When you splurge on a luxury hotel, you expect a lot of things?lobster on the room service menu, Egyptian cotton sheets on the bed?but a fully equipped gym isn?t one of them. In fact, we?ve been conditioned to roll our eyes at the mere mention of a so-called fitness center. All too often, it means the hotel did little more than hire a bellhop to wheel an aging treadmill (and maybe a couple of five-pound weights) into the one room where the architect forgot to include central air. That?s one reason why we?ve welcomed few things more enthusiastically than the recent trend toward luxury hotel gyms we?d actually be proud to call our own?gyms with weights heavy enough to challenge your all-time best, swimming pools worthy of an Olympian. Here?s how to stay shredded this vacation season?no matter where the road takes you.
By Mike Darling and Brian Bruegge
Dallas
Verandah Club at the Hilton Anatole
Located just two miles from downtown Dallas, the Hilton Anatole?s 80,000-square-foot Verandah Club sits inside of a seven-acre park. The private spa and gym houses tennis, racquetball, and squash courts, a boxing gym, spinning room, and a fully equipped weight room. One caveat: The hotel charges guests an additional $16 to get in, but the fee drops the longer you stay. (It won?t take much convincing.) verandahclub.com
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Houston
The Houstonian Hotel, Club, and Spa
How serious is the Houstonian about its workout facilities? Every year the hotel?okay, more like a resort?plays host to dozens of NFL prospects who train there for the annual NFL Combine. And it?s easy to see why: With more than 300 cardio and weight machines, 35 personal trainers, indoor running tracks, tennis courts, and a pool, you won?t find many gyms anywhere?period?that can compete. houstonian.com
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Las Vegas
The Venetian
A 40-foot climbing wall sits at the heart of the 134,000 square-foot Canyon Ranch Spa Club inside Vegas? Venetian hotel. Pick from hundreds of weight machines staggered across the fitness center. Or if it?s all too dizzying, enlist the help of a pro. The hotel offers 50-minute personal training sessions, body composition analysis, basic fitness assessments, and customized workouts. This time, you?ll want what happens in Vegas to stay with you for life. venetian.com
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Chicago
Radisson Blu
Opened last November, one of Chicago?s newest hotels touts an 8,000 square-foot gym along with a 25-meter indoor lap pool, hardwood basketball court, and 1/5-mile running trail. The Radisson also keeps a handful of personal trainers on staff?just call ahead to secure an appointment. radissonblu.com
Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Athletic Club
Two indoor swimming pools, including a 25-yard lap pool with three lanes, anchor this world-class spa, hotel, and fitness center founded in 1880. The gym also offers a full-size basketball court, weights and rowing machines, and even Hollywood-inspired events like ?Low Ball/High Ball Dodgeball?. And in case you?re wondering what the women are up to, there?s also ?Dance With Demi: A Seductive Striptease?. (Now this is our kind of gym.) laac.com
Miami
The Perry South Beach
Looking to combine clubbing and kettlebell swinging? What The Perry South Beach?s loud, garish, 42,000-square-foot David Barton-designed gym and spa lacks in subtlety, it makes up for with amenities. Pick from two floors of cardio machines, row after row of free weights, a swimming pool, and a yoga studio spread out along the largest gym floor in South Beach. The Perry?s gym also offers private yoga, boxing, and cycling classes. perrysouthbeach.com
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New York
The Mark New York
Most Manhattan hotels cram as much bulky equipment as possible into a cramped space. The Mark takes a smarter approach. Rather than settle for a treadmill and some free weights, guests here instead opt for one-on-one personal training with kickboxing and MMA pros from Punch Fitness, an organization founded by former national kickboxing champ Adelino DeCosta. The 1,400 square-foot studio (yes, space can get a little tight) enables guests to work up a sweat while learning traditional kickboxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu training techniques. themarkhotel.com
Minneapolis
The Grand Hotel
58,000 square feet of floor space is a welcome relief to visitors accustomed to real estate-challenged fitness centers. In addition to a full weight set and several Cybex and Precor machines, The Grand?s Lifetime Athletic Club also houses a running track, boxing and cycling studios, as well as racquetball, handball, squash courts, and a six-lane swimming pool. The only question you?ll have is where to roam first. grandhotelminneapolis.com>
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New York
The W Hotel
Finding an elite hotel gym in the heart of Midtown isn?t always easy. Finding one stuffed with Precor treadmills, Cybex elliptical trainers, circuit machines, steppers, and Stairmasters is next to impossible?unless you?ve booked a room at New York?s W hotel. The W also provides dozens of stationary bikes and free weights, along with a heavy bag you can work during one of the kickboxing classes offered throughout the week. wnewyork.com
New Orleans
The Health Club by Hilton
The New Orleans Hilton?s fitness center occupies more than 100,000 square feet of freeweights, ellipticals, treadmills, and Precor/Nautilus machines. And the benefits don?t stop there: If you?re looking to escape the weight room, you can pick from seven tennis courts, three racquetball courts, and three squash courts, along with a golf studio, basketball and volleyball courts, and even a sauna and massage studio. Hotel guests pay only a small fee?and if you?re part of Hilton?s reward program, it?s free. thehealthclub.us
Orlando
The Peabody Orlando
Fresh off a $450 million hotel expansion and renovation, the Peabody?s revamped gym includes 35 TV-mounted cardio machines?ellipticals, treadmills, and bikes. The 8,000 square-foot fitness center also includes a large studio for group workouts, a 500 square-foot room for spinning classes, and more than 50 Cybex Eagle weight machines. You don?t have to limit the recovery to your hotel room, either. The Peabody?s adjacent spa is known for its aquatic therapy and massage treatments. peabodyorlando.com
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Boston
Ritz Carlton Boston Commons
It?s rare to find a hotel anywhere with more than 100,000 square feet of equipment mere footsteps from your hotel room?let alone in the heart of Beantown. At the Ritz Boston Commons, you?ll find full-size basketball and volleyball courts, a 25-meter pool, plenty of cardio and weight machines, and studios equipped for everything from yoga to boxing. ritzcarlton.com
Miami
Canyon Ranch Hotel and Spa
The floor to ceiling ocean views here may be the most conspicuous perk at the Canyon Ranch Hotel gym, but they?re far from the only attraction. For one thing, the microchipped room keys track your workouts and offer up customized routines?whether it?s a jaunt up the 40-foot climbing wall or a session on one of the stationary bikes positioned directly in front of floor-to-ceiling views of the Atlantic.canyonranch.com
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Philadelphia
The Park Hyatt
Guests at The Park Hyatt get a day pass to The Sporting Club at The Bellevue, a world-class, 93,000 square-foot gym adjacent to the hotel (and accessible using a sky bridge). The temporary membership comes with tons of perks: Access to a 4-lane, 25-meter swimming pool, daily strength training classes, an indoor running track that loops around a full-length basketball court, and plenty of new weight machines. sportingclubbellevue.com
Phoenix
Arizona Grand Athletic Club
Voted one of the city?s best athletic facilities, the Arizona Grand Hyatt?s spacious 20,000 square-foot gym offers up a reprieve from the scorching desert heat. In addition to a separate weight room and several racquetball courts, you can also hop on one of the more than 40 cardio machines, dozens of Paramount and Icarian strength trainers, or make your fellow guests eat your wake in the five-lane, 20-meter heated lap pool. arizonagrandresort.com
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San Francisco
Four Seasons
Plenty of so-called hotel gyms cram a couple of treadmills side-by-side and call it a day. Not so at the Four Seasons? San Francisco, where you?ll get a mind-blowing 127,000 square-foot gym with a six-lane junior Olympic lap pool, 25 treadmills, 11 bikes, 16 elliptical trainers, and nearly a dozen stair climbers. Wind down after your workout in the sauna or the steam room. And if you need the extra motivation, sign up for one of the studio classes or make an appointment with one of the gym?s on-site personal trainers. fourseasons.com
Seattle
Hotel Bellevue
Whatever reason brought you to Seattle, the Hotel Bellevue?s whopping 200,000 square-foot gym will give you a compelling excuse to stay. Among the perks: Three swimming pools, 10 tennis courts, an elevated running track, four workout studios, and 70 weekly fitness classes to make your heart rate soar. The Bellevue even keeps a dietician on-site to help you keep your hands off the goods in the mini-bar. thehotelbellevue.com
Vail
Vail Cascade Resort
It certainly isn?t difficult to find ways to keep fit while vacationing in the mountains of Colorado, but if you were searching for an excuse, you?ve just lost it. Besides the endless opportunities nearby for rafting, skiing, and mountain biking, the Cascade Resort?s free Aria Fitness Club provides tennis, racquetball and basketball courts, a running track, a pool and a wide range of cardio and weight machines packed into its massive 78,000 square-foot facility. vailcascade.com
Washington D.C.
The Fairmont Georgetown
It?s one thing when you default to the gym a few floors down out of necessity. It?s another thing when hundreds of other people stop in to do the same?and don?t require a room key. That?s because most of the members of this 17,000 square-foot gym are actually Washington D.C. residents with paying memberships. The $15/day fee may seem steep, but it includes access to a 50-foot lap pool, squash and basketball courts, complimentary towels and workout gear, a sauna, and loads of free weights. fairmount.com
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Source: http://www.menshealth.com/travel-center/best-hotel-gyms
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