Originally Posted by
themicah
I imagine it would be hard to beat the Equinox Hotel, given that it was a high-end gym chain before they opened a luxury hotel. It's VERY expensive and not conveniently located unless you have a reason to be in Hudson Yards, but I don't think many (any?) other hotels in NYC have a 60,000sqft fitness center with indoor and outdoor swimming pools.
If that's overkill, I would look for smaller hotels that maybe don't have their own gym but offer guests a pass to a nearby full-service gym. Some googling suggests the Archer (New York Sports Club), High Line Hotel (Chelsea Piers), Civilian Hotel (TMPL Health Club), and Distrikt (Mid-City Gym) all fit in that category.
This is great, I agree on all points, the Equinox Hotel is probably hard to beat but very pricey and located in the inconvenient HY. If I was comfortable paying out of pocket for the Equinox hotel, I think I would have just kept my Equinox membership rather than switching to an almost as good gym that is way cheaper lol
I didn't realize other hotels would also outsource their gyms to an actual gym, I've only seen that at the Lexington and figured that was a unique case because the gym was in the basement, will definitely take a look at those