Health enthusiasts are spoilt for choice when it comes to gyms, fitness and wellness hubs in Cayman.
Well-established facilities have been offering their services to loyal customers for decades, while newer start-ups offer fresh faces, services and locations to health and fitness aficionados.
Check out some of these fitness and wellness offerings in 2024, some brand new, and others which have popped up within the last five years:
KARV GYM
Park Place, Earth Close
Relatively new on Cayman’s fitness scene, Karv offers 24/7 access to its gym, as well as an infrared sauna, Evolt body composition scanner, a team of personal trainers, and an exclusive partnership with Ageless Body to provide Endospheres treatment.
Karv was started by two lawyers who understood how difficult it can be to balance personal wellness with professional obligations. As such, the facility offers great corporate programmes to encourage healthier teams.
karvkv.com
VITAL SPINBAR & YOGADEN
Grand Harbour
Vital has just celebrated its second anniversary. Its schedule includes a wide range of yoga, hybrid workouts, spin classes and prenatal fitness classes. Private and group sessions are available for all levels and backgrounds. Its hybrid classes are a unique offering on-island, in which members get two different styles of workout, collaborating spinning with core, HIIT, stretching or yoga.
vitalcayman.ky
THE WELL
Bayshore Mall
Opened at the end of 2023, The Well combines clinical and holistic practices into its brand new waterfront space. Classes include yoga, Pilates, and barre options, with packages available for studio classes, personal training and group training sessions and reformer classes. The clinical arm of the facility includes eight treatment rooms for physiotherapy, acupuncture, psychotherapy and massage therapy.
thewellcayman.com
THE REC ROOM
The Grove
Also opened in 2021, The Rec Room stretches more than 15,000 square feet over two separate buildings. Its one-to-one facility consists of a boutique training studio, individual private luxury therapy rooms, red light room and cryotherapy chamber as well as personal spa facilities including experience showers, traditional biotherm sauna, cold water and steam showers. The membership and class facility offers a luxury membership gym and class space comprising elite level training equipment and innovative fitness classes taking place in two training studios. They are soon to add The Rec Room Kids which will offer fitness classes and specialised courses for children 4 to 10 years old.
therecroomgym.com
PICKLEBALL CAYMAN
Smith Road
Pickleball popularity has skyrocketed on-island recently, leading to a purpose-built facility near the cricket pitch in George Town. Containing 12 courts, with 10 more in progress, the facility hopes to expand into tennis courts and a cricket pitch. Within three months of opening, it garnered 3,000 members, and also drew visitors to its kids playground and restaurant – The Roost. Membership is free, and courts are rented hourly.
pickleball.ky
LAGREE ACTIVE
7 Mile Shops
Dedicated to the Lagree fitness method, this studio provides a no-impact programme which is intense on the muscles and easy on the joints and gets followers in shape quickly and safely. Using the patented Megaformer, a piece of fitness equipment built for heavy usage in class settings, Lagree Active allows small class sizes of Seven people maximum, in bursts of 50 minutes. Every class caters for the beginner or seasoned athlete and provides a full body workout like no other.
lagree-active.com
THE PILATES STUDIO
Governors Square
Opened at the end of 2019, The Pilates Studio offers small group and private training sessions, including mat work, reformer and chair classes, and specialty classes such as golf specific training. The female-driven studio attracts clients of all ages, up to octogenarians, with instructors of all ages, backgrounds and specialties. Pilates is fantastic as cross training to complement sports endeavours as it aids balance and control in addition to flexibility.
pilates.ky
This article originally appeared in What’s Hot, Winter 2023/2024 issue.
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