Mad To Live Fit Vid: Quick and Easy Hotel Room Blast
It can be tricky to maintain your fitness if you're on the road, whether you're travelling for business, backpacking on the road, or enjoying a shorter holiday away. Fear not dear readers, for I've whipped together this fast and effective workout you can blast out from your own hotel or hostel room - not every spot you're staying, especially if you're travelling on a budget without access to your normal swish gym at home, has gym facilities. All you need is your own fine self, a bed, a bag, a pair of socks, and a wall!
MAD TO LIVE FIT VID HOTEL ROOM BLAST
Follow the outlined circuit below and use the video that follows for a demo. This is an awesome workout you can do with zero gym equipment, maximising the props of your own hotel or hostel bedroom, including your backpack! Firing up different muscle groups and incorporating strength training with balance, the below session comprises 6 different exercises while you will do ten reps of each for 3 rounds, making this a fast & fun session you can thrash out to start the day.
DYNAMIC WARM: 5 MINUTES of a mixture of squats, lunges, jacks, mountain climbers, inch worms and toe taps.
SQUAT WITH BACKPACK
BED TRICEP DIPS
WALL WALKS
INCLINE PRESS UPS
BED LEG RAISE
SOCK SLIDING PIKE
WARM DOWN: Be sure to stretch at the end of your workout! Hold each stretch for 30 seconds, breathing deeply into the stretch.
Cheers and enjoy!
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Location: Frii Hotel / Canguu / Bali
Gear: Apparel - All Nikita Clothing
Mad To Live Fit Vid: Group Workout
There's nothing like hustlin'/crowbarring a group of friends together for a workout. Training solo can sometimes get a little dry, and pulling together a homie or 2 for a group training session isn't just fun as heck, but can push you harder, as your amigos spur you on that extra bit.
Here's a super fun and challenging workout I pulled together this week for a session with my two baes and surfing buddies in Costa Rica, Adilia and Pao.
MAD TO LIVE FIT VID GROUP TRAINING
Follow the outlined circuit below and use the video. The beauty of this workout is that you can do it in your gym or your living room/garden. The essence of the session is maximising your time through HIIT and targeting multiple muscle groups and systems whilst working the anaerobic energy system. The below session comprises 8 different exercises. Each homie starts at a different station, carrying out each move for a minute before moving onto the next without a rest. After all the exercises are complete y'all can take a minute rest before repeating 2 more times! POW! Cruise to the video at the end for the full wrap up/ sweat storm! Oh yeah, and Pipeline the sausage mutt makes another appearance ;)
DYNAMIC WARM: 5 MINUTES of a mixture of squats, lunges, jacks, mountain climbers, inch worms and toe taps.
SPIDER PIKE LUNGES
MILITARY PRESS + PRESS UP
-TRICEP DIPS + ALTERNATING LEG RESTING ON KNEE
DEAD LIFT
2 KETTLE BELL SWINGS + BURPEE
PULL UP + BURPEE
SIDE KNEE RAISES
RUSSIAN TWIST
WARM DOWN: Be sure to stretch at the end of your sweat buster dudes! Hold each stretch for 30 seconds, breathing deeply into the stretch.
Cheers guys and enjoy!
Share your workouts with me and progress with the #MadToLiveFitVid @sophieeverard on Instagram and Twitter!
Tune: Deceptacon// Le Tigre
Location: Surf Bikini Retreat, Costa Rica
Gear: Apparel - Roxy / Kicks - Nike
Mad To Live Fit Vid: First Workout From the Costa Rican Jungle
So now the final remnants of the Christmas overload of mince pies, boozin', lashings of turkey and enough choccy to sink a ship should have petered out, it's pretty normal to feel like you've over indulged and your jeans are a tad (ahem) bit toit! Dudes, no worries, over the next few months I'll be bringing you a full series of video workouts from a remote and wild locations that you can follow wherever you're at in the world. Focussing on boosting strength, stripping fat and getting your energy and stoke levels high, I'll be releasing them on Mad To Live regularly, so stay tuned!
MAD TO LIVE FIT VID WORKOUT 1 FROM THE COSTA RICAN JUNGLE
Follow the outlined circuit below and use the video. This is an awesome HIIT circuit for building strength and melting some fat, a lot of the moves are some of my favorites I do for staying fit for surfing but they are suitable for overall fitness. Do each exercise for 1 minute before immediately going onto the next. Once you finish all 9 take a 30 second or 1 minute rest (depending on fitness level), before repeating twice.
DYNAMIC WARM: 5 MINUTES of a mixture of squats, lunges, jacks, mountain climbers, inch worms and toe taps.
HANGING KNEE RAISES
SIDE KNEE RAISES
KETTLE BELL BURPEE
HIGH KNEES
5 DIAMOND PRESS UPS-LEFT HAND STAGGERED FORWARD 5 PRESS UPS/RIGHT HAND STAGGERED FORWARD 5 PRESS UPS-5 WIDE
SINGLE LEG BURPEE: 30 SECONDS LEFT LEG/30 SECONDS RIGHT
KETTLEBELL HALO AROUND THE HEAD
MILITARY PRESS + PRESS UP +SIDE PLANK
SEESAW PLANK
WARM DOWN: Follow each stretch from the video and hold for 30 seconds. Includes a good shoulder opener for surfers.
Cheers guys and enjoy!
Share your workouts with me and progess with the #MadToLiveFitVid @sophieeverard on Instagram and Twitter!
Tune: Gosh // Jamie XX
Location: Surf Bikini Retreat, Costa Rica
Gear: Apparel - Roxy / Kicks - Nike
With thanks to Roxy and Nike
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