The Carry-On Kit

Four things worth bringing on a trip.

Not everything needs to come with you. These do.

Each one does a job, and does it without fuss. This is what we reach for — in the studio, at home, on the floor of a hotel room when the only class is the one you make yourself.

Ankle weights For the work that looks like nothing and isn't. Strap them on for the slow, low movements — the side-lying series, the bridges, the parts where the range is small and the burn is not. They turn the quiet exercises into the ones you feel the next day.

Resistance bands The most travel-ready thing we make. Flat, light, no excuse to leave behind. Loop them for the legs, hold them for the arms, use them to find the muscle you keep losing. Resistance you control, scaled by how far you pull.

Mini ball Small, soft, deceptively difficult. Behind the back, between the knees, under the hips — it finds the stabilisers the big movements miss. The piece that teaches you where your midline actually is.

The bottle Water, and a magnetic mount for your phone. Set it down, snap your phone to it, follow the class without holding anything or hunting for a propped-up angle. A small fix to a small, daily annoyance. It holds where you put it.

Four things that earn their place in the carry-on.