Lucky Little Travelers, www.luckylittletravelers.com, is a new website dedicated to family travel. Please check our website for family friendly destinations, travel tips, and packing for children. We are currently building, so if you don’t find what you are looking for, please check back with us. As we welcome the New Year we have all made our resolutions to exercise more and eat healthier. Incorporating Exercise in your vacation is easy. In fact, exercise on vacation is usually not a problem. There is an enormous amount of activity that takes place on vacation. Here are 6 ways to think about how you can enhance exercise on your vacation:
1.) If you are going to a beach community, take long walks in the sand. It is great exercise and it tones muscles.
2.) Theme parks present continual opportunities to walk. Make a mental note to pick up your walking pace whenever you can. No need to run, but you can raise your heart rate a little, and with all that walking a little adds up to a lot.
3.) Staying in a hotel with a gorgeous pool. Get in and swim!
4.) Going to a mountain resort: bike, hike, or walk. Look online to see if you can rent a bike, how much they usually rent for, and where to go to pick one up.
5.) Stairs are hard to avoid on vacation. In America, there are usually ramps for disabled people and strollers. If you don’t have anyone in need of the ramp, take the stairs.
If you are in Europe, use the underground metro system. Most of Europe’s underground metro public transportation is great and will take you to within walking distance to main attractions. More importantly, the way in and out of the underground is by stairs.
6.) Nicer hotels and resorts usually have exercise rooms, take advantage of them.
Be sure to bring the proper equipment with you; comfortable walking shoes that give good support, bathing suit, sunscreen, flip-flops, bike.
Most importantly, be nice to yourself. Do whatever it is that you can do to exercise, but acknowledge your accomplishments. Reduce your stress and enjoy your vacation!
