Travel Exercise: Best Travel Workouts for the Car or Plane

These are my Top 10 travel-on items, that really help to make airplane travel a lot more enjoyable and comfortable.

This lecture will show you what you need to include in your travel fit kit, to exercise effectively during travel.

The longer we sit immobile, the greater the risk of DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis). In this lecture we look at 8 risk factors for DVT and 8 specific ways to minimize the risk.

In this lecture, we look at four different types of  carry-on bags, and which choice is the best, if reducing travel discomfort is the goal.

Jet lag is a major pain in the butt; especially if your holiday travel is only 7 days long! In this lecture, I will give you my 10 best jet lag reduction tips!

Learn how to lift your luggage off the baggage carousel correctly, to avoid hurting your back and ruining your holiday travel.

After watching this video lecture, you will know exactly how to set up ANY car seat correctly -  Headrest position, seat incline, hips, elbows, steering wheel and hand position.

If you've never been shown how to get in and out of the car, without injury your lower back discs, then you'd better watch this video lecture. Oh, you'll also need a plastic bag!

Please review the safety advise for car exercises before beginning this section.

This video lecture will demonstrate an easy exercise designed to release neck tension that builds up during long drives.

Headrests push the head forward. In this lecture we reduce forward head posture, by learning how to chin tuck when driving.

In this lecture we learn how to use the steering wheel to strengthen our arms while driving.

Long drives round the shoulders. In this lecture I teach a simple trick, to stretch out the tight pectoralis muscle, that cause round shoulders.

Traffic jams are frustrating! In this lecture we use this time to strengthen our abs.

The lack of movement during long drives, causes the thorax to stiffen up. In this lecture we safely rotate the ribcage, to restore flexibility and reduce body discomfort.

In this lecture we learn how to body dance (to the music) using the pelvis. It's a bit fun!

Sitting for hours on end, can numb the buttocks and tighten leg muscles. Use these two car exercises to restore blood flow and reduce achy extremities.

Prolonged sitting is a risk factor for blood clots in the legs. In this lecture, we learn how to pump the blood back to the heart, using our feet.

Sitting for prolonged periods of time, flexes the spine and can seriously aggravate back pain by placing a significant amount of pressure on your spinal discs. Use the Lumbar Extension exercise to help restore normal disc shape and reduce the incidence of injury.

When we sit for hours, without a break, the hamstring muscles shorten and this can cause lower back problems. In this lecture, we learn the absolute best way to target and stretch the hamstrings.

Airplane seats are designed poorly and push the head into a forward position. This lecture will demonstrate gentle rhythmical movements that “massage” the neck muscles and joints. 

It's really hard to sit still for hours on end, without total lockdown in the shoulders and thorax. This lecture demonstrates just how easy (and fun) it is to restore flexibility. This feels so good!

Long flights in cramped slouchy spaces cause the rib cage to become stiff and less mobile, resulting in a hunch back appearance. This lecture teaches us to unwind our stiff tense thorax, to restore upright posture.

Hip flexors become short and tight, when we sit for hours at a time and this can affect gait, posture and movement. These simple but effective hips circles will improve flexibility, gait and overall posture.

In this lecture, we learn to improve shoulder stability - and reduce round posture - by strengthening the triceps muscles that attach to the shoulder blades.

Prolonged sitting causes weak gluteal muscles. Weak glutes can cause swayback posture. In this lecture we really target the glutes by squatting one leg at a time. Feel the burn! 

Tight bottom muscles are frequently the source of leg pain, numbness and tingling, when tight muscle knots in the buttocks clamp down over the sciatic nerve and send pain into the leg. This lecture provides the solution to this problem.

The longer we’re immobile, the greater the risk of blood clots. In this lecture we use the feet and calf muscles to pump blood back towards the heart, in order to reduce the risk of blood pooling in the legs.

When we sit for hours, without a break, the hamstring muscles shorten and this can cause lower back problems. In this lecture, we learn the absolute best way to target and stretch the hamstrings. 

In this lecture we learn how to shimmy and shake, just like a Belly Dancer. This is an easy way to reduce stress from long flights and to boost overall fitness.

The Posture Doctor shares a few last words of wisdom.

This lecture provides a downloadable pdf that lists all the car exercises, for easy reference.

This lecture provides a downloadable pdf that lists all the airplane exercises, for easy reference.