Gym facilities in Asian Hyatts
Dec 16, 2005, 8:43 am
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Gym facilities in Asian Hyatts
As I travel more and more throughout Asia, I'm finding a feast or famine with regards to fitness facilities.
HK HR: guestroom converted to a small "executive" style fitness center (only for RC guests): 1 treadmill, some dumbells, etc... This HR did have an agreement with the local California fitness club and then the nearby YMCA, though.
HK GH: Very nice facilities (no hot tub) with a full set of cardio and some pretty good weight machines. Attendants
Shanghai GH: Smallish room but has pretty much all of the equipment that both lifters and cardio nuts would want. Good hot and cold soaking tubs.
Macau HR: Spa area has a full set of machines and free weights, pretty large space. One of the largest hot tubs I've ever seen. A good cool soak tub too.
HK HR: guestroom converted to a small "executive" style fitness center (only for RC guests): 1 treadmill, some dumbells, etc... This HR did have an agreement with the local California fitness club and then the nearby YMCA, though.
HK GH: Very nice facilities (no hot tub) with a full set of cardio and some pretty good weight machines. Attendants
Shanghai GH: Smallish room but has pretty much all of the equipment that both lifters and cardio nuts would want. Good hot and cold soaking tubs.
Macau HR: Spa area has a full set of machines and free weights, pretty large space. One of the largest hot tubs I've ever seen. A good cool soak tub too.
Dec 16, 2005, 8:54 am
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Originally Posted by macj86
As I travel more and more throughout Asia, I'm finding a feast or famine with regards to fitness facilities.
HK HR: guestroom converted to a small "executive" style fitness center (only for RC guests): 1 treadmill, some dumbells, etc... This HR did have an agreement with the local California fitness club and then the nearby YMCA, though.
HK GH: Very nice facilities (no hot tub) with a full set of cardio and some pretty good weight machines. Attendants
Shanghai GH: Smallish room but has pretty much all of the equipment that both lifters and cardio nuts would want. Good hot and cold soaking tubs.
Macau HR: Spa area has a full set of machines and free weights, pretty large space. One of the largest hot tubs I've ever seen. A good cool soak tub too.
HK HR: guestroom converted to a small "executive" style fitness center (only for RC guests): 1 treadmill, some dumbells, etc... This HR did have an agreement with the local California fitness club and then the nearby YMCA, though.
HK GH: Very nice facilities (no hot tub) with a full set of cardio and some pretty good weight machines. Attendants
Shanghai GH: Smallish room but has pretty much all of the equipment that both lifters and cardio nuts would want. Good hot and cold soaking tubs.
Macau HR: Spa area has a full set of machines and free weights, pretty large space. One of the largest hot tubs I've ever seen. A good cool soak tub too.
Dec 18, 2005, 5:02 am
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GH Beijing has a great gym, one of the best indoor pools I have seen EVER.
TV on the cardio equipment
GH Jakarta , very comprehensive cardio set up, TV also available. Weights OK.
GH Seoul, OK. Good on cardio and various sort of massage facility machines (sort of look like medieval torture facilities).
All much bigger than the GH HK , which I avoided because it was always so busy. I am really sorry that the Regency is closing as I enjoyed using the California Fitness and the YMCA option.
TV on the cardio equipment
GH Jakarta , very comprehensive cardio set up, TV also available. Weights OK.
GH Seoul, OK. Good on cardio and various sort of massage facility machines (sort of look like medieval torture facilities).
All much bigger than the GH HK , which I avoided because it was always so busy. I am really sorry that the Regency is closing as I enjoyed using the California Fitness and the YMCA option.
Dec 18, 2005, 8:12 am
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And the best is...
GH Erawan in Bangkok. Large exercise room with video on almost every machine. Great pool, huge hot tub, good steam and sauna.
I did like the GH Beijing's pool, though it is indoors (it was a little cool in October for an outdoor pool in Beijing.)
GH SIN's fitness area was a long walk, though excellent facilities.
HR Johor Bahru has a small fitness room, smallish hot tub and steam room, but a great outdoor pool. The massage was excellent there.
HR Hua Hin also small fitness room but the Thai massage there was one of the best. Pool is great. US$5 per hour massage "beds" on the beach, about 100 meters down the beach from HR, not affiliated with the HR.
I did like the GH Beijing's pool, though it is indoors (it was a little cool in October for an outdoor pool in Beijing.)
GH SIN's fitness area was a long walk, though excellent facilities.
HR Johor Bahru has a small fitness room, smallish hot tub and steam room, but a great outdoor pool. The massage was excellent there.
HR Hua Hin also small fitness room but the Thai massage there was one of the best. Pool is great. US$5 per hour massage "beds" on the beach, about 100 meters down the beach from HR, not affiliated with the HR.
Dec 19, 2005, 1:22 pm
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GH Mumbai has a huge gym with lots of equipment and the pool just outside.
HR Delhi also has a nice gym although much smaller.
HR Delhi also has a nice gym although much smaller.
Dec 19, 2005, 2:31 pm
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I'd second that the Grand Hyatt Erawan has a decent gym, actually that whole floor (pool, spa, gym) has been completely redone and is really a notch above the rest of the hotel).
The Park Hyatt Saigon has a great gym with brand new equipment and almost nobody using it. You can open the shutters and look out onto a crazy intersection where the motorbikes are zigzagging through the intersection against the signal (if there is even one). Good entertainment while working out,
The Grand Hyatt Tokyo has a decent gym too.
My biggest gripe is places that dont have the newer treadmills with built in TV monitors, all three of the above mentioned properties have these.
The Park Hyatt Saigon has a great gym with brand new equipment and almost nobody using it. You can open the shutters and look out onto a crazy intersection where the motorbikes are zigzagging through the intersection against the signal (if there is even one). Good entertainment while working out,
The Grand Hyatt Tokyo has a decent gym too.
My biggest gripe is places that dont have the newer treadmills with built in TV monitors, all three of the above mentioned properties have these.
Dec 20, 2005, 2:05 am
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I swim for exercise, which means I need/want a long, square pool without people cutting into my path. Afterwards, I enjoy a fat-man's triathlon: 10 minute sauna, 10 minute jacuzzi, 10 minute steam room. Repeat.
From that perspective, the top hotels for this are the GH Seoul, the GHHK, the PHT, the GHT, and the GH Taipei. The GH Shanghai pool is tiny, the GH Beijing pool is all weird shaped and always packed with annoying families wanting to play tag water polo. The best one is the GH Seoul, with two pools and a large fat-man's area.
From that perspective, the top hotels for this are the GH Seoul, the GHHK, the PHT, the GHT, and the GH Taipei. The GH Shanghai pool is tiny, the GH Beijing pool is all weird shaped and always packed with annoying families wanting to play tag water polo. The best one is the GH Seoul, with two pools and a large fat-man's area.
Dec 29, 2005, 12:42 am
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I was recently in GH Jkt - now that's a nice gym, large area and looks out to green lush greenery.
I found out that they just completed with the refurbishment.
Agree that the GH SIN is a long walk. I hear that they will be renovating the entire area, they're doing the eatery currently. The team was quite excited as they going to have a much bigger spa and exercise area.
I found out that they just completed with the refurbishment.
Agree that the GH SIN is a long walk. I hear that they will be renovating the entire area, they're doing the eatery currently. The team was quite excited as they going to have a much bigger spa and exercise area.