The Good:
- Good size space with plenty of open floor
- Good selection of cardio and machine weights
- Quiet and bright
- Cable cross machine with pull up options
- 24-hour guest access
- Complimentary headphones
- Close to Whole Foods for healthy post workout snacks and meals
The Bad
- Limited free-weight selection
- No foam rollers, med balls, tubing or kettlebells
- Must go outside to access
- Stability balls & mats were DIRTY
Dayna's review:




The Gym
The long drive had me needing to move, so after settling into the room I donned my workout gear and headed over to check out the space. It is across the courtyard from the hotel in a separate tower that also uses the facility but this didn’t seem to affect the volume much as I only encountered a few other exercisers during my visits. The space is very large by hotel standards, bright and well equipped with plenty of cardio equipment including a rower and a few spin bikes. A row of windows and high ceilings made for a nice bright room. There was also a good selection of machine-based weights to work with and cover all your body parts if that is your sort of thing. I am of course always more interested in open spaces, free weights, and the functional 'FUN' stuff. The gym had a nice cable machine with a variety of pull-up grip options, a few sizes of stability balls, and a couple of BOSU’s. The free weight selection was 5-50lbs in 5lb increments, limited but not bad for a hotel gym, and 2 adjustable benches to choose from. There was plenty of floor space for dynamic warm-ups, walking lunges, and frog hops if these are part of your programming. There were no foam rollers or tubing, so pack your own if these are something you use regularly. I appreciated the towel service and filtered water (that fits my giant Swell bottle) as well as complimentary headphones for the cardio machines or if you have forgotten yours. The change rooms were nice, with a traditional wood sauna, and decent shower facilities including lockers (bring your own lock) towel service, toiletries, and hair dryers. I presume the men’s was a similar design. Rounding out the space was a small hydropool (shared) for post workout leisure and recovery.
The workouts
Day 1 – It was a short week due to the travel and had me lifting fewer days so I had planned to do at least one full body workout while on the road. I had lifted the previous day, choosing to do a heavy lift day as I wasn’t sure what to expect from a new gym as far as equipment goes. This left today’s session as a cardio interval day and the sometimes dreary PNW weather had me opt for an interval run on the treadmill. The cardio equipment is all made by Life Fitness. I found the treadmill well maintained and enjoyed the onscreen tele to watch the basketball game while I worked up a sweat. They all faced the windows and looked out into urban Seattle and the abundance of construction that is going on in the area. After 20 minutes of hard work, I finished with a short cool down and stretch. Total workout time was an easy 30 minutes and my body felt recovered from the long drive. I was ready to search out some good eats and wine! Day 2 – I started the day with a morning workout, following breakfast at the hotel – a yummy steel-cut oatmeal and a side of bacon (of course). My workout started soon after eating – sooner than I typically like to, but I knew that if I went about the day the window for my workout may disappear so I opted to start with my CARS and Kinstretch to give my body time to digest a bit. I used the open floor area for this which was perfect to work my transitions. 30 minutes later, tight hips were no more and I was ready for a little lift. I opted for an easy circuit of three rounds that looked like this:- Hip bridges x 12
- Goblet squat 45lb x 12
- Bent over DB Row 35lb x 12
- Single Clean and Press 25lb x 12
- Tricep Push ups x 12
- Reverse fly 5lb x 12
- DB pullover (on Stability ball) 45lb x 12
- Pikes (stability ball) x 12