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1. EQUINOX CHICAGO POOL PLUS
2. EQUINOX CHICAGO POOL PROFESSIONAL

That’s what makes us different here – it’s all about results,” she told me. “There are so many fads and bad trends when it comes to exercise. As we stretched out on foam rollers, Jenna explained the process, usually including an hour-long pre-session assessment to build a personal programme and set tailored goals. And even for our short session, the results-driven Equinox mindset seemed clear. The session she set for us was about core strength, with Jenna saying she also wanted to help me avoid the niggling knee pain that had persisted during my last 26-miler.Īll personal trainers are given a science-backed education through Equinox’s Fitness Training Institute, overseen by the company’s Health Advisory Board comprising doctors, nutritionists, scientists and top-level coaches. If I thought I was approaching a big fitness task, Jenna’s was a step beyond her latest triathlon, organised by the US Marines. Despite feeling a tad bleary eyed from a 6am call and encroaching jet lag from the day my arrival the day before, I soon felt enthused by the benevolent Duracell Bunny-air of my allotted trainer, Jenna. Having completed my first London marathon in 2019 and (at the time of my stay earlier this year) ramping up training for this year’s event, I was eager to experience a slice of the Equinox lifestyle.

EQUINOX CHICAGO POOL PLUS

Offering every element of personal training and group classes you could think of, there’s also the brand’s most exclusive E by Equinox “gym within a gym” sanctum, with membership worth a cool US$500 a month plus a US$1,500 initiation fee.

EQUINOX CHICAGO POOL PROFESSIONAL

While some city breakers may quibble over dedicating precious suitcase space to their trainers for a less-than-likely gym visit, the crown jewel here is of course the Fitness Club in fact it’s Equinox’s largest-ever premises at 5,574 sqm – almost the size of a UK professional football pitch – and is a destination in itself. The 212-room temple to toning is part of the west Manhattan neighbourhood, which much like Equinox guests, is also all about remodelling – through US$25 billion worth of skyscraper steel this area represents pumping iron of both varieties. Famed for its “high-performance living”, Equinox fuses the active with the alchemic, but perhaps its boldest innovation yet came last summer with the opening of its debut hotel property – Equinox Hotel Hudson Yards. It’s also the strapline of high-end fitness brand Equinox that, since opening its first Fitness Club in New York in 1991, has amassed a century of outlets across North America and London. But to a fast-growing social sect, the mantra, as it suggests, is absolutely a phrase to live by. It’s life.” Start spouting lines like this down your local leisure centre and brace for an eye-roll.

After closing during the pandemic, it will be reopening its doors in late July. With rooms costing from US$700 a night, it’s not cheap, but with “health the new wealth” (especially in the age of contagion) many people will be more than happy to pay for a hotel that genuinely enhances their wellbeing.

Tom Parry, senior report for TTG and TTG Luxury, shares his experienceĪ spin-off of luxury gym chain Equinox, the hotel originally opened in New York last summer, and is located in Hudson Yards, the largest private real-estate development in US history and the largest development in the city since Rockefeller Centre. From vitamin drips to ‘lifestyle management programmes’, the Equinox hotel is leading the way with health-centric urban stays.