All alliteration aside, travel tip Tuesday is something I plan to make a weekly thing. I’ll try to cover things I’ve learned spending my entire professional life and a decent part of my childhood living out of a suitcase, especially as it relates to fitness, diet, relationships, and overall travel saavy.
I often joke with other pilots that the three most important things in the hotel are the three W’s: Wi-Fi, water pressure, and a workout area. If any one of the three are mediocre chances are your stay will be mediocre. I don’t know how many times I’ve been to a hotel with a broken down workout room and been left to my own imagination to get my sweat on.
I’ll start by saying I am not affiliated with this company and I’m receiving no compensation for this post. (Although if you are part of the Monkii team and want to show me some love, please reach out) This is something I was excited to buy and something I use both on the road and at home. To me, it is an insurance policy against the broken down hotel workout room.
The Pocket Monkii (https://monkii.co/collections/pocket-monkii) has been my go to for a great hotel room workout, especially when the weather is bad and I can’t get outside for a run. The trx style workout is great for it’s variety and scalability. I can do light stretching and range of motion exercises, all the way up to a full on sweat session. It also folds up super compact and doesn’t take up a ton of space in my suitcase. The company has a companion app that also helps provide instructional material, pre programed workouts, and a glossary of movements so you can get inspired and create your own.
I really enjoy using the Pocket Monkii both on the road and at home, and coming in at roughly the size of Coke can, it’s a great insurance policy against crappy hotel workout rooms. Thanks for joining in on travel tip Tuesday, stay sweaty my friends.
