Health Club Equipment Articles & Resources

Members are treated to the latest in fitness features at the impressive new health club, which includes personal flat screen TVs, digital music and pre-planned workouts. Equipment at the health club includes Life Fitness treadmills, elliptical trainers, stairmasters, recumbent cycles, upright cycles, eight stations of strength equipment, and dumbbells. In addition, Reebok Core training equipment, including exercise balls, ab roller, and the balance board are available. Certified personal trainers also are on hand to provide health assessments, nutrition guidelines and individualized programs to ensure that workouts are safe, efficient and effective. Additionally, WestinWORKOUT Runner’s World Maps, which outline nearby recommended three- and five-mile jogging/walking/bicycle routes, also are provided to members.
Other membership benefits include freshly laundered exercise attire (shirts, shorts and socks), full towel service, permanent private lockers, showers, and dry heat saunas. An array of grooming products and appliances are also available for members, and this includes shampoo, lotion, hair styling products, deodorant, mouthwash, shaving cream, razors, hair dryers and curling irons.
Members also have access to professional massage therapy at the hotel. Among the services offered are The Westin Well-Being Massage, Aromatherapy Massage, Westin WORKOUT Sports Massage, Hot Stone Therapy, Custom Well-Being Massage, and the Head, Shoulders and Back Massage. For information about memberships to the hotel’s WestinWORKOUT Powered by Reebok health club, call (312) 744-1900, ext. 41. The health club is open from 5:30 .-10 . Monday-Friday, and from 7 .-7 . on Saturday and Sunday.

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The Westin Chicago River North Opens Health Club To Local Membership/Page Two

As a tie-in with its impressive WestinWORKOUT Powered by Reebok® health club, The Westin Chicago River North just unveiled two new WestinWORKOUT guestrooms that enable guests to work out in the privacy of their room using a variety of advanced cardio and strength equipment. The rooms are equipped with a Reebok Tomahawk XL Indoor Cycle or Life Fitness Treadmill, Reebok Pilates/Yoga and Spinning DVDs, and a custom-designed fitness shelf that holds adjustable dumbbells, resistance tubing, a stability ball, yoga mat and additional Reebok workout equipment. This convenient, private exercise equipment also features a fitness library by Rodale Press, the leading publisher of information on healthy, active lifestyles, which includes several books and magazines including Runner’s World, Bicycling Magazine and a customized local running map. Ideal for business travelers or anyone wanting to embrace the benefits of fitness and wellness when away from home, The WestinWORKOUT rooms are available for an additional charge, starting at $20.
Overlooking the Chicago River, the upscale, Westin Chicago River North is located at 320 North Dearborn Street. This beautiful, luxury property is centrally located in the heart of Chicago’s business and theatre districts and steps from Millennium Park, fabulous Michigan Avenue shopping and great restaurants. The hotel’s 424 rooms and suites, designed for the contemporary traveler, offer beautiful skyline views and feature Westin’s legendary Heavenly Bedâ and invigorating Heavenly Bathâ, two-line phones, data ports with high-speed Internet access, refreshment center, bathrobes, deluxe amenities, and more. Offering 28,000 sq. ft. of state-of-the-art meeting and event space, the hotel’s three ballrooms, including the exquisite Astor Ballroom, eighteen meeting rooms and three conference parlors provide the ultimate in flexible function space. The hotel’s distinctive dining includes Ember Grille, featuring an eclectic menu; popular Hana Lounge and the award-winning Kamehachi Sushi Bar. Other services include concierge and state-of-the-art business center. For further information, visit .com or call (312) 744-1900.

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