How to Know If It’s Time to Move On

By Alex Brown

Changing cities on your ClassPass membership is as simple as a few taps on an app. Doing it in real life? A bit more complicated. While people move for all sorts of reasons, it can be hard to identify the right moment to pull the trigger when there isn’t something pushing you to go somewhere new. Harder still is identifying whether you’re moving towards an exciting new adventure, or away from a situation that’s unhappy but fixable. After all, a post-breakup move is a lot harder to undo than a post-breakup haircut, so how do you keep yourself from making a rash decision? How to know if you should try something new We asked three professional therapists in California and Florida, the two most transient states in the country, for their insight into the most positive indicators for making a move. You have an opportunity and you can’t miss it. When your move involves a concrete change that you know will help you get closer to the life you want, you should see it as a positive thing. …

The Best Active or Outdoorsy Honeymoon Options in 2022

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It’s no surprise that compatibility is important in determining the longevity of a couple — and this is especially true when it comes to passions involving exercise and fitness. As they say, the couple who sweats together, stays together. And science totally backs this theory. Research from several studies has found that couples who participate in exciting physical challenges or activities with each other report feeling more satisfied in their relationship and more in love overall. As much as you want to relax (and sleep and lay down and do nothing) once the wedding planning has finally come to an end, you may be surprised by how energetic you feel after coming down from those amazing endorphins of wedded bliss and jet off to your honeymoon. But where should you go? If you and your spouse-to-be love to stay active and get your heart rates up, you might want to consider a honeymoon destination that offers hiking, skiing, water sports or other fun ways to celebrate your marriage with movement. The best active and outdoorsy nature honeymoon destinations Need …

The Best Travel Workout Equipment to Pack

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Staying fit while you’re on the road can be difficult. Extended periods of time in cars, airports or hotel rooms can make it hard to motivate yourself to get to a fitness class or gym, but it helps if you carry the right exercise gear with you. (And psst: to take workout videos on the go with ClassPass!) The best workout equipment to pack when travelling This list of travel workout gear contains the best teeny-tiny, inflatable and/or lightweight items that you can take with you anywhere in order to get a workout in. Some of them lie flat in your bag until you fill them with water or sand, while others provide several pounds of resistance for weight-training. Consider taking any or all of these five travel-friendly workout products on your next road trip. These are the best pieces of workout equipment to pack for travels: Portable resistance bands Collapsible water bottle Water-filled weights Sandbag kettlebells Portable yoga mat Stability ball Sliders Jump ropes Portable resistance bands Resistance bands are an excellent way to …

6 Ways to Get Yourself Out of Vacation Mode (Sorry)

By Megan Reardon

Vacations, honeymoon, longs weekends—they’re all hard to come back from. After all, no one wants to spend 10 days in paradise and then go back to the office (and a full inbox) on Monday. Turning off vacation mode is often tough, but it doesn’t have to be. There are some smart strategies you can employ to make your transition from leisure time a little bit easier.      Whether you’re a world traveler or a staycationer, these pro tips for snapping out of vacation mode will help you get your head back in the game.   Detoxify Sometimes vacation can mean one too many cocktails, rich foods or even lack of sleep if you’re an adventure buff. While fun, these vacation habits can make it hard to feel “normal” once you’re back at work. There are simple and effective ways to rid toxins from your body and feel healthy again after vacation that don’t include depriving yourself. Water is one of the best tools in your detoxing arsenal. “Focus on increasing your water intake. This will …

The Travel Benefits of Compressions Socks

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A sense of adventure can take you all kinds of interesting places, but covering all of that distance—seated in a plane or in a car—can pose a potential risk to your health. If you’ve ever deplaned and felt like your legs just weren’t your own, there’s a reason. Limbs can become swollen, misshapen or sore after a long period of sitting because being inactive for many hours slows circulation and can cause fluid to pool in our tissues. Getting up to move around can help shake out the pooling, which is why this often dissipates after a couple of hours of wandering an airport and your destination. While it often takes many, many hours for the risk to become substantial, it’s worth preempting potential pitfalls by preparing ahead. Many vein health experts extol the virtues of compression gear to help maintain good circulation during travel. What do compression socks do? Compression clothing—think socks, armbands and leggings—steadily squeezes your limbs, which helps to keep blood moving consistently through your veins and can help to prevent muscle …

How to do Yoga on an Airplane

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Traveling by plane means dealing with a lot of changes in our environment, sometimes for an extended period of time. The aircraft cabins are pressurized so we can breathe at a high altitude where the oxygen becomes more thin, but even when configured perfectly our body is still impacted by this constructed environment. The lower oxygen levels cause sleepiness, the dry air makes our skin crispy and immune system weak, and because the air is cooled before being circulated, it is often too cold for comfort. How to do airplane yoga These subtle changes are actually a lot to deal with. Not to mention, sitting in one tiny space without much ability to move causes blood to collect in the legs and feet, which can lead to annoying and semi-painful swelling or even blood clots. But we all love traveling—and posting that photo of the wing of the plane above the clouds—so how can we improve this experience? The answer is yoga. In an ideal world, there would be time for a quick cycle class before …