Best Hotel WOD? Ready GO!!!! - Page 2

Cal Jones · 04-30-2007, 02:51 AM

The one thing with those "portable" CF workouts is there are a lot with pull-ups. Most hotel rooms don't have a pull-up bar and they tend to get a bit upset if you break the wardrobe rack or the shower rail. :P

Larry Cook · 05-01-2007, 08:42 AM

Good suggestions all .. I really like Larry L's version of stair running and BW exercises. While traveling, I have used all the standard BW routines push ups, burpees, sit ups, air squats, pistols. I have also done box jumps on coffee tables (you'd be surprised how sturdy some of the hotel furniture is).

I would also add a plug for all the CrossFit affiliates. Check to see if there is one anywhere near where you are going .. you'll meet the nicest people.

Have fun.

Scott Parker · 05-04-2007, 06:55 PM

Prison Workout, 20 Rounds:

20 burpees, followed by 19 burpees, 18 burpess, 17 burpees, all the way down to 1.

John Frazer · 05-05-2007, 04:10 PM

I second the use of the stairwells. Figure out how many pushups you need to do, and divide by how many floors you need to climb...

Even a lousy hotel gym may have dumbbells. Try a countdown ladder of man-makers and situps.

Of course if you're at the Milwaukee Hilton you're out of luck, because they keep the dumbbells in the one part of the room where a tall person can't lift them overhead without punching out ceiling tiles. Worst "gym" I've ever seen.

Find a local park and do pullups on the monkey bars or soccer goalposts.

John

James Mathers · 05-14-2007, 12:37 AM

Find a Walmart and invest in a basketball, a 30# bag of playsand, and some epoxy. I cut a slit in the ball, use a half of a waterbattle as a funnel and pack that b'otch with as much sand as possible. Stuff a few plastic bags in there to fill up what's left and epoxy the hell out of it. Instant Medicine ball. Carry it up the stairs overhead, one handed. Buy a 35# db from the same walmart and do swings. I hae one sitting in my hotel rrom now. All together I paid around 30 dollars and have a gym in my room. Plus parks and local playgrounds are great.

John Milgram · 05-31-2007, 09:47 PM

James - You could go to a supermarket and get a giant watermelon for WallBall shots, and when you are one rep short of totally wiped out, you could do a slam. Just not in your actual hotel room!

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04-30-2007, 02:51 AM	#11
Cal Jones Member Profile: Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: London England Posts: 795	The one thing with those "portable" CF workouts is there are a lot with pull-ups. Most hotel rooms don't have a pull-up bar and they tend to get a bit upset if you break the wardrobe rack or the shower rail. :P

05-01-2007, 08:42 AM	#12
Larry Cook Member Profile: Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cheshire CT Posts: 274	Good suggestions all .. I really like Larry L's version of stair running and BW exercises. While traveling, I have used all the standard BW routines push ups, burpees, sit ups, air squats, pistols. I have also done box jumps on coffee tables (you'd be surprised how sturdy some of the hotel furniture is). I would also add a plug for all the CrossFit affiliates. Check to see if there is one anywhere near where you are going .. you'll meet the nicest people. Have fun.

05-04-2007, 06:55 PM	#13
Scott Parker Member Profile: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Denver CO Posts: 489	Prison Workout, 20 Rounds: 20 burpees, followed by 19 burpees, 18 burpess, 17 burpees, all the way down to 1.

05-05-2007, 04:10 PM	#14
John Frazer Member Profile: Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Northern Virginia VA Posts: 435	I second the use of the stairwells. Figure out how many pushups you need to do, and divide by how many floors you need to climb... Even a lousy hotel gym may have dumbbells. Try a countdown ladder of man-makers and situps. Of course if you're at the Milwaukee Hilton you're out of luck, because they keep the dumbbells in the one part of the room where a tall person can't lift them overhead without punching out ceiling tiles. Worst "gym" I've ever seen. Find a local park and do pullups on the monkey bars or soccer goalposts. John

05-14-2007, 12:37 AM	#15
James Mathers Member Profile: Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fairfield CA Posts: 26	Find a Walmart and invest in a basketball, a 30# bag of playsand, and some epoxy. I cut a slit in the ball, use a half of a waterbattle as a funnel and pack that b'otch with as much sand as possible. Stuff a few plastic bags in there to fill up what's left and epoxy the hell out of it. Instant Medicine ball. Carry it up the stairs overhead, one handed. Buy a 35# db from the same walmart and do swings. I hae one sitting in my hotel rrom now. All together I paid around 30 dollars and have a gym in my room. Plus parks and local playgrounds are great.

05-31-2007, 09:47 PM	#16
John Milgram Member Profile: Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Cleveland Ohio Posts: 84	James - You could go to a supermarket and get a giant watermelon for WallBall shots, and when you are one rep short of totally wiped out, you could do a slam. Just not in your actual hotel room!