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A Health Conscious Fitness Vacation
Submitted:2010-12-14Author:-Ashton Smith
There would be a lot of thoughts and questions about fitness vacations and how it is going to play a vital role in one's fitness. Fitness vacations just may be the next big market for the health conscious. If people don’t like to exercise, I would tell them not to come, said Canyon Ranch founder Mel Zuckerman. I think it’s the foundation; it’s the most important building block of a healthy lifestyle.
If your idea of the perfect vacation doesn’t involve lying around all day in a beach chair and eating/drinking to your heart’s content, you’re not alone. Active fitness vacations are more popular than ever and are a great way to get in shape while taking some much-needed time off.
At popular destinations like Ranch, there’s no smoking or drinking anywhere on the 70acre campus. And fatty foods drenched in rich cream sauce are nowhere to be found. This alone could send a positive vibes to people who would like to engage themselves in a Fitness Vacation.
Instead, people immerse themselves in vigorous workout programs everything from funk aerobics to boxing hoping to find health and happiness in the process.
Fitness as fun business is strong concept here. Zuckerman says Canyon Ranch and its sister resort in Lenox, Massachusetts have 90 percent occupy rates around the year. Analysts say that’s about as good as it gets in the fiercely competitive spa business.
It has wonderful reputations, a wonderful following a staff to guest ratio of over two to one which itself shows the image it has created for itself over the years. Positioning itself as a place for couples helped launch the resort, but experts say what separates Canyon Ranch from many in the industry now its constantly changing, coming up with new classes and feel good services aimed at aging yuppies.
Most of the problems with people who are unhappy are because they didn’t realize it was a fitness resort, he says. While massage and other beauty services are available, they are not the focus. Unlike most vacations, you come back feeling better than you did when you leave.
If your idea of the perfect vacation doesn’t involve lying around all day in a beach chair and eating/drinking to your heart’s content, you’re not alone. Active fitness vacations are more popular than ever and are a great way to get in shape while taking some much-needed time off.
At popular destinations like Ranch, there’s no smoking or drinking anywhere on the 70acre campus. And fatty foods drenched in rich cream sauce are nowhere to be found. This alone could send a positive vibes to people who would like to engage themselves in a Fitness Vacation.
Instead, people immerse themselves in vigorous workout programs everything from funk aerobics to boxing hoping to find health and happiness in the process.
Fitness as fun business is strong concept here. Zuckerman says Canyon Ranch and its sister resort in Lenox, Massachusetts have 90 percent occupy rates around the year. Analysts say that’s about as good as it gets in the fiercely competitive spa business.
It has wonderful reputations, a wonderful following a staff to guest ratio of over two to one which itself shows the image it has created for itself over the years. Positioning itself as a place for couples helped launch the resort, but experts say what separates Canyon Ranch from many in the industry now its constantly changing, coming up with new classes and feel good services aimed at aging yuppies.
Most of the problems with people who are unhappy are because they didn’t realize it was a fitness resort, he says. While massage and other beauty services are available, they are not the focus. Unlike most vacations, you come back feeling better than you did when you leave.
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