High-end gyms offer luxury services for their clients. (photo credit: Shutterstock)
Designer decoration, nightclub atmosphere, barber, healthy restaurant, detox juice bar: high-end sports halls offer a plethora of additional services to allow their subscribers to practice sport in the best possible conditions. Our top 5.
L’Usine: designer and chic gym
From Paris to Brussels via Geneva, L’Usine is one of the major chains of luxury gyms in the Old Continent. Inside, we find state-of-the-art equipment and high-end infrastructure. The venue is equipped with an equally elegant sauna and hammam. A detox juice bar and other protein drinks complete the offer to allow subscribers to recover pleasantly. L’Usine is one of the few sports halls where it is not impossible to come across famous personalities like Kanye West or Omar Sy. The subscription also gives access to all group lessons. Each year, a sports assessment is organized with a coach. Crossfit aficionados will be able to enjoy it to their heart’s content.
Rates:
2.050 euros
per year with access to all clubs. Other options are offered, such as individual coaching and a 3-month “freedom” subscription.
The Factory
8 rue de la Michodière, 75002 Paris
Site Internet
The Temple: noble art in the spotlight
Many gyms put boxing at the heart of their program. This is the case of the Temple, a true ode to noble art, and its luxurious Parisian rooms. Solid wood, marble, stone, concrete, terrazzo… nothing is left to chance. All rooms in the group have been designed by leading architects and designers. The particularity of the room is that it offers courses in small groups of only 8 people. It is therefore essential to book before going there. The participants are all supported by a coach to help them progress. Private coaching sessions are also offered. The boxing rings are designed and made by the official supplier of the Olympic Games and the punching bags are made of leather. Pull-up bar, weights, weight bench, training bike, undulating ropes, elastics… multiple pieces of training equipment are available to athletes. Luxury skincare products are also available in the showers. At the end of the session, it is possible to relax in the sauna.
Rates:
between 150 and 175 euros
per month
Temple Noble Art
11 rue Molière, 75001 Paris
Site Internet
Blanche: a gym in a mansion
The Blanche sports club covers more than 3,000 m². Installed in a former mansion, the room offers a wide variety of activities supervised by coaches, such as aquafitness classes in a 20-meter infinity pool or even bootcamp or yoga sessions. In addition to the sauna, a restaurant with chef Guillaume Fasilleau in the kitchen allows subscribers to taste balanced dishes of a gastronomic level. The menu includes a beef fillet steak, steamed cod with lemon caviar or even a Korean vegetable pancake. A cinema room is also integrated into the complex.
Rates:
2.400 euros
per year or
215 euros
per month for a minimum of 12 months.
Blanche
21 rue Blanche, 75009 Paris
Site Internet
Klay: from the gym to the spa
Located on rue Montorgueil, Klay stands out for its focus on combat sports and its spa. Members can come and talk on the machines as well as attend Thai boxing, English boxing or kickboxing classes. Everything takes place in a vintage setting reminiscent of the early 19th century with its metal beams on the ceiling, the wooden staircase and the large glass roof. Everything is done to refer to the modern architecture of the industrial revolution. Once the body has been tested, it will be possible to go to the spa and enjoy unique treatments. Snow traps are installed everywhere to invigorate the body. The hammam and sauna are invitations to let go. The little extra of the room? The effort focused on aesthetic care. Hair salon, beautician and even barbers offer their services in the building.
Rates:
1.990 euros
per year or
175 euros
per month for a minimum of 12 months.
Klay
4 bis rue Saint-Sauveur, 75002 Paris
Site Internet
John Reed Fitness: sport as a party
Already established in London, Berlin and Los Angeles, the John Reed Fitness chain has decided to set up shop in Levallois-Perret. Here, we don’t skimp on design. Night club atmosphere on 3,500 m² with colorful staircase, reception opening onto a lounge area with mirror ball and gilding everywhere. Sports equipment is installed according to the decoration and gives the impression of playing sports while having a party. The colorful neon lights and the omnipresence of the maneki neko feline statuette immerse users in a separate universe. Regular DJ sets are held at least twice a week. The club has two saunas, one of which is reserved for women, two hot tubs and a small swimming pool. The changing rooms are a hymn to elegance with designer chandeliers on the ceiling, original tapestries and painted wooden lockers.
Rates:
between 100 and 150 euros
per month.
John Reed Fitness
31 rue d’Alsace, 92300 Levallois-Perret
Site Internet
Orelsan sports coach opens a gym in Caen
This is a first for Lounès El Abdli. This young thirty-year-old has just opened his first fitness room in Hérouville-Saint-Clair: La Sphère. This place could attract a good number of sports fans… and rap fans. Indeed, Lounès El Abdli has the particularity of also being Orelsan’s sports coach. The athlete initially coached, around ten years ago, Ablaye, friend and backer of the rapper. Then, through this intermediary, he met Orelsan and he followed him on the Civilization Tour. The Hérouville room, which will extend over 504m², will also offer an open space for coworking.
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