Travel Fit Tip: Enjoy Your Privacy with a Hotel Room Workout

Does the thought of your boss seeing you in ratty gym clothes with beads of sweat dripping off of the end of your nose turn you off? Or perhaps you hate fumbling around with unfamiliar equipment while strangers watch your struggle. Or maybe you simply don't feel safe exercising at 5:30am with a bunch of wierd looking guys.

Use your hotel room!

Unlike at home where moving furniture to make room for a workout would be a daily chore, you can easily rearrange your hotel room to give yourself plenty of space. When I arrive at my hotel, in addition to unpacking, I also completely rearrange the room. I get rid of all of the junk that covers every inch of counter and table space and push the chair(s) and tables to the side so that I have plenty of floor space.

Note: If you've done substantial rearranging and are staying for multiple days, leave the cleaning staff a note (and a nice tip) asking them to leave the furniture as is until you depart.

I use extra towels as my floor mat so that I don't have to lay on a dirty carpet, and I whip out my trusty Hotel Room Workout while I watch a TV show or movie (uninterrupted by my spouse's "clicking!").