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Matt Shriver

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December 10, 2025

7 workouts you can do anywhere no matter where the holidays take you

What’s up, team?! The holiday season is upon us and you know what that means: extended periods of travel or visiting family and friends that limits your time spent in the gym. Combine that with a little extra food and drink during the holidays, and we have a recipe for a minor setback. But no worries. We come prepared today to discuss how you can address this challenge. 

Foremost - you have to commit to finding time for fitness. An hour is fantastic. Gold standard. 30 minutes is awesome. If you’re in a bind, even 15 minutes will do. Consistency is the most important thing. 

Back in 2022 when I joined CrossFit Renew, I participated in the 90 Day Journey offered to our newer athletes. Little did I know that after joining in October, come November, I would spend most of the next two months traveling for work and holidays. In seven weeks, I spent a full five of them away from home and Renew. The two weeks I was around, I was sick with COVID from my air travel. 

At the end of my 90 Day Journey, my proudest accomplishment was that of the 35 days I traveled, I found a way to workout 21 times (about 4 days a week). For someone practically brand new to fitness, finding that consistency is what propelled me to still be here today. Here’s some proof: my 2023 goal review. 

So how can you find that consistency in travel and holiday times?

  • Drop into a box where you’re visiting! Spending time in other gyms is one of my favorite new routines of traveling. Show up. Have a good attitude. Be coachable. And get in the best hour of your day with total strangers and have fun doing it.
  • A more budget friendly option, and if you have access to some form of light weight (e.g. dumbbells, kettlebells), our gym programming has an At-Home version to every workout we do! It’s available to you in PushPress in the Workout section. 
  • Don't have access to any form of equipment? We still got you. Here are 7 workouts you can do while traveling that involve nothing but you:

1. 10 Minute AMRAP

  • 10 Jump squats

  • 10 Push-ups

  • 10 Sit-ups

  • 10 Burpees

Scaling: Sub Air Squats. Elevated Push Ups. Jumpbacks.
Target: 6–10 rounds

2. 20 Minute AMRAP:

  • 5 Hand-release push-ups

  • 10 Air squats

  • 15 Sit-ups

3. For Time:

100 Burpee Broad Jumps

Scaling:

  • Shorten to 50 burpees broad jumps

Goal: Keep moving. This one is a grind. ~25 minutes

4. EMOM for 12 Minutes

  • Minute 1: 20 Mountain climbers + 10 Jumping lunges

  • Minute 2: 20 Flutter kicks + 10 Push-ups

  • Minute 3: 20-Second hollow hold + 5 Burpees

5. For Time:

  • 10–9–8–7–6–5–4–3–2–1 reps of:


    • Jump squats

    • Hand-release push-ups

25 Jumping Jacks at the end of each round.

6. Tabata (20s on, 10s rest for 8 rounds):

  1. Air squats

Rest 1 min, then

  1. Burpees


7. 5 Rounds for Time:

  • 25 Air squats

  • 20 Sit-ups

  • 15 Push-ups

  • 10 Burpees

  • 400m run (or 1 minute of jumping jacks/high knees if indoors)

Goal: Steady effort. 25 minutes.

Don’t let the holidays be a setback. Let them be a win.

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