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The school summer holidays are in full swing, and for me that means a lot of traveling, mostly to visit family members who are very kindly providing childcare while I work.It’s a fun time, but travel is the enemy of a consistent fitness routine, in my experience. My main sport is running, which is easy enough to keep going wherever you are, but my regular strength sessions fall completely by the wayside when I’m away from home.My usual strength training schedule consists of a couple of short dumbbell workouts a week, but I don’t want to carry any equipment with me when traveling, so I turn to bodyweight sessions instead.This 15-minute calisthenics workout from fitness trainer Anna Engelschall (best known as growingannanas on YouTube) is exactly the kind of thing I like to do while traveling.It doesn’t require any kit or even that much space — you just need room to sidestep while standing and get into a plank position on the floor — and it works muscles all over the body while also getting the heart pumping.Watch GrowingAnnanas' 15-minute full-body calisthenics workout
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The workout contains 15 exercises, each of which you do for 50 seconds before resting for 10 seconds. At the end there’s a 40-second finisher, which I couldn’t do at all; more on that later.You don’t need any equipment for the session, but if you’re on a hard floor then rolling out a yoga mat will make many of the exercises more comfortable.Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips.I’d say this is an intermediate-level session, and because it contains a lot of push-ups and planks, those worried about putting pressure on their wrists and shoulders might need to adjust those moves.I slipped in the workout one lunchtime before a run; here’s what I made of it.It’s more about maintaining strength than building muscle
