Luxury spas that can help boost your fitness gains

For decades, luxury spas have been seen as a place for decadence and reward - a place to tune out, relax. However, increasingly, wellness and luxury also equate to meaningful fitness support combining pampering with data-led wellness and fitness improvement. By merging premium hospitality with cutting-edge sports science, here are some of our top-recommended destinations designed to optimise your training plateau to support your goals.

Coworth Park, Berkshire

Set within some of the most beautiful Berkshire parkland, Coworth Park is a prestigious hotel and spa destination, and part of The Dorchester Collection. A five-star retreat, the Georgian mansion is a treat for any occasion, but within its expansive spa you will find a world that's not only for rest and relaxation, but fitness and targeted recovery as well.

Facilities are spread across two floors and alongside an amethyst-lined indoor pool with underwater music, a Finnish sauna, citrine-lined steam room, snow shower, a terrace with sun loungers, two relaxation rooms, and a Spa Café, it's home to the UK’s first Technogym Artis line, with advanced Artis line and AI-powered equipment.

That means that not only is there a range of cardio and strength training equipment, but Technogym Checkup and Biostrength as well, in an integrated digital ecosystem to support personalised goals.

The Lanesborough Club & Spa, London

An award-winning London day spa set between elegant Knightsbridge and Mayfair, The Lanesborough Club & Spa is one of the most exclusive health clubs in the city. Chic and stylish, it brings mindfulness, fitness, beauty and wellness together in a luxury environment, taking a 360° approach to wellbeing.

Alongside cocooning spaces for rest, separate thermal suites for men and women, and Spa Butlers to help you have the best experience possible, there's a high tech gym with the latest equipment designed to build strength and stamina with everything from a TRX zone to Watt bikes. In addition, there are personal trainers on hand, personalised EMS (electro muscle stimulation) training in partnership with Vive Fitness.

Akasha at Hotel Café Royal, London

A sanctuary in the middle of London, it's impossible not to relax the moment you step into Akasha at Hotel Café Royal. Combining the luxury of one of the most desirable destinations in the city, with a deep reverence for holistic wellbeing, it's the best of all worlds.

The spa offers a whole world of wellness, including a spectacular swimming pool, a sauna, steam room, whirlpool and a Lounge Bar for healthy and nourishing dishes. Alongside it, the gym offers cutting edge technology in the form of LifeFitness equipment as well as personal entertainment centres with 19” touch screens and iPad docks.

SENSORY Wellbeing at Pan Pacific London

Very much the spa of the future, SENSORY Wellbeing at Pan Pacific London combines contemporary architecture and state-of-the-art facilities and experiences so you can enjoy wellbeing in whatever way you want at their award-winning spa. It's a fusion of Western science and Southeast Asian wellness traditions, all set within a hotel with a rich history. A destination floor within the hotel, the spa features spectacular facilities at every turn, from an infinity pool stretching to 18.5 metres and flanked by floor-to-ceiling windows enabling views of the city, to two treatment rooms where therapists bring holistic practices and biotechnological knowledge to the experience.

Fitness is also deeply engrained in the experience, allowing you to tailor your visit to meet your goals. A particular feature is their TecnoBody® D-Wall, which delivers a posture analysis within three minutes. They also offer a unique Body Assessment on their treatment menu, supported by Pnoé - the world’s leading automatic VO2 and metabolic analysing system. The test provides an in-depth analysis of heart, lung, muscular and neuromuscular function in real time. Guests can book the experience and then continue with the D-Wall, and then continue to complete the 360-degree assessment with a food intolerance and allergy testing with their in-house nutritionist.

Champneys Tring, Hertfordshire

A truly exceptional destination spa, Champneys Tring prides itself on being able to make a real difference to people’s lives, through a variety of specialist retreats aimed at optimising a guest’s health and wellbeing. Intended as a real health spa destination, hospitality and wellbeing are inextricably linked with a whole raft of facilities and treatments, all set within 160 acres of manicured gardens and picturesque Hertfordshire countryside.

There are lots of classes to join, hiking trails, tennis, free bike hire, and plenty of walking opportunities, as well as health and fitness consultations, dietary advice, and touch therapies that range from luxury facials to things like BraBrainGym™ at Champneys Tring, which uses a special lounger, soothing frequencies, immersive soundscapes, and guided meditation to help you relax, recharge, and sharpen your focus. There are bootcamps and personal training available, as well as a gym with everything from bikes and treadmills to boxing and battle ropes; a cycle studio with Peloton bikes, a mindfulness studio, and more.

Fairmont Windsor Park, Berkshire

Situated on the edge of Windsor Great Park, just an hour outside London, Fairmont Windsor Park is a five-star hotel complete with 40 acres of grounds and gardens and an expansive 2,500 metre square spa. Offering every aspect of luxury hospitality, fitness, and wellbeing, it's most certainly a destination where you can spend more than one day.

The vast range of facilities includes our wellness rooms, a traditional Hammam (for up to six people), a 20-metre indoor pool and a courtyard hydrotherapy vitality pool, a thermal suite encompassing a sauna, steam room, a cryotherapy chamber, experience shower, heated tepidarium bench and Japanese foot bath. There are also both light and deep relaxation rooms, and a salt room with views over the courtyard vitality pool.

For working out, there’s an indoor and outdoor gym as well as three outdoor tennis courts and two padel courts. It has been described as one of the best gyms in Surrey, thanks to its array of Technogym Artis cardio and strength amenities, a Group Cycling Studio, personal training, Reformer Pilates, a 20m sled track, sports performance coaching, injury rehabilitation services, HIIT, TRX Suspension Training, and boxing classes, a mind and body studio, and if that wasn't enough you can also hire bikes to cycle around Windsor Great Park.