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    69+ Great Crossfit Hotel WODs: Gym-free workouts anywhere, anytime

    Whether you’re traveling for business or pleasure, the craziness of moving can easily disrupt anyone’s fitness routine.  Finding the time to squeeze in a good workout is hard enough, but working out in a hotel gym with little equipment can be tough…especially if there is no hotel gym! Lucky for us, the “Crossfit hotel WODs”, also known as CrossFit hotel workouts, are perfect for getting in a great workout, in your hotel room, with no equipment.

    No matter where you are in the world, there’s always a way to squeeze in a solid workout

    I’ve traveled the world for two years, to plenty of places without a true gym or decent equipment.  This list of Crossfit hotel WODs are the best Crossfit style workouts I’ve found for getting back into shape and staying in shape without leaving my hotel room.  From Everest & the Himalayas to impromptu marathons to surfing, these travel friendly workouts have keep me ready for any adventure that comes my way.

    For the best results (and to keep those results) aim to do a workouts from this list 2-3 times per week.

    Crossfit Hotel WODs

    Contents of this Crossfit Hotel WODs List

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    The Crossfit Hotel WODs List

    5 Rounds for time

    • 10 Burpees
    • 10 V-Ups

    Tabata Push Ups + Squats

    • Perform 8 sets of 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds rest (4 minutes total) of push-ups first, then 8 rounds of air squats

    20 rounds for time : 

    • 5 Push ups
    • 5 Sit ups
    • 10 Squats

    10 rounds for time : 

    • 5 Tuck Jumps (aim for vertical height)
    • 5 Squats
    • 5 Broad Jumps

    For Time:

    • 100 Burpees

    For Time:

    • 100 Pushups

    The 5 Best Hotel Workouts: HIIT & Crossfit WODs to stay fit anywhere

    If you’re hard pressed for time and need to get in a workout quickly, or just want an intense burn, then picking the workout for your limited matters heavily.

    The following 5 workouts are (in my opinion) the best hotel workouts possible, in a limited hotel gym (with dumbbells) or in your hotel room. Over a decade of travel, adventure, and military deployments with limited (or no) gyms but a constant need to stay fit, and these 5 workouts have been go-to workouts. Keeping me in shape throughout the globe.

    (If you want more “standard” hotel room/gym Crossfit workouts, keep scrolling 65 more standard Crossfit workouts to do in your hotel room or gym)


    Man Up, Man Down

    • 10 Dumbbell “Man Makers
    • 10 HSPU
    • 8 Dumbbell “Man Makers”
    • 8 HSPU
    • 6 Dumbbell “Man Makers”
    • 6 HSPU
    • 4 Dumbbell “Man Makers”
    • 4 HSPU
    • 2 Dumbbell “Man Makers”
    • 2 HSPU

    Kettle Hell

    • 20 Kettlebell / Dumbell Deadlifts (Two Handed)
    • 20 Sumo Deadlift High Pulls (Two Handed)
    • 20 Swings (Two Handed)
    • 10 1-Arm Swings, Right Arm
    • 10 1-Arm Swings, Left Arm
    • 10 Snatches, Right Arm
    • 10 Snatches, Left Arm

    2 Rounds For Time: 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

    • Pause Push-ups (Stop for 1 second at the top, halfway down, bottom, and halfway up)
    • Jump Squats

    5 rounds for time : 

    • 3 Handstand Push Ups
    • Handstand Hold 30 seconds (against the wall is fine)
    • 15 Pistols (Single Legged Squats)

    5 Rounds

    • 100 Meters Lunging
    • 1 Minute Rest
    With or without weight, don’t underestimate the pain (and potential) of lunges

    Hotel WODs with Dumbbells and Kettlebells

    If your hotel does have a gym with dumbbells or kettlebells, give these other Crossfit hotel WODs with dumbbells a try for a more intense and strength building burn

    Kettlebell, backpack, sandbell, or dumbbell, the following 5 workouts will keep you strong and ready, anywhere. Don’t hesitate to use your backpack as a kettlebell.

    “Kettlehell”5 rounds for time of:

    • 20 Kettlebell / Dumbell Deadlifts (Two-Handed)
    • 20 Sumo Deadlift High Pulls (Two-Handed)
    • 20 Swings (Two-Handed)
    • 10 1-Arm Swings, Right Arm
    • 10 1-Arm Swings, Left Arm
    • 10 Snatches, Right Arm
    • 10 Snatches, Left Arm

    Note: Kettlehell can be done with dumbbells


    5 rounds for time:

    • 10 Renegade Manmakers
    • 15 V-Ups

    Example of Renegade Manmakers:


    5 Rounds for Time (Dumbbell Demons)

    • 5 Single Arm Dumbbell Snatches (Right Arm)
    • 5 Single Arm Dumbbell Snatches (Left Arm)
    • 10 Dumbbell Lunges
    • 15 V-Ups
    • 20 Steam Engines (High Step + Knees to Elbows)

    5 Rounds for Time

    • 10 Dumbbell Clean and Presses
    • 10 Burpees
    • 10 Pistols (One Legged Squats)
    • 10 Hindu Pushups

    “Man Up, Man Down” – As Quickly As Possible

    • 10 Dumbbell “Man Makers
    • 10 HSPU
    • 8 Dumbbell “Man Makers”
    • 8 HSPU
    • 6 Dumbbell “Man Makers”
    • 6 HSPU
    • 4 Dumbbell “Man Makers”
    • 4 HSPU
    • 2 Dumbbell “Man Makers”
    • 2 HSPU

    More Standard Crossfit Hotel Workouts…

    For Time:

    • 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Reps per round of:
    • Burpees and Situps

    For Time:

    • 30 Handstand Pushups or Incline Push Ups
    • 40 Jump squats
    • 50 Situps
    • 60 Squats

    5 Rounds

    • 20 tuck jumps
    • 30 second handstand hold

    For Time: 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

    • Push up
    • Jump Squats

    As Many Rounds as Possible in 10 Minutes

    • 3 Burpees
    • 6 Supermans (Lie on the floor, contract lower back, and raise arms & legs off floor)
    • 9 Sit-Ups

    5 Rounds, As Many Reps as Possible

    • 20 seconds of mountain climbers
    • 20 sec of squats
    • 20 sec of rest

    5 rounds for time : 

    • Handstand Hold 30 seconds (against the wall is fine)
    • 20 air squats

    5 rounds : 

    • Handstand Hold 1 minute
    • Hold bottom of the squat for 1 minute

    5 Rounds for Time:

    • 20 Forward Lunges
    • 20 Backward Lunges
    • 20 Side Lunge
    • 20 Split Jumps (Speedskater Lunges)

    21-15-9 : 

    • Push ups
    • Hollow rocks
    • Jump squats

    10 rounds for time : 

    • 5 handstand Push Ups
    • 10 burpees

    8 rounds for time as fast as possible:


    “Step Down” Perform all three mini workouts in succession

    (1) 21-15-9:
    – Push Ups
    – Burpees
    Rest 2:00


    (2) 15-12-9:
    – Sit Ups
    – Burpees
    Rest 2:00
    (3) 12-9-6:
    – Squat Broad Jump
    – Burpee


    4 Rounds, Every Minute on the Minute

    • Min 1: 7 Burpees
    • Min 2: 15 Sit-Ups
    • Min 3: 50 Jump Tucks

     – Repeat 4 times


    20 minute AMRAP of:

    • 5 Handstand Push Ups or Incline Push Ups
    • 10 Pistols/Single Leg Squats (alternating legs)
    • 15 Push-ups

    Tabata This: 8 rounds of 20 sec. on, 10 sec. off of each exercise

    • Squats
    • Push Ups
    • Sit Ups
    • Burpees

    AMRAP in 20 minutes:

    • 10 Burpees
    • 20 Steam Engines (Stand with hands behind head, raise knees to elbows)

    8 rounds For Time

    • Handstand 30 seconds
    • 20 squats

    Super Legs: 3-5 Rounds, as fast as possible:

    • 20 Air Squats
    • 20 Alternating Lunges (20 total reps)
    • 20 Alternating Split Squat Jumps (20 total reps) (Jumping lunges)*
    • 10 Squat Jumps (Jump Squats)


    Long Cycle Burpee: 50 rounds of:

    • 1 squat
    • 1 pushup
    • 1 situp
    • 1 superman
    • 1 tuck jump

    6 Rounds for time

    • 15 Reverse Lunges
      15 Hollow Rocks
      15 Push Ups

    15 Minutes: As Many Rounds as Possible

    • 10 mountain climbers
      10 push ups
      10 hollow rocks
      10 sit-ups

    15 Minutes: As Many Rounds as Possible

    • 15 Lunges
    • 10 Pushups
    • 15 Lunges
    • 20 Situps
    • 30-second handstand
    • 30-second squat hold (Electric Chair – can be done leaning against a wall)

    3 Rounds:

    • 20 tuck jumps burpees
    • 30-second handstand hold.

    5 Rounds for Time:

    • 30-second handstand
    • 25 air squats

    21-15-9 for Time

    • Handstand Push-ups
    • Chair Dips
    • Push-Ups

    For Time:

    • 21 Pushups
    • 42 Squats
    • 15 Pushups
    • 30 Squats
    • 9 Pushups
    • 18 Squats

    For Time:

    • 2 Minutes Tuck Jumps
    • 2 Minutes Situps

    – Rest 1 min –

    • 90 sec Tuck Jumps
    • 90 sec Situps

     – Rest 1 min –

    • 60 sec Tuck Jumps
    • 60 sec Situps

    AMRAP in 20 minutes:

    • 10 Chair Dips
    • 10 Box jumps
    • 10 Walking Lunges

    For Time:

    • 100 Push-ups
    • 100 Sit-ups
    • 200 Squats

    Note: Exercises can be done in any order to achieve the target number of reps


    AMRAP in 20 minutes:

    • 5 Pushups
    • 10 Situps
    • 15 Squats

    21-15-9 Rep Rounds for Time:

    • Walking Lunges (each leg)
    • Handstand Push-ups / Incline Push Ups / Pike Push Ups

    For time:

    • Squats (pick a number between 100-500)

    For Time:

    • Burpees (50-150 – pick a number and go for it!)

    For Time:

    • 400 Walking Lunges

    For Time:

    • 21 Pushups
    • 42 Squats
    • 15 Pushups
    • 30 Squats
    • 9 Pushups
    • 18 Squats

    10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Rep Rounds for Time:

    • Burpees
    • Pushups
    • Situps

    Note: Complete each “round” (10, 9, 8, etc.) for each exercise before proceeding to the next round


    AMRAP in 20 minutes:

    • 5 Handstand push-ups
    • 10 Pistols (Single Leg Squats)

    Travel Modified “Annie” – 50-40-30-20-10 Reps per Round for Time:

    • Tuck Jumps
    • Sit-ups

    50-40-30-20-10 Reps per Round for Time:

    • Tuck Jumps
    • Push-ups

    10 Rounds: Hold each position for 30 seconds

    • Plank
    • Bottom of squat
    • Hollow rock hold

    For Time:

    • 80-60-40-20 Reps of Air Squats
    • 40-30-20-10 Reps of Situps
    • 20-15-10-5 of Handstand Pushups

    Note: Do the first set of each exercise, then the second, then the third


    5 Rounds:

    • 30 second handstand against a wall
    • 30 second static hold at the bottom of the squat
    • 30 second hollow rock or plank

    10 Rounds For Time:

    • 25 Walking Lunges (each leg)
    • 10 Pushups

    10 Rounds For Time:

    • 10 Pushups
    • 20 Squats
    • 10 Situps

    Tabata Squats: Repeat for 8 rounds

    • 20 seconds – As many squats as possible
    • 10 seconds – Rest

    5 Rounds For Time:

    • 10 Tuck Jumps (Focus on jumping as high as possible)
    • 10 push-ups 

    10 Rounds For Time:

    • 10 V-Ups
    • 10 Burpees

    For Time:

    • 250 Jumping Jacks

    For Time:

    • 200 Squats
    • Rest in the plank position (anytime you stop, get into a plank, and continue squatting as soon as you stand up

    For Time:

    • 100 Jumping Jacks
    • 75 Air Squats
    • 50 Pushups
    • 25 Burpees

    5 Rounds:

    • Sprint 1 minute
    • Squat 1 minute

    21-15-9

    • Air Squats
    • Pushups

    6 Rounds For Time:

    • 10 Pushups
    • 10 Air Squats
    • 10 Sit Ups

    10 Rounds For Time:

    • 3 Tuck Jumps
    • 3 Squats
    • 3 Broad Jumps

    20 Rounds For Time:

    • 5 Pushups
    • 5 Squats
    • 5 Situps

    10 Rounds For Time:

    • 10 Pushups
    • 10 Sit ups
    • 10 Squats

    For Time:

    • 200 Air Squats

    5 Rounds For Time:

    • 10 Tuck Jumps
    • 10 Pushups
    • 10 Situps

    Annie: 50-40-30-20-10 reps of each exercise, working from the set of 50 to 10           

    • Jump rope double-unders
    • Situps

    Marguerita: Complete 50 total rounds, with one rep per exercise, per round, as fast as you can for time     

    • 50 x Burpees
    • Handstand (60-second hold)
    • 50 x Pushups
    • 50 x Jumping jack
    • 50 x Situps
    Don’t forget to end your workout with a cool down and some solid stretches. Look up the Mobility WOD series if you need some ideas.

    Great Resources for Solo Workouts

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    Great Crossfit Resources

    To step up your Hotel WODs, and just generally get the best workout you can while traveling, take advantage of these free (yet excellent) Crossfit information resources.  Starting with these resources, you can learn the entire Crossfit philosophy and the methodologies necessary to get your WOD on in any gym anywhere

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      About A Brother Abroad

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      Carlos is nomad, slow traveler, and writer dedicated to helping others live abroad and travel better by using his 7+ years of experience living abroad and background as a management consultant and financial advisor to help other nomad and expats plot better paths for an international lifestyle. Click here to learn more about Carlos's story.

      Austin

      Monday 29th of July 2019

      Hey! I'm building an online community of CrossFitters who are interested in the types of WODs in this post. I've referred to this post a few times for WOD inspiration, and I was wondering if you wanted to partner up to help develop a unique online community of CrossFit enthusiasts. Let me know!

      Carlitos

      Tuesday 8th of October 2019

      I love that idea! It sounds awesome. I just shot you an email. What do you have in mind? I'm up for anything to keep people fit and adventurous!

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