The Top Hotel CrossFit Workouts

Hotel gyms can be very hit or miss. Admittedly, most are miss. However, even a bad hotel gym isn’t an excuse for slacking while you’re on the road. I lived in hotels for years and always managed to have excellent hotel CrossFit workouts. Here is our research about the The Top Hotel CrossFit Workouts.

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The Top Hotel CrossFit Workouts – Good Gyms

They say “a good man is hard to find”. While this may be true, I would counter that “a good hotel gym is harder to find”. If you’re lucky enough to be staying somewhere with a gym like this, each morning will likely result in some excellent hotel CrossFit workouts.

Hotel Hangover

Equipment: Concept2 rower, kettlebell

This has been my classic “hangover” or “on the road” workout for years. It packs a punch and will make you sweat out all the bad…stuff, but that minute of rest feels so good.

Light DT

Equipment: Barbell, bumper plates

Just because we have a nice gym doesn’t mean we have a ton of space or the permission to be throwing weights around. With a relatively light barbell, you can still get that DT stimulus without getting thrown out of the joint!

Bar Dip JT

Equipment: Dip bar or gymnastics rings

One of the all-time greatest bodyweight workouts, this is one of those “looks easy enough, but will blow you up” kinds of workouts.

If your hotel gym happens to have rings, you can try the Rx version . If not, use the dip bar.

Triple 3

Equipment: Concept2 rower, jump rope, air runner

This is a bit of a step up from the previous 3 workouts, but you’ll definitely feel accomplished once you’ve finished it. Starting with the row, you shouldn’t have a problem with other patrons “stealing” your equipment halfway through. Scale down to a “Triple 1” or “Triple 2” if necessary!

Daniel

Equipment: Pull-up bar/rack, air runner, barbell, bumper plates

You need a treadmill, a pull-up bar, a barbell and some 25s (or a couple of 10s and 5s, for the ladies). The pull-up/thruster combo will ensure some “Fran Lung” occurs, although you’ll get to space it out over a mile run!

Sky Hook

Equipment: Barbell, bumper plates

Like DT, this WOD enables you to take your bar and (preferably bumper!) plates, head to a small patch of real estate and do your thing. 180 reps is good volume and even if you (accidentally!) drop the bar a couple of times, the light weight probably won’t turn too many heads.

Catch Fire

Equipment: Concept2 rower, dumbbells

This will require a bit of walking room, unless you are okay with spinning around a lot! The row and farmer’s carry will destroy your grip so plan ahead (for the workout itself and for the day’s vacation activities. Zip-lining through the jungle will feel much scarier with a fried grip!)

Light Liquid Cocaine

Equipment: Barbell, bumper plates, pull-up bar/rack

Although this is a shorter, sprint workout, both movements require a larger degree of skill and athleticism than others on this list. Go lighter if you think you might end up dropping the bar with this weight.

Top Hotel CrossFit Workouts – Okay Gyms

These gyms are what you will probably find at most mid-range hotels in the United States. You will likely need to scale or adjust weights and/or movements in these hotel CrossFit workouts, but scaling down might be for the best. Plan for vacation week to be a deload week!

Cindy

Equipment: Pull-up bar/rack

Depending on the pull-up bar you have available, this may turn into “Strict Cindy”. If you’ve been neglecting this CrossFit benchmark, you can finally tackle it on your trip. If you want to learn all about Cindy, check out our deep dive into this “CrossFit Girl“!

If you’d rather try a more challenging benchmark workout, you can always try…

Murph

Equipment: Air runner, pull-up bar/rack, weighted vest (optional)

I did Murph once in a small hotel gym in Cozumel. As romantic as it sounds, I can assure you it was REALLY hot (as Mexico in September normally is) and felt more difficult than usual.

Want a lower-intensity version of Murph while you’re focused on a week of relaxation? Give Mini-Murph or Quarter-Murph a try, instead!

2017 CrossFit Open Workout 1

Equipment: Dumbbell, plyo box

If you want to turn your brain off and get to work, just grab a dumbbell and a box. In all likelihood, a traditional plyo box will not be available so feel free to get creative with a bench or something else you can safely jump on and over. Even if the height isn’t the same….75 burpee box jump overs are 75 burpee box jump overs.

Dumbbell Fran

Equipment: Dumbbells, pull-up bar/rack

You could try this with 50s/35s, but then you’d be doing a more difficult version of the thruster with a heavier weight. Why do that to yourself when you’re on vacation?

Dumbbell Badger

Equipment: Dumbbells, pull-up bar/rack, air runner

Like the previous workout, you could opt for 50s/35s to be closer to the original “Badger”. However, 90 squat cleans at any weight, 90 pull-ups, and 1½ miles of running will always allow you to live guilt-free for the rest of your vacation day.

Helen

Equipment: Air runner, kettlebell, pull-up bar/rack

The famous sprint WOD (which is also one of the best beginner CrossFit workouts) can be completed with a treadmill, pull-up bar, and either a kettlebell or a dumbbell. In less than 20 minutes, you’ll have cardio, muscle endurance, and gymnastics modalities covered for the day!

Run Jackie

Equipment: Air runner, dumbbells, pull-up bar/rack

One of the all-time greatest thruster WODs, feel free to go lighter on the dumbbells (50 thrusters starts to add up fast) and to go Rx on the rower if you have one available. .

Dumbbell Barbara Ann

Equipment: Dumbbells, jump rope

The dumbbell weight is a bit lighter than the original barbell weight (135/95), but the high-rep dumbbell sets will start to wear on your grip. We’ll see another modified version of “Barbara” in the next series of workouts.

Top Hotel CrossFit Workouts – Bad Gyms

You can’t always blame the hotel for these gyms.

They may have limited resources

Instead of lamenting the hotel gym’s “quality”, consider this an opportunity to work on running and bodyweight exercises. Equate “no weights” with “no challenge” at your own risk with these hotel CrossFit workouts!

500 Double-unders

Equipment: Jump rope

This workout is as “simple” as it looks. I hope you brought your own jump rope; 500 double-unders with an “off the rack” jump rope will likely lead to some type of cramp or self lashing!

Burpee Barbara

Equipment: n/a

You don’t actually need a gym for this one; I have completed it in my hotel room many times. Just make sure you have something to lay back on for the 200 total sit-ups. Rug burn is a thing!

Tips to Prepare for Hotel CrossFit Workouts

If you decide to reserve a hotel with a gym in the “bad” category, don’t discount the very real possibility that you just won’t want to work out.

The less-than-stellar gym facility combined with the excitement of being away from home, can kill your hotel CrossFit workout aspirations.

Hotel Gym Research

When you’re deciding where to stay for a family vacation, you probably take a lot of factors into consideration.

Price. Location. Amenities. Tripadvisor reviews.

Tripadvisor reviews…?

Tripadvisor (and a few other hotel review websites) can be treasure troves of information for finding out what a hotel’s gym is like.

Even if the hotel’s websites shows something like this:

A lot of times, the picture is very outdated. Or in reality, the gym looks something like this:

Before confirming your reservation, be sure to check out Tripadvisor. Enter the terms “gym” or “fitness” into the search bar to see what people are saying about the space.