Gym usage while working away.

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[Deleted User]
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Hi guys,

I'm about to start a new job that requires extensive UK-wide travel... Mainly city based but I'll have a car. My previous and current locations for work have been fixed and they have both had their own, respective facilities.

I don't use the gym a lot, once or twice a week maybe, but I do like to keep fit. What's my best option for the scenario I've set out, are there any recommend national facilities, with lots of locations or anything? I'm a bit out of touch. It'd be good to have somewhere that was. PAYG and not require an induction at every new location.

Otberwise I'll just end up vegitating in my hotel room, next to the mini bar :p

Thanks.

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  • ss53
    ss53 Posts: 90 Forumite
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    Book hotels with gyms.
  • [Deleted User]
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    If you're only exercising a couple of times a week, buy some resistance bands and a pair of trainers.
  • Paul_DNAP
    Paul_DNAP Posts: 751 Forumite
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    As above, choose hotels with gym facilities, or join a national chain that allows you to use any of their gyms and plot your hotels to be near those, or get a routine together that you can do in the hotel room without much or any specific equipment, or just go out for a run when you've got a chance.


    Do your client's premises have facilities? Can you drop a quick "if I'd known you had that here, I'd have brought a change of clothes" or "any chance of a sneaky half hour in your gym before I head off to drive home"
    (Although I could be wrong, I often am.)
  • davidgreams
    davidgreams Posts: 12 Forumite
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    Mostly boring. only real major upside is that I have to be there for hours at a time, and I'm not allowed to really work out during my shift but I can sneak in sets of pull-ups every few minutes with longer rests and get my overall volume up, which is good because 70-100 pullups in a day is much more pleasant when spread out over 3 or 4 hours than it is in a 10 minute portion of a single workout.
  • colejames
    colejames Posts: 12 Forumite
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    The energy-bar maker gives employees 30 minutes of paid time each day to stretch, walk, run, bike, climb and stay fit. About 80 percent of the 380 employees at Clif Bar's headquarters exercise on site.
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