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#BaptistHealthy In Motion: Exercise on the Go

It can be hard to stick to your fitness routine while traveling.  Chantis Mantilla, Ph.D., community health manager at Baptist Health South Florida, offers a few tips for maintaining your fitness routine while you’re on the road.

Video by George Carvalho and Irina de Souza

The first exercise, known as the Balance Trifecta, focuses on frontal, lateral and back leg raises to strengthen the muscles in your hips, thighs and legs. These exercises are easy to do, but it is important to use proper form to prevent injury.


Exercise 1:  Balance Trifecta

The second exercise, known as the Squat to Overhead Press, fires up all your biggest muscle groups at once and gets your heart rate up. This exercise targets shoulders, abdominals, glutes, hamstrings and calves.

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Exercise 2: Squat to Overhead Press

The third exercise, Step, Twist and Curl, is a reverse lunge and biceps curl. The exercise targets biceps, core, obliques, quads, hamstrings and glutes.

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Exercise 3:  Step, Twist and Curl!

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