Flex in the city: satisfy your urge to work out, no matter where your travels take you. Here, a fitness frequent flier offers advice on sweating it out
SUZANNE SCHLOSBERG knows a thing or two about working out while on the road. She’s sweated it out in a gym stuffed with infomercial gizmos while traveling in Morocco, pumped iron on homemade weight training equipment in Zimbabwe and run up and down more than her fair share of crumbling motel basement stairways.
Actually, Schlosberg is a lot like you, the HERS reader: Exercise is an integral part of your life and you wouldn’t miss it for the world. Come hell or high water, you’ll find a way to work out no matter how offbeat the destination and no matter how extenuating the circumstances.
Luckily, you can read Schlosberg’s book, Fitness for Travelers: The Ultimate Workout Guide for the Road (Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002), and draw on her extensive experience to help guide you through the challenges of maintaining your home-away-from-home fitness routine. On the following pages, Schlosberg shares her favorite gyms in seven cities. Admittedly, the locations aren’t as exotic as some of the places Schlosberg has been to, but they’re certainly the top business and pleasure spots you’re likely to pass through when you travel. She also offers some sage advice for fitting in a workout while you’re on the move, and she recommends important websites for travel-weary workout buffs.
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