Do you often derail your fitness and diet goals when you are traveling? Like most people, traveling always puts a damper on our our healthy daily routines and it’s hard to stay active and healthy when away. I recently traveled to Indianapolis, IN and was on a hunt for a hotel with a great hotel gym as well as a scenic area to run and explore in it’s surrounding areas. Let’s take a look at the Indianapolis Crowne Plaza Hotel Gym and more!
When looking for a nice hotel with a good hotel gym, I stumbled upon the Crowne Plaza Hotel which is an IHG hotel. I ended up choosing this gym because it was SUPER cool (hello awesome architecture with it being an existing old train station! How cool!) as well as it being a great location and had a good looking gym. Boom, sold!
The gym was great for a hotel gym, here’s a look:
Overall Thoughts of the Indianapolis Crowne Plaza Hotel Gym
- Extremely clean
- I loved the ability to utilize cardio equipment with a decent view from the windows.
- It was nice having towels and water provided along with disposable ear phones.
- The equipment available was higher quality than the majority of other hotel gyms that I have visited.
- Dumbbells up to 50 lbs were available which was great. Some hotel gyms just have a few scattered but this hotel had a great assortment.
The gym had pretty much everything you need in order to get a good workout in from the road. With multiple treadmills, elliptical and weight machines, I was able to get a great workout in during my stay. The treadmills also overlook downtown’s union station area which is always a nice touch. People watching is always a win, ESPECIALLY when it’s during the Indianapolis Comic Con!
All I have to say is: People watching during Comic Con is the BEST and I probably could have kept myself entertained on that treadmill for MUCH longer than I did haha. I’ve never seen so many swords in a one block vicinity as I did that weekend.
When not at the gym, this hotel also had a lot of other fitness opportunities to take advantage of. The hotel is right down the road from the beautiful indianapolis canal which is a great flat running path. It’s SO beautiful around the canal and always full of other runners.
The Indy Canal Walk is a total of 4.8 kilometers and runs along the canal that’s full of other walkers, bikers, tourists and runners. You’ll often see people pedal boating through the canal as well.
Many, MANY moons ago I actually did a 5k on this canal for the Courage and Valor 5k which allowed me to run along firefighters after 9/11 who were in their full blown firefighter gear (tanks and all) and it was SUCH a memorable experience. When traveling back to Indianapolis, I knew I had to find a hotel close to the Canal so I could run this canal again.
My Indianapolis Crowne Plaza Hotel Gym Star Rating
Overall, I’d give the Indianapolis Crowne plaza hotel gym 5 out of 5 stars! The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Indianapolis, IN is the PERFECT fit if you want to be able to stay fit while traveling. The hotel offers a great hotel gym, a beautiful and scenic running path nearby and a hotel with some super cool architecture!
XOXO,
Erin