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New Cruise Ships Focus On Fitness Cruise Reviews, Ship Reviews international cheap air ticket by The Avid Cruiser helping you make informed vacation decisions through cruise reviews, ship reviews and destination reviews, personal, passionate, informed and inspired Navigation home Blog | News Cruise Reviews Port Profiles River Cruises Podcasts Live Voyage Reports @avidcruiser Home » New Cruise Ships Focus On Fitness New Cruise Ships Focus On Fitness June 2, 2013 By Ralph Grizzle Leave a Comment Share with a friend ... Royal Princess’ fitness facilities will include Princess Sports Central, featuring venues for a variety of sporting activities, including a game of basketball in the Center Court. Photo courtesy Princess Cruises Some of the world’s best fitness facilities are now being found in an unlikely place: at sea. As cruise lines invest heavily in facilities to get the heart pounding, cruise passengers who are disciplined need no longer worry about breaking their back-home regimens or putting on pounds while on cruise vacations. They can shed instead. No one knows better than I do. I lost 35 pounds cruising. The irony is that I don’t know if I could have done it had it not been for the fitness facilities at sea (my new regimen began on Silversea Cruises). After all, ships are typically where people gain weight, right? But with good gyms on ships, working international cheap air ticket out has become part of my daily regimen when I’m at sea. Also see these stories:  Walking On The Red Sea Slow Food On Silversea: A Transformation Of Self Begins international cheap air ticket |  Slimmer In Six Months, Thanks To Silversea: How I Took Off 20+ Pounds international cheap air ticket  |  How I Lost 35 Pounds Thanks To Silversea In fact, during the past three years, I spent more than half of the year on ships, and what I discovered international cheap air ticket was that the cruise ships are a great place to begin — and sustain — a physical transformation. On board, fitness facilities are only a few steps away, and there are few places where you can eat healthier food, if you choose to do so. Some of the largest fitness facilities are found on Royal Caribbean’s Oasis and Allure of the Seas . These facilities feature lots of equipment — weight machines, free weights, stationary spin bikes, stair steppers, treadmills international cheap air ticket — and sweeping ocean views. There are also classes ranging from Pilates to spinning to kickboxing to Body Sculpt Boot Camp. Likewise, the new Celebrity Reflection , which I experienced last year, features a beautiful gym with all the latest fitness equipment, plus programs ranging from boot camps to indoor cycling. A Fitness Center Cruise A couple of new ships feature some innovative international cheap air ticket twists on fitness. Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Breakaway features some new innovations, including some sports and fitness options never seen at sea before. In one of many nods to Breakaway s New York City home port, cruise passengers can take part in a fitness class developed by the Radio City Rockettes, the famed leggy dance troupe. Check out Norwegian Breakaway Revealed More New York-iness is available in the ship s spinning studio, where the first-ever black light spinning international cheap air ticket classes at sea turns everyone into ultraviolet 1970s glow sticks, pedaling away to hot club music against a backdrop of neon graffiti international cheap air ticket art and New York–themed murals. international cheap air ticket The ship’s Nexersys interactive fight-training simulators allow you to compete against a virtual avatar in high-intensity boxing workouts. New “Freestyle Fight Klub” classes combine Nexersys workouts international cheap air ticket with cardio boxing classes using the fitness center’s 12 heavy bags. The Sports Complex offers a basketball court, a rock-climbing wall, an enclosed spider web –style climbing cage, a nine-hole miniature golf course, and what the line is billing international cheap air ticket as the largest ropes course at sea. Set up on multiple levels and encompassing some 40 different challenges, the course lets you strap into safety harnesses international cheap air ticket and clamber among beams, platforms, nets, suspension bridges and other hazards. If doing all that in the open air some 200 feet above sea level doesn t get your adrenaline pumping, you can amp things up by walking “The Plank,” which takes you eight feet beyond the side of the ship. See  Breaking Away: Easy To Stay Fit On Norwegian Breakaway When it makes its big splash later this month, international cheap air ticket Princess Cruises’ Royal Princess will feature a double-lane jogging track with separate paths for runners and walkers. There’ll also be a new circuit international cheap air ticket program with outdoor exercise stations at intervals along the track so that cruise passengers can work out al fresco. Royal Princess will also feature international cheap air ticket an expanded fitness center and aerobics studio, along with a multi-sport area offering basketball, tennis, volleyball and badminton. See  Six Types Of People Who Would Enjoy A Royal Princess Cruise: Are You One?
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