Plan your spring break and summer trips/vacations/holidays now.

Use them for inspiration to get – and  - stay fit and healthy this year.

If you would like help getting fit to enjoy your upcoming  trips:

Just send us a note, tell us when, where and what kind of trip you are planning.  Let us know what we can do to help you have the best active experience ever!

In 2010: We are going to be part of /leading/participating in:

Cycling  in Italy,  Hiking in the Swiss Alps, Horseback Riding in Iceland,  Spa – Health & Fitness at the  The Cloister Hotel and Spa, a Travel Fit Cruise and many other active travel trips and adventures.  Please send us a message if you would like information about joining us for the fun!

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Travel is a Great Motivator for Weight Loss is a post from: Travel Fit Now!

To Explore, And Experience Tomorrow Memories Firsthand!

Exploration leads to experiences shared over and over again.

–Tracy Benham

Be an explorer. The universe is filled with wonder and magical things.

- Flavia

Be good to yourself  while you are appreciating others.

Holidays are stressful times for many people. The more tired, stressed and run down you are during the holidays, the more likely you are to skip activities and ignore to memory-making moments. Plan some time in your busy holiday schedule to play sports,  get outside and be active.

* Part of the Why Travel Fit Now (Why TF Now) series of quotes and little tips to get – and – keep you motivated on your journey to a lifetime of better health and fitness.

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Why Travel Fit for the Holidays? is a post from: Travel Fit Now!

10,996 Blogs*

155 Countries / 21,426,953 Readers ( and counting)

Why would a company that specializes in health, fitness, activities and travel write a post about climate change? Climate change affects us all.

Health effects of climate change include famine and disease.

Sports and activities are usually more fun when they are played outdoors.

Being fit and healthy is easier when you aren’t wondering about food and water.

Climate Change is happening now.

“This December world leaders will gather in Copenhagen to negotiate a global response to climate change. As a world leader in greenhouse gas pollution as well as clean energy technology, the United States needs to take bold action by implementing comprehensive clean energy policies to curb emissions.”* *(http://www.blogactionday.org/)

To find out how climate change will affect you:                   The Top 100 Effects of Climate Change.

This list will surprise you.

It includes things like baseball, wine, salmon and skiing.

Other areas that are mentioned that effects us all: food, sports, environment, animals, health/sickness, oceans, human costs, and even national security.

Less deer, more jellyfish.

Lower mountains, wider deserts.

More floods, hurricanes and fires and disease.

The time is now.

More ways to get involved***

Add your name to those across the world calling on President Obama to lead on climate change. http://www.blogactionday.org/en/takeaction

Sign the Tck Tck Tck campaign’s “I am ready” pledge supporting an ambitious, fair and binding climate agreement in Copenhagen this fall:tcktcktck.org/people/i-am-ready

Register for the 350.org International Day of Climate Action October 24: www.350.org

Join the UK Government’s “Act on Copenhagen” effort to promote a global deal on climate change: www.actoncopenhagen.decc.gov.uk/en

Learn and act with The Nature Conservancy’s Planet Change site: change.nature.org

Watch and help promote Current TV’s green-themed video journalism at: current.com/green

Support strong climate legislation in the US by making calls to your Senators with 1Sky: www.1sky.org/call

Put yourself on the Vote Earth map and upload your photos, pictures and weblinks to show the world future you want to see:www.earthhour.org/home

More actions and information available: http://www.blogactionday.org/en/takeaction

*Blog Action Day is an annual event held every October 15 that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance.

** Quote from * *  Blog Action Day Website

***  List from The Official Blog of Blog Action Day.

Turn Down, Switch Off, Recycle,

Walk , Change, Care

Climate Change, Our Planet and You is a post from: Travel Fit Now!

Try this targeted and effective workout today (AHN: Fit Kick- Video) . The next time you are you are out of town, traveling, ‘got no time’ or too busy to make time to workout – you are ready with a option to help maintain your fitness level.

As a bonus, when do this workout early in your day, you will be energized and ready to take on new adventures.

Join AHN Fitness Expert and Celebrity Trainer, Fitz as she shares one of her Favorite Quick and Effective Workout. Watch this short AHN: Fit Kick Video. “Got NO Time Workout”

Please try this workout before you leave on your trip. While this is an ‘easy to remember and follow routine’, it workout is not for beginners, people with back or knee problems or balance difficulties.

This video Courtesy of the Active Health Network.

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Please share your travel adventures with us on Twitter: TravelFit

As always, don’t forget to read the Disclaimer:

Disclaimer: All recommendations are made without guarantee.  All  information presented is for educational purposes only.The author and all individuals and companies involved disclaim all liability in  connection with the use of this information. Please see your health care provider before beginning or making changes to any exercise,  fitness, and dietary programs.If you use any of the information presented on this website or on any website, product  or program to which a link  or is offered, you do so entirely at your own risk.

AHN: Fit Kick- Effective, Time-Crunched Travel Workout is a post from: Travel Fit Now!

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes.*

- Marcel Proust

See the World through New Eyes

* Part of the Why Travel Fit Now (Why TF Now) series of quotes and little tips to get – and – keep you motivated on your journey to a lifetime of better health and fitness.

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What Do You See when You Travel? is a post from: Travel Fit Now!

“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.” –  James Michener

*Because you have decided that you want and need to experience more cultures, customs, and cuisines. You understand that the world is huge and that you will be a better person for understanding and dipping your toes into unknown lands.

* Part of the Why Travel Fit Now (Why TF Now) series of quotes and little tips to get – and – keep you motivated on your journey to a lifetime of better health and fitness.

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Why TF Now: To Experience More Cultures, Customs, Cuisines is a post from: Travel Fit Now!

Long travel days have you sitting and hunched over for multiple hours.

AHN Yoga Expert Stacy McCarthy shares a quick way to instantly relax your body in this short  AHN: Yoga Kick Video.

This video Courtesy of the Active Health Network.

AHN Yoga Expert Stacy McCarthy

Easy way to Halt Travel Stress is a post from: Travel Fit Now!

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller

Why Travel Fit Now - to appreciate your life and experiences more.

Why Travel Fit Now… So you can see new things and appreciate your life and experiences more.*

Part of the Why Travel Fit Now (Why TF Now) series of quotes and little tips to get – and – keep you motivated on your journey to a lifetime of better health and fitness.

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Why Travel Fit Now is a post from: Travel Fit Now!

Nature is Waiting for you This Weekend!

This is the last weekend to take advantage of the National Parks Service Fee- Free Weekend for the year.

* National parks have been breaking visitation records all summer. Yellowstone and Yosemite have had reportedly decade-high numbers of visitors this summer.  Almost all of the 391 National Parks, including historic and landmark sites, have seen an increase in traffic for the summer of 2009. Park managers believe the decrease in fuel cost from last summer’s price of over $4.00 a gallon to approximately $2.50 a gallon this summer has helped to increase the numbers at all major parks this summer.

The U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, announced in June that the National Park Service would offer three fee-free weekends this summer at 147 of its National Parks that charge admission (many of the other parks are already free). This includes some of the nation’s most popular and legendary parks, such as the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Zion and Yellowstone.

Even the first family is participating. This weekend President Obama and the First Family will be visiting Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming and the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.

So what are you waiting for? Make a plan to spend some time outside this weekend. This is the perfect time to spend one of the last weekends of summer with your friends and family.

Get outside, spend time with nature and go explore!

** Find a Park

The full list of US National Parks is at NPS.gov

Explore a National Park THIS Weekend is a post from: Travel Fit Now!

Why Travel Fit Now - to be Part of the Sunset.

In life and travels – you only need minimal baggage.

Just enough to let you experience all of the grandeur’s that make the journey worthwhile.*

Tracy Benham ( Health – Fitness and Adventure Advocate)

*Part of the Why Travel Fit Now (Why TF Now) series of quotes and little tips to get – and – keep you motivated on your journey to a lifetime of better health and fitness.

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When Traveling, like in Life, only Carry Minimal Baggage. is a post from: Travel Fit Now!