Vacations, business trips, and weekend getaways don’t have to mean a hiatus from your fitness goals. With minimal equipment—or even just body weight—you can squeeze in effective, CrossFit-style workouts anywhere. Below are five travel-friendly WODs you can pull straight from your carry-on and complete in a hotel room, park or backyard.
Every minute on the minute for 30 minutes, cycle through three stations:
Scale:
This structure keeps your heart rate up and hits legs, core and upper body in equal measure.
For time, complete:
Goal: Sub-12 minutes
Tip: Break each set into manageable chunks (e.g. 10 sets of 5 reps) to avoid form breakdown.
A quick total-body burner you can do in 8–15 minutes, depending on your pace.
Start with one burpee in minute 1, then add one more each minute (2 in minute 2, 3 in minute 3…) until you can’t finish the required reps before the clock hits the next minute.
Why it works: Progressive overload, cardio and core stability all in one!
Alternative: Swap burpees for squat-thrusts (no jump) to reduce impact.
As many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:
Rotate through strength, cardio and gymnastics to keep things balanced—even without a bar, you can loop a resistance band over a door or use towels on a smooth floor for knee-tuck “pull-ups.”
Three separate AMRAPs—each 3 minutes long—with 2 minutes rest between:
Push each 3-minute block to max rounds, rest fully, then attack the next. This triplet builds grit and gives clear benchmarks for improvement next time you travel.