, swimming and going on bike tours on family vacations. As I got older, I started traveling heavily for work, and if I didn’t exercise on the road, I rarely had the opportunity, because I was only at home for short periods of time. Over hundreds of trips, I found that even if I only had 20 minutes to stretch, my body felt better after 12-hour flights or 16-hour workdays as a freelancer.But I’m not telling you to suck up precious vacation time in a windowless hotel gym.
Exhibit A: Portugal, 2o17. I was in Porto to learn about the wine industry and needed to do something that wasn’t drinking. To combat the long car rides to wineries and hours of tastings, I searched Google Maps for a Muay Thai gym. I had fallen in love with the sport while living in Thailand.Boom Academy was far from tourist areas. They had a beginner’s class that fit my schedule, so I packed a bag with workout clothes and walked from my hostel to the gym.
I left sweaty, humbled and relieved. We don’t always notice how much stress we carry when we travel, and exercising can
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