Florida’s hotel and resort fitness centers are in great shape, offering top-of-the-line equipment, strength training, cardio, weights and classes that allow guests to maintain their exercise routines while traveling. Following are some examples.
Orlando’s Caribe Royale All-Suite Hotel & Convention Center offers complimentary access to an impressive two-story, 3,500-square-foot fitness center featuring 40 pieces of strength training and high-tech cardio equipment. Amenities include 10 32-inch flat-screen TVs and a stash of sports drinks, health snacks and chilled towels.
The David Barton Spa and Gym at the Perry South Beach claims the largest gym floor in South Beach—42,000 square feet of fitness space—along with two floors of interactive cardio machines and tons of free weights. The center also offers private training sessions, private Pilates and mat classes and semi-private apparatus classes. Meanwhile, there are four group training studios where the faithful can participate in yoga, group cycling, boxing and Krav Maga combat self-defense.
The Boca Raton Resort & Club boasts three state-of-the-art fitness venues: the 6,200-square-foot Cloister Fitness Center, featuring cardio, Pilates, fitness classes and personal trainers; the Boca Beach Club, where a Kinesis wall offers high-tech resistance training and guests work out with personal wireless flat-screen entertainment centers; and the Country Club Fitness Center, offering a unique Hydra-Fitness Circuit workout and heated outdoor lap pool.
An oceanfront gym at the Ponte Vedra Inn and Club on Ponte Vedra Beach features more than 8,000 square feet of fitness space on two levels, with room for more than 75 equipment stations and four individual fitness studios for aerobics and Pilates. Classes include core training, step combo circuits, aquacizing and indoor cycling.
In case you left your gym bag at home, the Westin Imagine Orlando has your fitness gear covered, partnering with New Balance to provide athletic shoes and apparel during a guest’s stay (for a fee). Just call, request your shoe and clothing size and they’ll be delivered to your room. Shoes come with brand-new socks and apparel is freshly laundered.