attack the day with vigor, this workout can serve as some damage control if you do decide to indulge in some foods that deviate from your nutrition plan. But the key is to do it first thing in the morning because I personally guarantee you that’s the only time you can count on getting it done when enjoying the sights and sounds of vacation.

Lean Traveler Tip#2- Use Body Weight and Resistance Band Exercises That You Can Do Anywhere

All you’ll need is your body and one resistance band to get the job done. During maintenance and recovery weeks for our clients, we highly recommend using mostly body-weight based exercises with the exception of some resistance band exercises to get the pulling component in since it is often very difficult to access body weight rows and pull-ups when on the road. Body-weight based exercises allow for some much needed rest and de-loading for the muscles and joints, in addition to the fact that they can go through customs when you're vacationing!

Lean Traveler Tip#3- Bring Portable Fat-Burning Snacks

Over the years, I have built a list of go-to lean traveler foods that have been absolutely critical to maintaining my fitness while traveling. Here they are: Raw nuts (almonds, cashews, pistachios, pecans, walnuts, etc.), string cheese, protein powder, organic deli meat (unsweetened, low in salt), fruit and raw veggies. Use these fat-burning, muscle-building foods to stay full and leave less room for all of the other junk food options that surround us all on a daily basis.

Use these three tips while on vacation or when traveling, and you'll come back feeling refreshed and lean rather than bloated or with extra blubber around your waist.

Nathan Trenteseaux, B.S., YFS1, USC1, YNS, TRX-STC is the owner and fitness coach for a local Alachua group personal training fitness facility that features high-intensity bootcamp-style workouts. Underground Fitness Revolution specializes in 30-minute EXPRESS metabolic workouts for busy men and women. To book Nathan to speak at your local Alachua company, club, or organization, please contact him by phone at 352.682.3310 or by email at nate@UndergroundFitnessRevolution.com. For more information, please visit www.UndergroundFitnessRevolution.com.

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Underground Fitness Revolution specializes in 30-minute EXPRESS metabolic workouts for busy men and women designed to get you in the best shape of your life regardless of your current fitness level.