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Fairmont Gives You One Less Excuse Not to Work-Out On the Road
We’ll admit we can justify pretty much any detractor as grounds not to exercise — particularly while traveling. Forgotten running shoes? Wouldn’t want to get injured. Alpha male showing off on the other treadmill? Eh, we’ll try again later when things are less intimidating.
Not to mention, personal TV screens — or a kick-butt iPod mix — are pretty much must-haves. Some hotels, for their part, have made it less easy to skip our workouts, like Fairmont Hotels. In addition to partnering with Adidas to provide exercise clothes and shoes, Fairmont is now also letting guests check out fully loaded iPods, complete with songs and playlists.
Of course, there’s one teensy catch: iPods only feature EMI artists (think radio darlings Coldplay, Lenny Kravitz, Norah Jones), which makes sense considering the hotel and label joined forces earlier this year to offer the Fairmont Music Store, an online music shop designed to entice guests to join the hotel chain’s loyalty program.
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Hooping It Up In Your Hotel Room Encouraged at The Muse Hotel
When we first saw the words "Hoop There It Is," we thought we were in an early ’90s time warp and wondered if Miami bass was back on the charts. But no, it’s just another wacky hotel amenity promotion—this time, courtesy of Kimpton’s The Muse Hotel in New York City.
Riding the tails of yet another resurgence of hula-hoop fitness (doesn’t it seem that this comes around every three years or so?), The Muse is offering a “Hoop There It Is” amenity basket, with all the goodies you need to get hula-ing: a hoop, a hula-hoop workout video (we think they probably mean DVD) and a small towel. Because, after all, hula-hooping burns between 150-200 calories in half an hour. Totally sweat-inducing.
Sure, it’s gimmicky, but we actually like the idea of hula-hooping it up in our hotel room. Doing all of those “take it on the road” workout routines seem so boring in comparison. The Kimpton folks reminded us that even Michelle Obama has taken to hula-hooping recently, racking up 142 swivels during a kids’ fitness event on the South Lawn of the White House a couple of weeks ago.
But more importantly: how many swivels can Muse Director of Pet Relations Ginger do? We’ll make that our goal before we reward ourselves with a cocktail at the bar.
The “Hoop There It Is” basket is available free-of-charge upon request. A room at the Muse this Friday night starts at $329.
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Get Physical at Hotel Solamar's Poolside Pilates Classes
We'd rather do Pilates or another class-based workout over huffing it on a treadmill. So it's a given that at Hotel Solamar, we'll forgo the stuffy fitness center to work our core in the Poolside Pilates program. The incentive to exercise is that the alfresco class takes place on the chic fourth-floor rooftop terrace, which offers a view of the city's skyline.
The classes, which are free for hotel guests and $10 for non-guests (cheaper than most drop-in Pilates classes), take place Saturdays from 10 to 11 a.m. No need to BYOM, since mats are provided. Certified instructors from neighboring studio Hot Body Pilates will make you feel the burn and get your morning going with music that ranges from tranquil tunes to bumping beats.
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Sweating It Out on the Empire Hotel City Running Tour
Last week we told you about the Empire Hotel introducing City Running Tours, and this week we actually tied on a pair of sneakers and tagged along on one.
We were a little nervous about not being fit enough to run the 5-mile route through Central Park and the Upper West Side, however, as they promise on their website, the City Running Tours team are laidback and accommodating. Not crazy, wired, running freaks at all! After signing our waiver form in the lobby of the busy Empire Hotel (it was the eve of Fashion Week), we set off with our guide. It was 7 p.m. so the streets around the hotel were pretty busy with people leaving work and others heading to dinner, so we walked to the Columbus Circle entrance of Central Park, where we did our stretches. And away we went.
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The Empire Hotel Introduces City Running Tours
What awaits you at the Jeunesse Spa after your run.
Last year, the Westin Times Square got its guests running by teaming up with City Running Tours, and obviously the Empire Hotel has figured out this was a great idea. Starting from today, guests at the Empire will also be able to get some exercise in during their stay.
Jogging fans who check in to the Empire will be able to take part in an Empire Hotel Five-Mile Running Tour around the scenic and historic sites of the Upper West Side. These will include Strawberry Fields and Bethesda Terrace in Central Park, Lincoln Center, Ansonia Apartments, The Dakota, The Natural History Museum, Hayden Planetarium and the 79th Street Boat Basin in Riverside Park, just to name a few.
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You'll Be Up in the Gym Working On Your (Pilates) Fitness at Parrot Cay
Until contemporary Pilates teacher to the stars, Mari Winsor recently kicked our ass in a private Malibu Pilates session at Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea, we really liked this "lets get moving, sculpt and lose weight" approach to exercise. But, there’s something kinda humbling (okay, pathetic) about getting your butt kicked by someone as least two decades your senior. Ouch.
Anyway, instead of going balls to the wall for a one hour, pain inducing power session, we’re way more inclined to take a retreat approach to Pilates, which is why we’re excited about Parrot Cay’s “Strength Without Struggle” 6-day Pilates retreat scheduled for November 8-14, 2009. It's way out of our personal budget, but if you've got the dough, it seems like a good, all-about-me-time, deal.
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Canadian Fairmonts Are Rollin' Out BMW Cruise Bikes
There are very few bicycle jokes that don't have to do with inappropriate euphemisms that make reference to "village bicycles," so we'll just get right to it: the Fairmont Hotels north of the border are teaming up with BMW (yes, the automaker) to roll out a "complimentary hotel bicycle service featuring BMW Cruise Bikes" this Spring. Holla.
These are, like, pedal bikes — not motorized bikes (because, frankly, the notion of letting people loose on motorbikes is semi-terrifying) — and offering these bikes as an amenity is actually an extension of the company's emphasis on fitness; many properties offer guests use of training gear during their stay, like exercise outfits and sneakers. The idea behind the bikes is to give guests a cool way to explore the surroundings of the Fairmont property while gettin' a bit of exercise in. For instance, you can roam around the The Fairmont Chateau Whistler's biking trails or the Fairmont Château Laurier's Ottawa city streets.
Oh, and we should also add that you and your child can both bring the terror on two wheels: each hotel that offers the BMW cruise bikes will also carry child-sized BMW bikes.
Bikes are free to rent, though Fairmont President's Club members get "priority access" when reserving them.
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Chicago W's Offering Free Fitness Programs All Summer
When budget crunch time hits hard (or, like, being lazy with more money trumps working out and having less money), the ol' bought-with-good-intentions gym memberships go out the window. Luckily for Chicago residents (or hotel guests!), the W Hotels in Chicago have got your, um, butt: the trendy hotels are offering weekly, totally free workout programs to keep you totally in gear in a group setting through the end of the summer.
Time Out Chicago gives us a heads-up about the W Hotel Lakeshore's "Workout by the Water" program, group fitness sessions that are totally free each Tuesday at 6:30 am, or Monday and Wednesday at 5:00 pm. The hotel's GM (yes, GM) and trainer will meet you in the Living Room and take you out to the waterfront for an hour-long workout.
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Get Your Juice On With Park Hyatt's New Smoothie Menu
We know: it's hard to stay healthy when you're always traveling. It's especially hard when the fitness centers at your hotels charge a bunch of cash-money to work on your fitness, no?
Park Hyatt hears you — and has, apparently, heard about your obsession with David Beckham too — and they've consulted Brazilian nutritionist Patricia Teixeira (who was a nutrition consultant for the Real Madrid soccer team while Beckham was around!) to help design the Healthy Living at Hyatt menu with an impressive collection of smoothies and juices designed for Park Hyatt. The "fresh, organic concoctions" are formulated to specifically target health concerns of travelers like us! Yay!
Some selections from the menu:
· CARE SMOOTHIE, prepared with a selection of ingredients, which include raspberries, a powerful antioxidant, and aloe vera, which aids digestion.
· BALANCE SMOOTHIE includes bananas and cocoa, which support circulation and aid digestion.
· GOOD ENERGY JUICE contains carrots, apples and spinach, which assist in balancing blood sugar levels and supporting digestion.
· DIGESTION JUICE is prepared with high fiber fruits such as kiwi and pineapple, which make food travel slowly through the digestive tract, enhancing the absorption of important nutrients.
· ANTI JET LAG JUICE contains kale, which is effective for detoxification, and pumpkin seeds, which assist in producing the body’s sleep hormone – melatonin.
As of this month, you'll find the juicy menu at all Park Hyatt properties. And just a note: we do not think the purpose of this menu is to promote those crazy juice-only fasts. In fact, we're pretty sure it's definitely not.
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Free Poolside Yoga at the London West Hollywood
Dennis Rodman may not be welcome at the London West Hollywood any more but yoga enthusiasts certainly are. Figuring guests might need to detox after a late night on the Sunset Strip, the hotel is now offering sunrise yoga and tai chi classes at the rooftop pool…because, um the downward-facing dog is exactly what you want to do when you’re hungover?
The classes are only offered on Saturday and Sunday mornings, and are free for guests, new age and otherwise. Just cough up your $199 per night room rate, slip on your juicy sweat pants, and grab your mat on the way to the roof to see which other guests had a naughty night out…or are limbering up for another one.
At the very least, you’ll get to enjoy the spectacular view of the city from the pool area between ayurvedic poses and chanting your mantras. And best of all, it's free. No $18 fees here.
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Is a Surprise Hotel Fitness Fee Worse Than a Steep WiFi Charge?
Just when we thought paying for WiFi to be the worst of hotel extra evils, a reader has reminded us of yet another devil in the details: additional charges for using the hotel's gym. Calling out Chicago's Palmer House Hilton in particular, our tipster uncovers more than just the fee, but also the lack of signage regarding it:
Just discovered -- the Palmer House charges $18 (!!) for guests to use their fitness center. I'm sure it's lovely, but at the news of $18 I turned around and left. Outrageous on several levels: the price (although I wouldn't pay anything) and the fact that there was absolutely no clue until I walked and found a front desk that there were any fees involved. Even then, nothing's posted.
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David Barton Gym at Gansevoort South Gets Off to a Classy Start
Beyond checking to see if a fitness center is existent, open and free, we don't usually pay much attention to the gyms at hotels. That is, most of us don't choose a hotel based primarily on its fitness center offerings.
Mr. David Barton does not enjoy this. In fact, David Barton wants his gyms to get attention. Major attention. One might go so far as to say David Barton would like his gym at Gansevoort South to get all the attention.
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