Time scarcity
How much time do I need for training if I travel a lot?
Training with frequent business travel follows the hours you actually have available. Most of my clients train three to four times a week, and a session usually takes about 50 minutes. A trip interrupts that rhythm, and afterwards you pick up where you left off.
How much time do you need for training as a leader?
Your training programme follows the time you actually have available. You do not have to spend several hours in the gym every day. What counts is that you use your available time well and focus on the measures that make the biggest difference.
Most of my clients train three to four times a week on average. A session usually takes about 50 minutes. You plan it in your calendar like an appointment you do not move. A fixed weekly rhythm takes away the daily decision of whether today is the right day for it. Why the difference between intention and structure matters so much is on the page How do I stay in shape when my calendar is not mine?.
What changes in a travel week?
A plan that only works at home does not survive the first business trip. That is why I fit training, nutrition and recovery to your everyday life from the start. That includes business trips, holidays, business meals and particularly busy phases. The aim is a system that adapts to your life, instead of your life adapting to the programme.
Before a trip you decide which of the planned sessions fit into that week and when they happen. Nutrition follows the same idea: the strategy is built so that you can follow it at business meals and on the road. So on the road you follow what you set before and do not have to decide from scratch every time.
How do you get back into your rhythm after an interruption?
A trip, an extra meeting or a stressful week interrupts your rhythm, and you do not need a restart because of it. You realign and pick up where you left off. That is the core of the NORTHSTAR Method™: your daily actions strengthen your systems, and your systems carry you through weeks in which nothing goes to plan.
One question from the Structure vs. Intention Filter shows you where you stand today: after an interruption, do you find your way back quickly, instead of starting from scratch? If your answer is yes, your structure holds. If it is no, your training currently still depends on good intentions. You find the whole filter with all its questions as a worksheet on the time scarcity page.
Most of my clients train three to four times a week for about 50 minutes, and that fixed rhythm stays the starting point in travel weeks, the one they return to after every interruption.
Questions
Do I have to give up training while travelling or on holiday?
No. Your training, nutrition and recovery concept is fitted to your everyday life so that it stays workable on business trips, on holiday, at business meals and in particularly busy phases.
How do I get back into my rhythm after an interruption?
You do not need a restart. You realign and pick up where you left off. That works because your structure is planned in and does not depend on how you feel that day.
Not medical advice. If you have symptoms, see a doctor.
Which pattern is strongest in you?
Nine statements, two minutes. The NORTHSTAR Assessment names the pattern that dominates in you and what it costs.
Which pattern dominates in me?