It’s no longer true that spas are just for the ladies! There’s plenty of great options for the guys nowadays, so get planning your manly, manly spa retreat today. Here are seven ways in which spa retreats are perfect for the guys.
Fitness and Sporty Spa Breaks
There are plenty of spa centres out there which are perfect for your sportier bloke. If you’re aiming to pile on the muscle, build your fitness up, or prepare for an event such as a marathon, a spa break could really help you out.
I’m talking access to a great quality gym, amazing local amenities depending on where you are (surfing if you’re near the coast, mountain climbing in the Highlands, etc.), solid menus of the muscle and fitness building food you need, as well as a range of treatments designed to knead away the aching muscles, and turn you from sweaty and worn out, to sharp, rugged and handsome.
An Original Stag Do Idea
Maybe you’re not the manliest ‘let’s go hunt bears in the wilderness’ type bunch
of guys. That’s okay, why pretend? Sure you could go on a paintballing weekend as your stag do, but who’d enjoy it? Wouldn’t you rather lie back, and enjoy a wide range treatments, designed to relax you, and make you feel more attractive? Do you want to return home feeling relaxed, perky and handsome, or haggard, worn-out and hungover? Your call!
Sharpening Up and Looking Good
Everyone likes to look sharp, and a quality spa break can get us looking exactly that. I’m talking facial massages, facial vitamin treatments, sorting out your nails, close shaves, working out a little at a fully kitted-out gym, and eating clean. You’ll come away looking a hundred times sharper, and five years younger.
Weight-Loss Spas
Caring about your weight isn’t just an appearance thing. Being overweight is damaging to your health, as well as your self-esteem. What’s more, it impacts your quality of life. If you’re a little older and don’t like spending time catching your breath after a single flight of stairs, maybe a weight-loss spa is what you need.
You’ll have access to a quality gym, with loads of equipment, as well as some fantastic treatments, such as sports massage and saunas. Then there’s the healthy, but delicious diet-centric food available. It’s an easier way to transition into watching your diet.
Effectively Deal with Stress
Stress is hardly an exclusively female problem, which makes it even more surprising that it’s only recently men have started attending spas in any real numbers. Stress effects all of us, and it can have some serious medical detriments attached. From hair loss to weight-gain, to a migraine, stress can have some awful short-term consequences.
And that’s just in the short-term! In the long-term, you’ve got raised blood pressure and the risks of heart attacks and strokes that entails, as well as increased risks of cancer. Plus, a quick search on Google definitively shows that stress has been linked to hundreds of worrying conditions and diseases.
So why are we men not taking our stress seriously? It’s time to hunker down and enjoy a quality massage, or sauna, or a meditation class. There are plenty of spa days out there that specialise in stress relief, so go check one out.
Specialist Spas are the Best
Are you into yoga, meditation, or martial arts? There’s plenty of spa days out there that totally specialise in all things yoga, or all things Tai Chi. A specialist spa break, doing something that you love in advanced detail, all while in a beautiful and relaxing environment, with a full gym and all kinds of treatments and services, could be just what you’re looking for.
Sometimes, a weekend of immersion in something you love or have an interest in can be the absolute best, and it only gets better when you can do it somewhere gorgeous.
Even Men Need to Detox Sometimes!
If you lead something of an unhealthy lifestyle – I’m talking regular junky takeaways, plenty of boozing, too little sleep, what you’re probably in dire need of by this point, especially considering we’ve just come through the Christmas and New Year period, is a serious detoxing session.
I’m talking quality healthy foods, and treatments designed to remove toxins and unhealthy products from your body, as well as destress and relax you. You’ll be feeling healthy, primed and ready to get back to your day-to-day life on your return.