Don’t Lose Your Momentum: How to Keep Exercising While Traveling
- Apr 16
- 2 min read
If you listened to my podcast last week, you heard my conversation with my friend and client, Laurie Yager. This July, she’s stepping into a big goal—an adventure race alongside her oldest son, Sam, where they’ll be biking, hiking, and kayaking together while using a compass and a map to navigate their way! I’ve had the honor of helping her train for it.
We’re entering week four of her training, and this week brings a new challenge: travel. Laurie will be out of her routine, visiting friends, staying in hotels, and on the move. Rather than taking a break, we’re adapting her plan.
Her approach will shift a bit—using a stationary bike or treadmill when possible, walking outdoors, and following a basic strength plan with bands and loops to stay active. This way, she maintains consistency, which matters more than a single perfect week, ensuring momentum isn’t lost.
💭 What Actually Happens If You Take a Week Off?
Physically, your body doesn’t lose all its strength in a week.
But something else starts to slip…
Your routine gets interrupted.
Your muscles stop getting stimulated.
Your confidence can dip.
And it becomes just a little easier not to start again.
When you’re aiming for something like an adventure race—where endurance, strength, and consistency are key—even small breaks, taken repeatedly, can accumulate over time.
And really, aren’t we all on an adventure race of our own?
Hebrews 12:2 “let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith…”
It’s about staying connected to the habit.
💡 The Goal While Traveling: Stay in Motion
It’s not about a flawless workout week while she’s away. It’s about...
👉 Keeping her body engaged by maintaining rowing strength and introducing exercises with bands specifically targeting the muscles important for adventure racing.
👉 We are targeting her deep core, back, inner thighs, and outer thighs.
👉 Supporting her goal without overwhelm.
To make it easy, I designed a straightforward, travel-friendly plan with bands and loops that fit right in her bag.
No gym. No pressure. Just movement.
❤️ The Bigger Picture: Consistency Over Time
Laurie doesn’t need a perfect week.
She needs a consistent life.
Because strength isn’t built in one workout.
It’s not lost in one week.
It’s built:
In the small decisions
In the “I’ll just do something” days.
In choosing movement, even when it’s inconvenient
Heather, I read this last week and I just read it again this morning. Thank you so much for posting this.
So beautiful...and AMEN!
Great info Heather! This will come in handy when I go camping!
Hi Heather, more great information on bone building. Also I am almost through the 28 day calendar and it has been fantastic! I highly recommend it.
Heather,
This is great info to share ! I recently had my second bone density test and it had improved from the first one. I trust that it due to the strength training classes I attend with you and my diet !
Hi Heather, excellent information on Bone health. Also, I just finished the 31 day challenge and it was fantastic. Looking forward to the 28 challenge starting tomorrow. Thank you for having all this information and for the great workouts!
Hey, thanks for the info Heather. It actually makes a lot of sense. Haven’t thought about that before. Looks like I’ll be adding a little salt and a little maple syrup!