Exercising on the plane

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Hi Everyone,

So am sure some of you know how I love to travel and am sure I have a bunch of travellers that read this blog, right? I have come to realise something about savy travellers, and that is the fact that they seldom exercise when on a holiday and even less when on a flight, Yep!! We are often busy sleeping or watching a movie and thinking about the adventures when we land at our destinations, or of course the time we get to return home. Some of us travellers while trying to grab the cheapest tickets, seat for hours on a plane, connecting from one location to another .......... you know this, lol, some for as much as 24hours n more.

Why not use that time to do a bit of muscle stretch to reduce tiredness or any form of stiffness that may result from seating in one place for hours, yes on the plane..... No am not talking of jumping all over people and running down the aisle like a crazy pigeon, as fun as that may sound  .....nop!  Humans aint patient for that kinda drama anymore, don't want nobody calling you terrorist....lmao!

We all know what the benefits of good blood circulation and exercises will do to ease our nerves and help us enjoy the holiday better, right? Hence why am writing this, I had to do them on my last trip to Ethiopia and boy I was able to enjoy my few hours in the city before my next flight.... I was walking about like I had just gotten a Ninja title...........wuyayhoooo!!! Now lets dive in....... (By the way you can do the exercises on short flights too.)

**Before we head in please check with your doctor first to ensure that you don't have any health conditions that might be adversely affected by the exercise****

1. Foot Bumps
Start with both of your feet on the floor while resting mainly on your heels and point your feet upward as high as you can, then put both flat feet on the floor. Lift your heels high, keeping the balls off your feet on the floor. Do and continue this circle for 40 seconds.

2. Ankler
Lift your feet off the floor and begin to draw a circle with your toes, simultaneously moving one feet clockwise and the other in an anti-clockwise manner. Do this for 20 seconds or more, especially if you feel relaxed, do it for more seconds.

3. Knee lifts
Lift your knees with your knees bent till they almost reach the stomach. Repeat on each leg separately for 30-40 seconds.

4. Kneeler
Slightly bend forward from your chair, clasp your hands around your right knee and pull it towards your chest. Hold it for a stretch for 20 seconds. Slowly let it down while your hands are still around the knees. Repeat steps for the next knee.

5. Forward Leap
With stomach tucked in and both feet on the floor, slowly bend and place your hands in front of your legs towards your ankle. Hold the stretch for another 15-20 seconds and slowly sit back up.

6. Overhead Board
Raise both hands up over your head. With one hand grab the elbow of the other hand and gently pull to one side and both backwards at intervals. Repeat on both sides for 20 seconds each.

7. Shoulder Stretch
Reach your right hand over your right shoulder. Place left hand behind right elbow and gently press elbow towards your shoulder. Hold the stretch for 15 seconds and repeat on both sides.

8. Arm Curl
Place your arms at 90 degrees angle: elbows down,  hands out in front. Raise your hands up to chest  and back down, alternating both hands for 30 seconds intervals.

9. Neck Rolls
Relax your shoulders, drop one side of your ear to your shoulder , gently roll neck forward and to the other side, holding it position for about 5 seconds, repeat 7 times.

10. Shoulder Roll
Hunch your shoulders forward, then backward, upward and backwards in a gentle circular motions for 20 seconds.



Now you should feel more relaxed........ xoxo :)