Surviving Business Travel: What to do if business travel is killing you by Andert Stephen

Author:Andert, Stephen [Andert, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-29T16:00:00+00:00

Time is also helpful in recovering from the effects of jetlag. A rule of thumb is that it takes one day per time zone for your body to adjust to a new time zone. For travel between the U.S. and Europe for example, that would mean it would take about a week to allow your body to adjust. For most business travelers (as well as vacation travelers), taking that much time isn’t going to be possible but knowing the amount of time involved does help in understanding what you are feeling and allow you to make choices that will improve the recovery from jetlag.

Exercise

I know many people think exercise is a four-letter word, and they avoid it with a passion. I understand that completely. There was a time when I weighed over 300 pounds, and when people would suggest that I “get in shape,” my response was usually “I am in shape. Round is a shape!” If this is your opinion, this next section may still help.

Exercise can help your body adjust to different time zones. You don’t need to run a marathon to get these benefits, either. It boils down to defining exercise according to your regular pattern. I run 20-30 miles a week these days, so exercise for me can mean anything from a 3-to 6-mile run. If your weekly activity involves walking to the end of the driveway each morning to pick up the newspaper, then even a 10-minute walk on the treadmill at the gym or around the hotel will help you recover from jetlag.

The best plan I have found is to try and get some exercise in the afternoon on the day I arrive, eat a reasonable meal, and try to get to sleep at my usual bedtime in the local time zone. Even if my body still feels like it is midafternoon, the exercise helps me fall asleep.

Since my usual workout time is in the morning before work, I try to do that from the first morning I wake up in the new area. I may wake up a little bit later and do a shorter workout since I probably got a workout the afternoon before and I may need a little extra sleep the first day. Getting a morning workout from the first day I arrive helps my body adjust to the new time zone by resetting my circadian clock.

Health and fitness

In Chapter 1, I talked about some of the adventures I have had on my travels that were exercise-related, but you don’t have to ride a bike down a mountain, or run a marathon in Mainz to stay in shape. Here are some other ideas for staying healthy and maintaining fitness while traveling.

Health (yoga, tai chi)

Fitness can be maintained anywhere, but it can be especially fun when you find ways to practice fitness away from home. Fitness might conjure up thoughts of marathons or weightlifting, but it can be a wide variety of activities. These activities can be organized or informal. For

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