Does anyone here do any training while business travelling?
I.e. how feasible is it to bring power meter pedals and use a stationary bike at a hotel? Has anyone done this with any success or is it even possible?
Thanks
Dan
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Recently I moved out from my home country and before settling in, I’ve been living for 3 months in a hotel.
I trained on the stationary bike using RPE / HR. Surely on that crappy bike it was not possible to swap pedals.
During a standard business trip (one week or less) I usually train on the stationary bike (again RPE o HR, usually focusing on Z2 training) or go for a run.
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I’ve done the pedal swap thing, but it depends on the hotel and the bike. I’ve seen people say they’ve met hotel staff who weren’t ok with changing the pedals.
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The bikes are usually so crappy that I usually just go for a run.
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I do about everything from elliptical to cycling or yoga.
I lift or swim as well -almost everything but bringing my bike.
Exception. I am heading to a conference and then to camping soon and I will likely go early to the conference with my bike to get hill training. But it is the HARDEST discipline to do while on business - especially conferences.
Use the Peloton Hotel Finder website. Free peloton account. Most have SPD mountain type pedals. Bring shoes. Pelotons have powermeters.
Pelotons are great. I also have a pelican case to take a wahoo kickr and a Scicon travel bag for my bike, so for long trips that’s an option too. At one point I was travelling so much I had three different national gym memberships, so depending on city I was in I could at least get into a gym.
Elliptical is my go to travel exercise though, Precor’s are my favorite. Surprisingly good crossover to cycling. I actually did a ton of it in one of my offseasons and had spectacular power that spring.
I have done the power meter thing at hotels and it works ok, I have had TSA take a pedal wrench because it was too long, I think a shorter one and a pvc pipe might be an option. Peloton is a great choice too.
For a longer trip (2 weeks) I’ve considered buying one of these and bringing pedals.
When I fly for work I try to find hotels that have rowing machines as I’m reasonably experienced on them and know how to put together a good workout.
I’m fortunate most of my travel is by car these days and I pack up everything for those trips. (Kickr, bike, fan, and all the little comforts of my pain cave. Always get awesome workouts in on those trips.
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I have actually taken a bike and trainer on a trip (bike bag, large suitcase) but it’s a lot. For road trips that’s fantastic. I ended up with a second trainer I keep in the RV for family road trips, haven’t figured out how to use the RV for work travel yet
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I’d just invest in a decent travel case and bring a bike with you.
I started taking my bike with me on almost every trip last year as I was prepping for Unbound and couldn’t afford time off the bike. Did some great rides in some amazing places, including Taiwan and Sicily.
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That thing I linked I was going to consider disposable and leave it at my in laws.
I agree with taking the bike but it’s an ordeal for shorter trips. I think that’s where the peloton and spin bikes with power pedals makes sense.
It also depends how much time you have and the time of year. The last trip I took was for a one day meeting (plus two days of travel) and it was dark all the free time I had.
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No doubt a spin bike and pedals can be great for short trips…I used to search out spin clubs and just hang in the back and just do my own thing.
But I got really good at bringing my bike for even one day trips. It helps that I invested in a travel bike (alloy frame, 105 mech) so it just stays in the travel case when I am home. I can build it / break it down in less than 20 min, so it really became not too big of a hassle.
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