The Most Luxurious Gyms in America

Drive 495 Owner Don Saladino is a personal trainer who has worked with basically all of the superhero celebrities. Think Ryan Reynolds for his role in Deadpool, or Sebastian Stan and Scarlett Johansoon for their roles in Avengers. His state-of-the-art golf and fitness club is located in Soho, NY and incorporates everything from nutrition to holistic practices to help clients reach new levels of fitness — and to train celebrities to look amazing for their latest roles.

The Indulgences: Personal trainers with targeted techniques and plans for individuals to improve overall fitness levels, plus a golf simulator and everything you need to improve your golf game.

If you’re looking for hardcore strength training, while still staying true to the luxury lifestyle, Sitaras training is the perfect fit. Members can unwind after a workout on a 3,000-square-foot landscaped terrace. Locker rooms are faced in dark oak and each shower is outfitted with rain showerhead and terrazzo floor. The Sitaras philosophy also includes a full digital tracking segment that gathers data on your workout, and adjusts your workouts based on the resulting data and goals.

The Indulgences: A private army of personal trainers, membership capped at only 200 members.

While the standard Equinox is anything but standard, it only makes sense that the high-end gym would have an even higher-end secret club at two of its locations. E at Equinox is a retina-scan-entry private club capped at 200 members. It’s located at the Columbus Circle and Greenwich, Connecticut, locations. The club offers workout clothes that are laundered and folded, ready for you at your next workout. Private training is available to members, and trainers will work with you to achieve specific goals, building complete routines including workouts and diets.

The Indulgences: Private shower and changing cabanas, managers who track and tailor your workouts, access to a private golf coach.

David Barton’s newest endeavor is TMPL, the West Side gym of 40,000 square feet that includes a saltwater pool, 20 tons of free weights, an immersive spin theater and all of the latest and greatest tech in the fitness space. Schedule a meeting with one of the many top personal trainers and they’ll walk you through your M.A.P., a metabolic assessment profile that looks at your entire health — weight, sleep, hormones and energy — to form a comprehensive training plan. TMPL has one of the only Styku machines in the city, which measures your body’s fat, muscle and water.

The Indulgences: 25-meter saltwater pool, an elite team of personal trainers, up to 15 unique classes a day, Styku machine and InBody Composition Analysis, steam and sauna rooms and a juice bar.

LifeTime might not be the gym you immediately think about when you think lux, but the gym is slowly spreading into all 50 states. The newest in Bridgewater, New Jersey, features three floors of fitness and wellness in the 130,000-square-foot building, plus 40,000-square feet of outdoor space. Beyond the typical group fitness classes (cycle, yoga, Pilates, etc.), the highlight of this club is the pool access. Complete with a water slide that loops into the outdoor pool, you can swim laps, then hang poolside, country club-style, all summer long. When the weather changes, hop in a lane indoors, then tuck into the sauna to warm up.

The Indulgences: Beautiful dressing rooms with saunas, steam rooms and whirlpools, access to LifeSpa, a full-service salon and spa, plus that pool.

If you’re into meditation and relaxation, this spa and gym is for you. Add a jolt to your fitness routine with a three or six-week private training program and you’ll get two one-hour sessions with a trainer, as well as a fitness assesment. Everyone’s got to start somewhere. Post-class, grab a smoothie (or wine and beer if that’s more your speed post-workout), then pop in the steam room before your deep tissue massage that’s sure to help your recovery.

The Indulgences: Unlimited classes, laundry service and special pricing on spa services.

David Kirsch has worked with everyone from Danny Meyer (you might have heard of a few of his restaurants: Daily Provisions, Gramercy Tavern, Marta or the Union Square Cafe), to Liv Tyler and Kerry Washington. It’s an impressive list, and part of the reason these celebs choose Madison Square Cafe is that you’ll never see more than five other people in the gym at once. It’s all part of the personal training program Kirsch has built. One-on-one is the key to success — especially when you combine weights, stretching, cardio and nutrition counseling. The wood-paneled locker rooms are a nice contrast to the cutting-edge machinery found in the gym, where you’ll never see more than six people working out at once.

The Indulgences: Personal sessions only, a juice bar, steam showers and 5-minute workout daily emails.