I’ll be on a trail for a week in August without access to a grocery store, just the Colorado mountains. Many people take dehydrated food that you can buy at the camping store and I have to admit, it’s ... Continue Reading
Healthy Airport Travel Made Simple
'Tis the season to travel. Planes, trains, and automobiles may be taking you places this summer, but that doesn’t mean they have to take your healthy lifestyle and throw it out the window. Stuck in ... Continue Reading
Stay on Track While Traveling
A few months ago, I announced my decision to become voluntarily homeless so I can travel the U.S. and share my “self-care is healthcare” message. I deal with the reality of secondary progressive multiple ... Continue Reading
Upgrade Your Next Flight With These Airport Exercises
Being squished in an airline seat for hours and sitting in a terminal on a layover always tightens my body up for days or even weeks afterward. I have found that being proactive and stretching out as much ... Continue Reading
Seattle’s Gift to Weightlifting and Other Sports
Seattle, Washington, USA. We all know about Bill Gates and Microsoft and the Space Needle from the 1962 World’s Fair. Caffeine addicts know it as the birthplace of the Starbucks chain of coffee houses. ... Continue Reading
What to Pack and How to Train While Traveling
So I was sitting there in an airport lounge. I was enjoying my final minutes of freedom before being stuffed into a seat designed for a guy about two thirds my size for the next half a day while I travel ... Continue Reading
Healthy Travel Tips, Part 2: Hotel and Lodging
The holiday season includes many sources of stress. One of the most common stresses that affects our health is travel. Last week I gave you tips for traveling via automobile or plane. But maintaining your ... Continue Reading
I’m Leaving on a Jet Plane, or a Train, or a Boat: 3 Benefits of Traveling for Sports
By now, I have gathered lots of good intel about HOW to travel for competitions and athletic events, whether it be grappling, CrossFit, Olympic lifting, or otherwise. I’ve even written about it myself: how ... Continue Reading
Healthy Travel Tips, Part 1: Car & Plane Travel
Traveling can take a toll on our bodies, whether it is by car, airplane, or evening just staying in a hotel. And the holiday travel season is upon us. Thanksgiving has come and gone. Hanukkah and Christmas ... Continue Reading
Survival Tips for the Traveling CrossFitter
One of the things I love to do when I’m in a foreign country is work out, whether it’s in a normal fitness center or participating in a workout at a CrossFit affiliate. In either case, I find working out a ... Continue Reading
Travel for Competition Puts Athletes at Risk of Illness
Recent research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine revealed that athletes who travel more than five time zones to compete are about two to three times as likely to get sick, compared to ... Continue Reading
