Dan Martell - May 13, 2019


5 Ways To Make Health a Priority While Travelling


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00:00:00.000 Hey there, Dan Martell here, serial entrepreneur,
00:00:01.720 investor, and creator of SaaS Academy.
00:00:03.800 In this video, I'm going to share with you
00:00:05.400 how to keep health a priority as you travel.
00:00:08.880 And be sure to stay at the end.
00:00:10.080 We're going to share with you an exclusive download
00:00:12.360 on the five productivity hacks that I use.
00:00:14.880 And specifically, the first one is my morning ritual.
00:00:18.080 Love to get you access to that, so let's get into the strategies.
00:00:30.000 So first off, I want you to know that I do travel a lot.
00:00:38.200 Now, I'm super lucky and blessed, so there's no complaints.
00:00:41.160 In many of the trips I take, my family's with me.
00:00:43.980 So I've been able to create a integrated life around it.
00:00:47.580 But one of the biggest challenges, just for example,
00:00:49.940 in the last two months, I've been to seven cities.
00:00:54.240 I did a five-day event in Boston.
00:00:58.680 I went snowboarding.
00:00:59.820 I went snow biking.
00:01:01.980 I'm just sharing that, not to brag,
00:01:03.540 although they were incredible trips.
00:01:05.760 I went on a Disney cruise with my family.
00:01:08.460 I'm speaking in Traffic and Conversion Summit in San Diego.
00:01:12.720 I share that because the challenges for me,
00:01:15.720 and maybe for you if you're a road warrior,
00:01:17.460 is that you have different circumstances or environments
00:01:20.580 that you're in.
00:01:21.700 And for me, what I've had to figure out,
00:01:24.420 because the last thing I want to do
00:01:25.660 is have my health have a negative consequence as I travel,
00:01:31.200 because I didn't want to not travel.
00:01:33.060 I love meeting people in person.
00:01:35.200 I love seeing new parts of the world with my family.
00:01:38.000 But I also want to make sure that I kept my habits going
00:01:41.960 while I was traveling.
00:01:42.960 So my rule, what I'm going to share with you today
00:01:44.460 are the five strategies that I do to make sure,
00:01:46.820 at a minimum, that I'm maintaining the level of fitness
00:01:50.320 in my life.
00:01:51.500 I'm even competing in the CrossFit Opens
00:01:53.920 while I'm doing all of this and still running
00:01:56.640 multi-million dollar companies.
00:01:58.020 So in this video, I'm going to share the five strategies
00:02:00.360 that I've used to help me keep this going on the road.
00:02:04.540 Number one, win your morning.
00:02:07.000 I think that, yes, breakfast and the way you wake up
00:02:10.220 and your rituals are all important.
00:02:12.140 For me, there's a few things that
00:02:14.460 need to happen in the morning.
00:02:15.560 One, you need to get super hydrated.
00:02:17.360 So sleep with at least half a liter of water next to your bed
00:02:21.180 so when you wake up, you can chug it
00:02:23.120 and kick off your day.
00:02:24.060 And it just sets the tone for everything else.
00:02:25.880 The other one is your breakfast.
00:02:27.780 I know that people say breakfast is the most important meal
00:02:29.780 of the day.
00:02:30.720 I don't agree with the nutritional aspect.
00:02:34.160 I just think that if you make a great decision,
00:02:36.380 and even more important to make it easy, just bring it with you.
00:02:38.960 Get a shake.
00:02:39.560 Get a breakfast kind of, I'm not going
00:02:42.800 to recommend any specific products.
00:02:44.140 I'm not here to endorse anybody.
00:02:45.520 But just have these packs ready to go.
00:02:47.220 If you go on a trip for seven days,
00:02:48.680 it's just seven meals that you just wake up,
00:02:50.660 put it after you chug your water, drink it,
00:02:53.060 you get your breakfast done.
00:02:54.340 But if you can't and you're ordering,
00:02:56.100 just make sure you have something healthy
00:02:57.620 because that just sets the stage for the rest of the day.
00:03:00.340 Your morning, people ask me like,
00:03:01.540 Dan, why do you have so much energy?
00:03:03.300 I'll tell you because I don't eat crap
00:03:05.300 because I care more about being present
00:03:07.140 and active and energetic for you
00:03:09.860 than having a crap breakfast.
00:03:11.780 So when your mornings stay hydrated,
00:03:15.140 get your body moving,
00:03:16.340 and eat something lean and mean right off the morning.
00:03:19.860 Number two, airport triggers.
00:03:21.880 So one of the things that I've learned
00:03:23.420 is that when I travel, I don't drink enough water.
00:03:26.440 And usually that's when my body gets dehydrated.
00:03:28.820 That's when I make bad decisions around meals.
00:03:30.880 And what I would much rather do is just get triggered
00:03:33.960 so that when I'm in certain locations
00:03:36.440 that I stay hydrated.
00:03:38.080 So, and yes, look, I get, you know, it costs me like 10 bucks.
00:03:41.940 But here's my strategy is as soon as I get into a new airport,
00:03:44.820 I land in an airport, I always go and get two bottles of water.
00:03:47.500 I chug one, and then I put one on my carry-on or in my laptop
00:03:50.860 bag, and I drink it until the next flight.
00:03:53.620 For me, that trigger is probably one
00:03:55.740 of the most important to just remind myself
00:03:58.300 to stay hydrated as I travel.
00:04:00.740 And the issue and the reason why I do the two bottles
00:04:02.980 is because I got to buy them once I get past security.
00:04:05.540 So it's really tough to travel with, obviously, bottles of water
00:04:08.980 because they'll take them from you,
00:04:10.660 or filling up your canteen or whatever it is.
00:04:12.460 So just think about triggers.
00:04:14.620 Think about when I'm in this location,
00:04:16.860 I do this smart decision.
00:04:18.520 The other thing is I like to buy eggs or beef jerky.
00:04:21.460 So I want some lean protein.
00:04:23.060 I want something that's going to fill me up
00:04:24.740 or some fruit or vegetables.
00:04:26.500 And usually, again, I know I'm paying a premium.
00:04:29.240 But for me, staying and keeping healthy while I travel
00:04:32.540 is more important than the dollars it's going to cost me
00:04:35.180 because it's going to have a way bigger impact
00:04:36.920 in long term around my focus, my energy, and my productivity.
00:04:39.620 So build the trigger.
00:04:41.460 Airport equals two bottles of water
00:04:43.420 and or some raw boiled eggs or some fruit or vegetables.
00:04:47.620 Have that every time you go in, even if you're not hungry,
00:04:50.360 so that you always feel full and hydrated.
00:04:53.280 Number three, sweat every day.
00:04:56.000 Now, I don't know when this became a thing,
00:04:58.380 but if you follow me on Instagram,
00:04:59.900 it is something that I am ridiculously passionate about.
00:05:02.360 And I just believe there's no reason on a daily basis
00:05:05.320 that I can't get my sweat on.
00:05:06.640 So it doesn't matter if it's a high intensity interval
00:05:09.780 training like Orange Theory or I'm
00:05:11.900 doing my CrossFit workout or I'm doing a CrossFit WOD
00:05:15.200 in my hotel room like I did this morning,
00:05:17.500 I want to make sure that I sweat every day to just
00:05:19.940 get my body moving.
00:05:21.000 If I can, I'll do it in the morning.
00:05:23.240 Typically, when I'm at home and I'm not on the road,
00:05:25.120 I like to work out at lunch to kind of reset for the afternoon.
00:05:28.020 But when I am traveling, first thing in the morning,
00:05:30.660 I'm going to do some kind of movement.
00:05:32.280 So it could be running or workout.
00:05:33.860 But my rule is that I think, and people are like,
00:05:36.020 you shouldn't work out every day.
00:05:38.080 I don't know about you, but I'm saying sweat every day.
00:05:41.000 You know, and some people, you can do an active recovery,
00:05:43.300 OK, rowing.
00:05:44.220 You can go for a walk.
00:05:44.960 I don't care.
00:05:45.460 Just walk fast to get your sweat on.
00:05:47.220 But I think it's really important for your body
00:05:48.980 to feel that elevated heartbeat and just get you
00:05:52.460 in the right rhythm.
00:05:53.380 So it's just part of the travel process
00:05:56.280 to make sure that I get my sweat on every day.
00:05:58.680 Number four, pre-order meals.
00:06:01.060 Now, this is a bit of a life hack.
00:06:02.960 And I feel super lucky that I have somebody that
00:06:05.800 supports me in this.
00:06:06.780 But typically, when I travel, I have my assistant look
00:06:09.700 at any meetings that I have, lunches or dinners,
00:06:12.520 and look at their menu online and already
00:06:14.700 make their decision for me through that menu.
00:06:17.700 So I always do, typically, greens and protein.
00:06:20.080 So that way, I just look at the calendar invite.
00:06:22.600 I can order it.
00:06:23.440 And I don't do what's called menu surfing.
00:06:25.360 I don't know if you've ever done this, where you sit down,
00:06:27.280 and you open the menu, and you're like, oh, that looks nice.
00:06:29.240 Oh, that looks nice.
00:06:30.400 And you want to have a conversation with people.
00:06:32.920 Have you eaten here before?
00:06:33.940 What did you like?
00:06:35.300 Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
00:06:36.160 But at the end of the day, if you can just already
00:06:37.840 make that decision so you don't have decision fatigue,
00:06:40.600 it is going to allow you to stay super focused.
00:06:43.720 Big thing I'm going to give you is
00:06:45.120 ask them to put dressing on the side
00:06:46.900 in all situations or circumstances,
00:06:48.700 because you could actually technically order
00:06:50.920 something off the menu that sounds lean and mean,
00:06:53.680 but turns out to be not.
00:06:55.660 So always put dressing on the side.
00:06:57.080 And sometimes you might even want
00:06:58.420 to ask them to not cook with any oils, the protein,
00:07:00.760 because those are two things, especially in a salad,
00:07:03.400 that can ruin it from a lean and mean point of view.
00:07:06.640 So pre-order your meals before you show up to the restaurant.
00:07:10.120 Number five, get accountable to someone.
00:07:12.760 I think this is probably the most important.
00:07:14.560 For me, I've always had coaches in different aspects
00:07:17.940 of my life, from my kiteboarding coach,
00:07:20.440 to my snowboarding coach, to my business coach,
00:07:23.620 to my health coach.
00:07:25.440 And on the health side, I've got Nicole, who's my nutritionist.
00:07:29.620 Essentially, she monitors, because I
00:07:32.060 log in all of my food and my decisions,
00:07:34.060 and looks at, for me, because I'm
00:07:36.400 trying to perform at the highest level,
00:07:37.900 looks at the micronutrients to make sure
00:07:39.920 I'm getting the right things, right?
00:07:41.400 Because I do measure and do full body scans
00:07:44.220 around lean muscle mass and body fat percentages,
00:07:47.440 we can actually adjust the nutrition
00:07:49.900 to have certain outcomes from a performance point of view.
00:07:52.600 Now, I'm not asking you to get that intense
00:07:55.060 about monitoring and nutrition.
00:07:57.200 I'm just saying, have somebody else
00:07:59.320 that you can be accountable to, maybe on a daily basis.
00:08:01.980 Where I use MyFitnessPal, I just
00:08:03.740 log the food.
00:08:04.700 And you can invite somebody else to get access to that.
00:08:07.340 And it just makes it super easy for you
00:08:09.500 to feel like there's somebody else.
00:08:11.340 When we know the positive peer pressure of somebody else
00:08:14.660 involved in monitoring and making sure
00:08:16.940 that we're making right decisions,
00:08:18.240 it just changes the game for you, especially as you travel.
00:08:22.580 So five strategies to keep your health as a priority
00:08:25.940 while you're traveling.
00:08:27.020 Number one, win your morning.
00:08:29.260 Number two, use airport triggers.
00:08:31.580 Number three, sweat every day.
00:08:34.140 Number four, pre-order meals, no menu surfing.
00:08:37.420 And number five, get accountable to somebody else.
00:08:40.840 So as I mentioned at the beginning,
00:08:42.260 I want to share with you an exclusive resource
00:08:43.960 called the five productivity hacks that I put together.
00:08:46.720 You can click the link below to download that.
00:08:49.140 In there is a kind of an overview of my morning ritual
00:08:52.720 because for me, that sets up my whole day
00:08:54.760 and gets me producing and productive.
00:08:57.140 So you can click the link to grab your copy today.
00:08:59.660 And if you like this video, be sure
00:09:01.020 to smash the like button, subscribe to my channel.
00:09:03.580 If there's somebody that you care about,
00:09:05.480 feel free to share this video with them directly.
00:09:08.240 And as per usual, I wanna challenge you
00:09:09.720 to live a bigger life and a bigger business,
00:09:11.380 and I'll see you next Monday.
00:09:12.700 You need to get the shot of the water,
00:09:14.080 and then I'm gonna chug it.
00:09:15.080 And then I realize I'll probably spill it all over my shirt.
00:09:18.040 Probably not a good idea.