Travel tips, gym guides, and fitness advice for travellers who train
Chain gyms offer consistency. Local gyms offer everything else — better equipment, lower prices, real atmosphere, and no stupid rules. Here's why you should always skip the brand name when you travel.
Chiang Mai is Southeast Asia's best-value training city — world-class gyms and Muay Thai camps at a fraction of Western prices. The complete guide to training in Nimman, Santitham, the Old City, and beyond.
The definitive guide to training in Bali — covering the best gyms in Canggu, Seminyak, Ubud, and Pererenan. Real gym names, day pass prices in IDR and USD, and everything you need to keep training on your trip.
Jet lag is not just tiredness — it's a hormonal timing disorder that specifically compromises strength output, coordination, and recovery. Here's the science and a day-by-day strategy to protect your gains.
A fitcation is a holiday built around training — not just maintaining fitness, but making it the point. Everything you need to plan one: choosing the right destination, structuring your training week, vetting gyms before you land, and budgeting realistically.
Barcelona, Rio, Sydney, LA, Singapore. Five cities where outdoor training isn't an afterthought — it's part of daily life. The best destinations for calisthenics parks, beachfront rigs, and free outdoor fitness infrastructure.
The world's most concentrated fitness destination — 200+ businesses, 500+ weekly classes, every discipline you can name, all on one 1.5km street in southern Phuket. The definitive guide to Soi Ta-iad.
Long gaps between meals, overpriced airport food, jet lag killing your appetite. A practical guide to keeping protein intake high on the days you fly — what to pack, what to buy, and how to order.
Do you actually lose muscle on holiday? The research-backed answer — covering what happens to muscle mass, strength, and size during 1–4 weeks away from the gym. More reassuring than you think.
A few airports have quietly built facilities good enough to get a real session in. Here's where, what to expect, and what to do everywhere else.
Bed dips. Carpet crunches. Suitcase deadlifts. A deadpan guide to staying fit in your hotel room — and why finding a real gym is always the better option.
A travel day doesn't have to wreck your step count. Terminal loops, skipping travelators, stair strategies, and everything else that actually works.
No tattoos visible. No grunting. No filming. No shoes. Gyms around the world have rules that would confuse most visitors. Here's what you need to know before you train abroad.
The golden era of machine engineering produced some of the most sophisticated training tools ever built. Most were scrapped. A few survived. Here's the full story of the machines that changed bodybuilding — and the gyms that still have them.
Day pass costs by country, which gym chains never offer drop-in access, what to ask at the door, and the fastest way to find a gym that welcomes visitors wherever you're travelling.
Everything you need to know about training in Phuket — from world-class Muay Thai camps to modern fitness gyms. Covers the best areas, day pass costs, what to expect, and how to find the right gym for your training style.
A practical guide to maintaining your training routine on the road. Covers finding gyms abroad, adapting workouts to unfamiliar equipment, managing jet lag, and training when the people you're with don't.
Travelling is supposed to be easy, exciting, and refreshing — not a stressful battle with airport security over a tub of protein. Here's everything you need to know about flying with supplements.
A practical guide to finding good gyms while travelling, avoiding bad facilities, and staying consistent with your training wherever you are in the world.