How to Recover on the Road Without Falling Apart

Forty percent of you said flights and long drives are the hardest on your body and that’s not surprising.

Sitting for hours locks your hips and puts extra work on your back. On planes it gets worse. The dry cabin air can drain almost two liters of water out of you on a long flight. That’s enough to tank your energy and leave you stiff before you even land. (ChalkboardMag: https://www.thechalkboardmag.com/join-the-mile-high-dration-club-the-ultimate-in-flight-hydration-hack-for-frequent-flyers-combat-dehydration)

So if you want to arrive feeling like yourself:

• Move more: Get up or shift every 45–60 minutes whether you’re sitting on a plane or driving

• Hydrate: The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recommend about 3.7 liters (125 oz) of total fluids per day for men and 2.7 liters (91 oz) for women. On flights, add about 8 ounces per hour to account for fluid loss (NASEM: https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2004/02/dietary-reference-intakes-for-water-potassium-sodium-chloride-and-sulfate, Apeejay News: https://apeejay.news/the-human-body-loses-up-to-8-water-on-a-flight).

  
  

If you want something simple you can actually do while traveling, try my Road Trip Reset. It gets your blood moving and keeps your body from locking up when you travel.

👉 Watch the Road Trip Reset here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DIuxjYkoVVc/

Just be careful you don’t hold up the drink cart trying to get your stretches in. 😉

Next week we’ll dig into repetitive patterns — the way work, sports, or training can wear you down if you move the same way every day.