Going on holiday is an epic workout. First off, you’ve got to lug your hold-all from your house to the luggage drop-off at the airport (or wrack on the train). Then you’ve got to walk a half marathon from security to the terminal (read: train station to your hotel). And then the real workout begins, walking for miles around towns or between beach and bar. It’s exhausting. 

It’s less so, however, if you’re strong – and this workout is perfect for honing all the muscles you tend to use when travelling. Our classic strength training workout includes things like suitcase deadlifts (perfect for carrying heavy bags), squat and rotate (great practice for getting stuff out of overhead lockers) and Z press (in case you happen to be sitting on a flooded part of the beach and need to get up without getting your beach bag wet). Who said fitness wasn’t functional?

Perfect form: curtsey lunge

1. Stand straight with your feet hip-width apart, engage your core and keep your chest upright.

2. Take a big step back with your right leg, crossing it behind your left.
3. Bend both knees at 90 degrees and lower your hips until your left thigh is parallel to the floor.
4. Keep your hips and shoulders as square as possible and push back up to starting position by driving through the left heel.
5. Repeat on the opposite leg.