Hilton Hotel Gym Review - is it GOOD or is it TRASH?

Welcome back to another video. I am starting a new series because I end up traveling so much for my work for you know taking family trips. I am always spending time in hotels so I always end up using the hotel gym at least once during my stay. So why not do a hotel gym review and then you'll find out which hotels offer the best gym packages and which ones not so much. Now we will be judging the gym based on the size the quality of the equipment the cleanliness and just overall giving the gym a end rating once we get in there and test it out now this particular hotel in question is one of the Hilton hotels and i've actually never stayed in one of these it is the Tru by Hilton and it's got more of that family feel to it it's a unique setup in the lobby and everything as you can see in the overlay here it's uh it's different than your typical average hotel we're not too worried about the hotel per se we want to get into the gym and check it out this particular Tru by Hilton is in Manassas Virginia and i love the atmosphere and feel to it immediately when you come in you can tell it's more family oriented family focused it's a great place to stop if you're just stopping through or like us we stayed here for a week and it was great because they have a setup with board games and stuff that the kids can do or you can do as a family if you get bored in the room they have stuff on the walls to tell you about everything that's locally available that you can go and check out in the immediate area so very cool features but we are here for the gym review so it is key card access only like most gyms and hotels to get into it and we are going to get inside and see what this gym is all about now again the criteria for our gym rating for the hotel are going to be size quality of the machines how many different types of machines they offer the cleanliness of the gym and just give it an overall rating at the end once we get in here get a workout in tell you what you can and can't do and see what this gym will get And remember every gym and every hotel is going to be a little bit different. I'm not sure about the true gyms by Hilton. They're probably all relatively the same, but every Hilton, you know, if you go to Hilton Garden Inn, Hilton Home to Suites, all of their gym spaces are always different. Some provide more things than others. Some are kept up kept better than others. Let's see what this one can offer. Now, before I get into showing you the gym, I'm going to get my own workout on for about 40 minutes, get my pump on and then I will be back to run you through everything this hotel gym has to offer. There's definitely more than enough here to get a workout in. I've seen gyms with more machines but they have plenty to get what you need to get out of a workout. Now let's go over what this gym has to offer. First point, space. Now when it comes to space the gym is pretty small so this is pretty much it right here got a little section back there but that is it, this is the entirety of the space, I mean you could fit like three maybe four people in here comfortably depending on who's using what but if you got multiple people back here it is going to get crowded so for space I'm going to give this gym a two out of five just because it is pretty small and it is a normal sized hotel so you may have multiple people coming in here to try to work out and it is going to definitely get crowded but is it enough if you're in here by yourself for two to three people absolutely give it a, we'll rank it up to a 2.5 out of 5 for space now let's go over equipment we have your basic gym equipment a little less than your standard gym would have, I usually should see a little more on the machine side but we do have the cardio section over here so you've got your cardio machines if you want to get your cardio in and the fact that they've got multiple machines means you can have multiple people doing their cardio you can easily fit four people in here if someone's using the bike back there to do your cardio so you've got that and most people honestly come in the gym not to lift weights in these hotel gyms I usually see people on the cardio machine so four machines in this small space not bad at all and I usually do my cardio once a week so if you want to come in here and get it on you've got what you need on the cardio now getting into the rest of the equipment they have one bench in here I would like to see at least two in any gym because one bench is never enough I hate it when there's not enough benches so if there's two people in here that want to use a bench you easily fit a second one and it's not going to take up a lot of space it is a heavy duty adjustable bench it is a legit one so give them points on the quality of that for sure now let's get into the other equipment that they have over here they've got a full set of dumbbells these are good rubber plated dumbbells so if you drop them you're not going to have that clanging banging noise they are pretty high quality good dumbbells a good set only goes up to 50 pounds but i mean for most people 50 is more than enough for most of your stuff obviously going to get into chest press heavier i want to see usually at least up to 70 pounds but 50 pounds not bad not bad at all neatly stacked over here in the corner good choice on the dumbbells for this gym for sure now back here in this little cutout you've got your kind of multi-purpose exercise area you've got a little bit of space for doing like calisthenics stretching whatever you need You got one mat actually I see a second mat so two mats good better than one always want to have multiple mats You've got the box for doing box jumps using the box in various ways Great piece of equipment and it is multi-purpose because it's got the different lengths so you can flip it over for you know Leveling up if you're someone who can jump higher for box jumps and you want that higher level you just flip it on one side Really good choice there. You've got the yoga balls. This one's deflated. So definitely needs to be up kept I will say I will give this gym a huge huge point for one awesome feature and I don't know if this was by mistake or intentional but the lighting in here is supreme you got that great down lighting that you always want to have in a gym so if you're in here working out it really makes you have that shadow on your muscles so it makes you feel better when you're working out I hate gyms that have bad lighting man lighting is such an easy thing to just enhance the gym the workout experience i know it's superficial but when you have good lighting and you see all those muscular striations and all those shadows that your muscles are casting makes you feel better makes you more motivated to work out harder and keep going so lighting on point, five stars out of five stars for the lighting in this gym. Now this is probably the best thing. Great piece of equipment overall. You've got storage for all the stuff. You've got kettlebells. They only go up to 20 pounds. I would like to see a heavier set of kettlebells for sure. Sorry, 25 pounds. You've got the medicine balls up there. I think they go up to 25 pounds as well. You've got the pull-up bar. It's a solid sturdy bar. this pull-up bar is legit, it is sturdy, it is multi-purpose and i love it, this thing is awesome so whoever thought of buying this, great choice for this style, this size of the gym, something that goes up on the wall like this and doesn't take up a lot of space, it's really really well well thought piece of equipment to get, i don't know if it was part of the package, seems like all these things came from the same company but good choice, true by Hilton with this uh gym racks setup and the beauty with this thing is at first glance it just looks like a pull-up bar with storage but this thing is multi-purpose because they have these TRX bands or TRX ropes that come with it so it is super uh flexible with different exercises that you can do here, you know you can do assisted squats and jumps, set these ropes up higher and you can do your seated rows body weight rows you can do, so many different exercises if you know what you're doing and if you don't know what you're doing, there is an awesome feature here i have not seen in any other hotel gym there is a touch screen a personal trainer tool whatever you want to call it but it goes through every piece of equipment that they have in here so if you're someone who you know just decided to go work out you felt motivated you've never done anything before you come in here and you're like what what do I do with this, you just come over here it's a touch screen, you click on it and they've got all these videos of exercises that you can do and follow along check your form and just uh really great for beginners and for people who are not accustomed to training with this type of equipment let's take a deeper dive into what we got here so you know you can see foam roller they can tell you how to use the foam roller very cool go back we got the box whoa okay you see you got your suspension straps the TRX cable or whatever brand that is shows you the different ways you can set it up on the pull-up bar right over here so you come over here set it up bam there you go so really really well thought out i love this i love that it's touchscreen five for five stars on this especially for beginners another cool thing is they have a resistance band in here resistance bands super underrated happy to see one in here i would love to see a set i was only able to find one um the resistance on it is not the strongest but the fact that they have one is great i would love to see a set you usually you can just buy these in sets so that way you know for the more advanced athletes and workout folks you can use the heavy resistance band for the beginners you can have their beginner set and just neatly hang them up on the wall and uh really great piece of equipment definitely would love to see more bands in this gym now over here you have the cleaning equipment so if you want to wipe stuff down you have your hand sanitizer and you've got towels so if you need to wipe down the equipment or just wipe your sweat off i love to see towels in a small gym like this that's just you know thoughtful for your users goes above and beyond speaks for that true Hilton feeling that the rest of the hotel gives off so i think there are a lot of well thought out things about this gym and for the space you are maximizing it pretty well with with the limited amount of space and what you can put in here to give someone a good workout now the gym is pretty clean i haven't seen it dirty i've been in here a few times it's usually pretty neatly put away it's being taken care of the machines all work there's nothing in here that's broken or needs repairing or you can't use so someone is keeping tabs on this gym and making sure that everything is good to go in it so what is my overall rating for the gym in the True by Hilton out of five i give it a solid 3.5 stars out of five and that's actually good if i had to give it out of 10 it'd be a 7 out of 10 let's say for example but it is a solid place where you can get a workout in i love that it's clean at least this one in Manassas for the small amount of space if you get a few people in here it can get crowded but it's got everything you need to get a decent workout in even if you're at advanced levels you can find ways to maximize your workouts in here especially if you do calisthenics or a hybrid training routine the dumbbells you could do a lot with that whole set of dumbbells would love to see a higher weight limit on them overall give this a solid 3.5 out of 10 so if you find yourself in a Hilton a True by Hilton expect to see a gym set up like this with all of these features i'm assuming it's pretty universal across the True Hilton hotel to see a gym similar to this now whether they have more space in some hotels than others that may be the case maybe they can fit more equipment in there make it you know fit the space better but overall this is kind of what you should expect to see not bad Tru by Hilton maybe you guys will take some of my suggestions into consideration to upgrade your gym if you can if not still a solid piece if you guys enjoyed this content if you want me to do more hotel gym reviews i do travel a lot i'm gonna plan on doing one in every new hotel i go to to show you guys what you can expect if you find yourself in a hotel like that hope you guys enjoyed smash that like smash that subscribe see you all in the next one