Fitness: Intermittent Fasting

Travel: Airbnb Experiences

“Perks of private, cost of public” - How to fly private from a public airport by choosing the right times, right airlines, right airports, parking, etc

Right times - When to fly? Times and days of the week

Right airlines - Which airlines take care of you? (Our go-to is always Southwest, extra baggage, super-friendly, always on time, discounted early-bird option, companion pass)

Right airports - Our example, Hobby (HOU) versus George Bush Intercontinental (IAH), Chicago: Midway (MDW) versus O'Hare (ORD); faster security, shorter transit times

Parking - find a parking lot that is inexpensive, has consistent and frequent shuttles, is friendly and goes above and beyond. (i.e. FastPark and Relaaaax)

• How we recover
  • Get back into our routine, can’t wait to get up early the first full-day back from a trip and head to the gym.
  • Eat clean; although we don’t eat too unhealthy when we travel, it’s relatively easy to eat clean the week after being away. New groceries, healthy foods, etc.
  • Increase soft tissue work, cardio and stretching (usually feel pretty stiff after multiple flights or from sitting in a car on a road trip, or sore after a race
  • Rest; we don’t try to launch into a ton of activities; although we get back into our routine, it doesn’t take much effort. We don’t do anything out of the ordinary, we’ll say, when we return from a trip - or at least we try not to.

PART 1 (Check out the PART 2 coming soon!)

(Preview about RT diaries)

Plan

• How we plan 
  • Ideas for trip, key places, most instagrammed spots or recommended, secret spots
  • Plan a route that hits all those major spots
  • Then choose the time of year: Weather/season? Least touristy? Event you want to attend?

Budget

• How we budget
  • Check out our March blog series!
  • Create budget after we create an initial plan; use our plan to establish expectations, then adjust up or down based on what we want to afford
  • Figure out how to afford it
    • Maybe you need to save, sell some stuff or pick up a part-time job
    • Maybe you can find a reward card/earn points
    • Maybe you can find a work opportunity while you’re there (working holiday in NZ and other countries)

Book

• For booking, join our email list and receive our comprehensive trip planning strategy, overview:
  • One tip: Start with Google Flights, good place to begin your planning.

Pack

• Some things we bring:
  • Things you remember: Essential clothes, etc
  • Things you may forget— blog plug
  • Things we don’t recommend
    • Don’t bring things “because you might need it”

Before the Go 

• What we do the day of
  • Get good sleep the night before! Wake up workout?
  • Eat well and get there in plenty of time so you aren’t rushed
  • Enjoy your trip!!

Fitness statistic: 44% of people have obesity.

Travel statistic: Virgin Galactic (Space Plane) sent its first passenger into space. Space Tourism! The flight is 90 min long and costs $250,000. The waiting list is already 600 people long.

General Idea: Think about why everyone fails. Simple: something comes in the way and stops their forward progress. Maryssa - work furiously to get it done as fast as possible. Mike - persistent, slow and steady. “As long as I keep moving forward I’ll get there eventually.” Regardless of speed, the needle is always moving forward.

Tips for mindset:

• Become emotionally unavailable to your work and goals. 
• What’s still moving forward?
• Internal processes take time. 

Tips for application:

• What gets measured gets managed. Start collecting data - you can’t fake data, and it avoids the emotional roller coaster. How you “feel” can change minute to minute.
• Set a goal. In general, give yourself a realistic target and end date.
• Do something small each day. 

Mental images to keep you going:

• Train: speeds up, slows down; climbs up and down hills; gains momentum, loses momentum; travels through dark tunnels and day time; continues forward despite inclement weather. Stays on the path, keeps moving forward no matter what.

Tying the knot: A constant theme throughout our platform is consistency. We talk about “keeping your routine” on the road or when you travel, meaning that you should work to establish a routine at home first! If you want the most success and want to avoid going backwards because of your busy schedule, then keeping a baseline, bare minimum at all times will ensure that you move forward regardless of circumstance. The baseline for you might be 3 workouts each week; maybe it’s something small every day that you’ll do regardless of your schedule.

“Nutrition is made or broken through preparation.” - Anonymous

What you should focus on is developing good habits now, while you’re at home

A few principles:

• Whole foods
• Meal frequency
• Protein intake(most restaurants and quick options are high in carbs/fat)
• Moderation(just because you have strict goals, doesn’t mean you can’t try some foods from the local area; it also doesn’t mean you can eat poorly the whole trip)

What are your goals? (Again, what are your goals at home?)

• Maintain your fitness?
• Continue losing weight?
• Bodybuilding show?

Budget for food

• Hopefully you established a budget beforehand
• Do you have the means to eat out multiple meals, or do you need to plan a trip to the supermarket?

Currently into fitness, bodybuilder, training for competition; how to travel with supplements:

Pre-portion enough servings for your trip

Buy sample sizes(or request free samples)

Never had issue traveling with powder in ziploc bag

General fitness, wanting to stay healthy or continue weight loss: how to get protein no matter where you are: 

• Look for meat in the menu
• Look for “healthier option” column
• Ask for extra protein
• Bring your own protein(meal bar, powder)

3 Tips for anyone traveling: Pack snacks + Drink Water + Double-check labels

- Keep snacks handy, you can bring them from home(nuts, meal bars, beef jerky, dried fruit products like fruit leather), air-popped popcorn

- Once you get through security or to your destination, grab a bottle or two of water; you’ll need to compensate for dehydration during the flight and during long travel time when you might not have been conscious of your water intake

- Products in different countries may contain varying levels of sugar or other contents, words in different cultures mean different things, many countries have different products.

We recorded this episode with NO NOTES! :-)

Here are links to the tours we did in New Zealand! This was a dream trip, a place we truly hope you have the chance to visit.


Auckland Whale and Dolphin Safari
https://whalewatchingauckland.com
@aucklandwhaleanddolphinsafari


Hell's Gate
http://www.hellsgate.co.nz/package
@HellsGateROTORUA


Milford Sound Cruise, Kayak and Underwater Observatory
https://www.southerndiscoveries.co.nz/milford-sound/
@southerndiscoveries


Franz Joseph Glacier Helihike
https://www.helicopter.co.nz/english/franz-josef/
@thehelicopterline


Waitomo Glowworm Caves (We bought tickets for this tour at a cafe on the way to the caves!)
http://www.waitomo.com/
@waitomoglowwormcaves



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Have you ever had a "less-than-average" travel experience? Maybe you went on an exhausting family trip to Disney, your daunting first international trip, or a road-trip-gone-wrong.

We want to help you avoid common pitfalls and have a significant experience every time! In this episode, you'll find some simple tips to help you choose and plan for your next destination.

Show Notes

Mike lost a bet... (5:16)

Begin how to choose destination (6:00)

• Start your bucket list

Tips (9:55):

• Attach significance(an event, celebration)
• Create a theme for your trip(add your own creativity) (15:30)
• Bring a travel partner (17:00)

Planning process (18:35)

• Consider time of year/climate (19:08)
• Distance/how far is the trip? (20:05)
• How long do you realistically plan to spend? (21:40)
• Budget (22:15)

How we chose NEW ZEALAND! (23:10)

Welcome to the Two Fit Travelers Podcast! Thank you so, so much for joining us on the show. We hope we add a teeny, tiny bit of value to you while you listen.

This description will serve as our show notes for this episode:

- Introduction: about us and our background as fit travelers
- What to expect on this platform
- Preview of our trip to New Zealand! (as well as 2019 destinations and race schedule)
- What else!