Posted on February 03, 2016 by Kate Halsall

For some people who are active every day, the idea of doing very little or no exercise for two weeks can be a little scary – welcome to my nightmare! I’m about to embark on a very exciting adventure holiday but the scenic walking and cycling isn’t anywhere near my normal daily routine. None of our hotels have gyms, and unfortunately I’m not the kind of person who can just “go for a run”. But I NEED to do something – ANYTHING!!

I can’t take kit with me – I considered a resistance band but as I’m back packing, everything is resticted! So I’ve come up with my travelling workout – 3 Tabata workouts which will ensure I’ll do cardio, body weight resistance & core. The exercises may sound easy, but rest assured I will be doing as many repetitions as possible in the 20 seconds to make it count!!

So by now you know the score regarding Tabata workouts, but if not, here’s how it works: I’ve picked two exercises for cardio. I’m going to perform one exercise with all out effort for 20 seconds. I’ll then rest for 10 seconds and then perform the second exercise for 20 seconds. I’ll repeat this process for 4 minutes.

Cardio:

• Star Jumps (I call them the queen of exercises!)
• 10 High Knees, 10 Low Knees

Resistance:

• Squats (ahhh my king of exercises)
• Press Ups

Core:

• Cross Body Mountain Climbers (because they’re hard)
• Plank

I’ve picked these because I don’t need much space and some of them are my favourites! It’s 12 minutes of work if I do them back to back, so a great workout to follow when on your travelling.