Now, you’ve got nothing against boot camps, Navy SEAL training or whatever back-to-basics routine has you heaving sandbags over your head in mud at 5am.
And yet, you also have nothing against state-of-the-art studios, alligator-embossed showers and wrapping up your workout with a margarita in a poolside cabana.
So say hello to Vida Fitness’s flagship location, now open on U Street to give you the 51,000 square feet of well-appointed working out that you’ve been looking for.
If you took away the free weights, Pilates reformer machines and multimedia cardio machines, you might think you were in a really massive wine bar. Ductwork is exposed, walls are lined with brick, and 10,000 square feet of glass looks onto U Street.
Of course, they’ve got your workouts covered: everything from fully replenishing lap pools to upside-down resistance classes to functional personal training (but if you’re still set on World’s Strongest Man, you may have to bring your own Atlas stones).
But post-workout is when things get really interesting. You’ll step under rainfall showers with black, faux-alligator-leather walls and into a “European” sauna (yes, that means it’s co-ed, and yes, a sign warns against “inappropriate behavior”).
And they’re already taking sign-ups for the September opening of their membership-only rooftop pool and sundeck, where you can commandeer a cabana, order from the full bar and kitchen, and huddle around the fire pit when the mercury drops.
We assume inappropriate behavior is fine in the cabanas.
And yet, you also have nothing against state-of-the-art studios, alligator-embossed showers and wrapping up your workout with a margarita in a poolside cabana.
So say hello to Vida Fitness’s flagship location, now open on U Street to give you the 51,000 square feet of well-appointed working out that you’ve been looking for.
If you took away the free weights, Pilates reformer machines and multimedia cardio machines, you might think you were in a really massive wine bar. Ductwork is exposed, walls are lined with brick, and 10,000 square feet of glass looks onto U Street.
Of course, they’ve got your workouts covered: everything from fully replenishing lap pools to upside-down resistance classes to functional personal training (but if you’re still set on World’s Strongest Man, you may have to bring your own Atlas stones).
But post-workout is when things get really interesting. You’ll step under rainfall showers with black, faux-alligator-leather walls and into a “European” sauna (yes, that means it’s co-ed, and yes, a sign warns against “inappropriate behavior”).
And they’re already taking sign-ups for the September opening of their membership-only rooftop pool and sundeck, where you can commandeer a cabana, order from the full bar and kitchen, and huddle around the fire pit when the mercury drops.
We assume inappropriate behavior is fine in the cabanas.
