Working out. Getting back in shape. It's the most common resolution right after "quit smoking" and somewhere above "move out of my parents' basement and get a job."

Usually you do great at the beginning. Slack off a little in February. And by March you're off to Houston for a sales convention for two weeks. And since your "routine" was interrupted, you figure why bother going back.

I travel a lot and that's always been the hardest part for me, finding a good place to work out while on the road, to keep the momentum going. Most hotels have gyms - if you consider a treadmill and a multi-unit machine stuck in a corner a "gym". But it's better than nothing, if it's all you've got to work with.

To give you a heads-up on where the best hotel gyms are, the website AthleticMindedTraveler.com did some in-depth research of over 3,000 hotels and came up with their list of the Best Hotel Gyms in the US. The list criteria included facility size, equipment quantities, multi-sport options, and overall ambiance/atmosphere. Here's their recommendations:

1 - Houstonian - Houston
2 - Park Hyatt at Bellevue - Philadelphia
3 - Four Seasons - San Francisco
4 - Embassy Suites Lakefront - Chicago
5 - Venetian - Las Vegas
6 - Bellevue Club - Bellevue, WA
7 - Inn at Ponte Vedra - Florida
8 - Grand Hotel - Minneapolis
9 - JW Marriott - Orlando
10 - Ritz Carlton Boston Common
11 - Le Parker Meridien - New York

You can get a more detailed profile of each hotel gym on their website www.athleticmindedtraveler.com