Date:Posted By:Category:United Arab Emirates

Citymax

Hotel: Citymax
Address: Al Barsha, Al Barsha at the Mall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
 
Time of visit: February 2021
 
Equipment
There’s a stationary bike, a cross-trainer and two treadmills and even a Ski Erg machine.
There’s a cable tower, a fair selection of dumbbells (4-26kgs) and an adjustable bench.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complementary towels? Yes.
Does the hotel gym offer complementary water? Not sure.
 
Comments
In terms of COVID-19, there’s a cleaning station and all the equipment is well distanced.
Although there’s a lack in the variety of the equipment, the equipment available is in good working condition.
The opening hours are from 6am to 8pm.
The hotel gym is well ventilated, there’s lots of natural lighting and a nice view of the area from the big windows.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Yes – it’s a nice small gym for a budget friendly hotel.
Date:Posted By:Category:USA

Hotel Paso Del Norte

Hotel: Hotel Paso Del Norte
Address: 10 Henry Trost Court, El Paso, Texas 79901, USA
 
Time of visit: April 2021
 
Equipment
The cardio section consists of five treadmills, three cross-trainers and a set of stationary bikes.
 
There’s a solid section of dumbbells with the heaviest being 22 kgs, a few kettlebells and two adjustable benches. There’s also a cable machine with a nice range of handles. There’s a lat pull-down, a chest press and a leg press machine.
 
There’s also a few exercise and medicine balls.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complementary towels? Yes.
Does the hotel gym offer complementary water? Yes.
 
Comments
All the equipment is brand new and state of the art.
They also have a really nice pool and spa. The spa is closed at the moment due to the COVID situation but will be reopening very soon according to management.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Oh, yeah! I mean you could always want more but for a hotel gym it was more than adequate. It’s very nice – by far the nicest hotel in El Paso.
Date:Posted By:Category:USA

Hampton

Hotel: Hampton
Address: 32035 Van Dyke Ave, Warren, Michigan 48093, USA
 
Time of visit: April 2021
 
Equipment
Three treadmills, two stationary bikes and two cross-trainers for the cardio freaks.
A pretty cool selection of dumbbells and two adjustable benches as well as a cable machine, if you’re looking for a weight-based workout.
There’re also a few exercise balls and medicine balls available.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complementary towels? Yes.
Does the hotel gym offer complementary water? Yes.
 
Comments
New equipment and spacious for a hotel gym.
Although it’s “just” a hotel gym, it would’ve been nice if they’d had dumbbells heavier than 22 kg or maybe a barbell and some weight plates.
It was nice that they had a cable machine and benches as well as a hardwood floor area.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Yes!
Date:Posted By:Category:United Arab Emirates

Novotel

Hotel: Novotel
Address: Al Barsha, Sheikh Zayed Road, Opposite to Mashreq Metro Station, Al Barsha, 450011 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
 
Time of visit: January 2021
 
Equipment
There’s a solid selection of dumbbells and kettlebells as well as machines including a Smith machine, a squat rack and both a flat and incline bench press setup.
Cardio equipment includes cross-trainers, stationary bikes and treadmills as well as a rowing machine.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complementary towels? Yes.
Does the hotel gym offer complementary water? Yes.
 
Comments
There was a wide range of equipment – all in good working condition.
If you’re looking for a heavy workout, there’s plenty of options – more than 200 kgs in weight plates.
 
Gym instructors were available to help out and PT sessions could be booked.
 
The hotel gym itself is large and the equipment is spaced out (sufficient for social distancing). There were two hygiene stations and sanitizer dispensers as well as cleaners regularly cleaning the gym equipment and changing the bins.
 
Good music was playing in the hotel gym and the Wi-Fi connection was good, if you want to listen to your own music.
The natural and artificial lighting as well as air conditioning was good.
 
There weren’t any exercise mats which might be COVID related.
Cardio equipment is somewhat limited which meant that it was often occupied and left people waiting. Obviously, the COVID situation resulting in some of the equipment being sealed off didn’t help.
 
The hotel gym overlooks the pool areas at either side of the hotel gym. It’s good that you can look outside and have a little bit of a view. However, I found it a little strange as it must be slightly uncomfortable for those swimming in the pool or relaxing on the sun loungers.
 
I don’t recall the open hours but it was open every day – you just sign in at the reception.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Yes!
Date:Posted By:Category:Turkey

Gülhanepark Hotel & Spa

Hotel: Gülhanepark Hotel & Spa
Address: Nöbethane Caddesi No. 1 Sirkeci, Fatih, 34420 Istanbul, Turkey
 
Time of visit: April 2021
 
Equipment
There’s a barbell and set of dumbbells that you can load plates onto, a bench that has a leg extension/leg curl attachment, a cable machine with high attachment and low attachment, a dip bar, two exercise balls, two exercise mats, a skipping rope and a fair amount of space.
For cardio, there’s two exercise bikes and one treadmill.
 
There is a decent amount of weight plates – 2 x 20kg, 4 x 15kg, 2 x 10kg, 4 x 5kg and 10 x 2.5kg – so you can get some fairly heavy lifts in.
 
The bench is adjustable allowing you to do flat, incline or decline bench presses, for example. At the maximum height, I was even able to use the bench – or rather its rack – high enough to use it as a squat rack.
However, since the rack isn’t very wide, the place where you would hold the barbell is in line with where you’d re-rack the bar, which makes it dangerous if you are lifting a heavy weight. It also didn’t feel very stable, especially when using it as a squat rack, and should be used with caution.
 
There’s a large bar and a small bar for the cable machine (a lat pull down bar and a bicep curl bar). There’s also an attachment allowing you to do preacher curls. There’s a bench press built into the cable machine which is really good. You can get good range of motion and there’s a decent amount of weight on the weight stack to lift. However, when doing lat pull-downs, I couldn’t get the full range of motion. Also, when doing some movements from the bottom attachment, the pulley system didn’t run smoothly and locked momentarily.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complementary towels? No.
Does the hotel gym offer complementary water? No.
 
Comments
This hotel was one of the most reasonably priced in the area and when booking, I knew that for the difference in price, the facility might not be as good as those in the surrounding area.
 
This is a small hotel gym with limited equipment. The equipment is old and it’s definitively seen better days. However, if you are staying for a short period, it does the job.
 
Opening hours are from 7am – 9pm.
 
The biggest downfall to this gym is the lack of fans / air con / ventilation in general. It’s in the basement level of the hotel, next to the kitchen and spa. Therefore, there obviously aren’t any windows. However, the fan system doesn’t work at all and ventilation is surely needed because it gets very warm and stuffy down there. I can’t imagine what it’s like during summer.
 
There was no hygiene station or any cleaning equipment available. I think it was cleaned once a day, maybe twice, which isn’t optimal. Maybe they clean it more often in the busier tourist months but at least a spray bottle and tissues or towels should be available.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Not sure, but it’s not bad for a small hotel gym considering the cheaper price of staying at the hotel.