Training around a twelve-hour flight

Most of my clients fly more than twice a month. The flight itself is rarely the problem; the three days around it are.

The day before

Train, but take one set off everything and skip the conditioning. Eat a normal dinner and go to bed at your usual time, not the destination’s.

On board

Walk the aisle once an hour while you are awake. Drink water with every meal service. Sleep when the cabin goes dark, whatever your watch says.

The first morning

Twenty minutes outside in daylight, then a short session: the warm-up, one lift at about seventy percent, and a walk. No tests until the second morning; the numbers will be wrong and you will worry about them.