Staying fit while on the road can be difficult even for the most seasoned of travelers. However, these five hotel gyms prove that getting a workout while traveling the globe can be the highlight of your trip.

　　Staying fit while on the road can be difficult even for the most seasoned of travelers. Hotel gyms can be cramped, dark and soulless, not to mention outdated and hard to find. However, with features like open-air rock-climbing walls, on-staff personal trainers and Philippe Starck-designed lap pools, these five hotel gyms prove that getting a workout while traveling the globe can be the highlight of your trip.

　　Ok, we might be stretching it (get it?!) a little, but you see where we're going with this.

　　1. Kerry Sport at Kerry Hotel Pudong Shanghai

　　This Shanghai Hotel’s sports complex is the largest hotel gym in China. It has 32-foot-high windows overlooking the city’s Century Park across the street, an enormous main floor with over 80 pieces of weight machines and cardio equipment (the spin bikes and treadmills equipped with iPod docks and personal TV’s), an “Iron Man” zone with training necessities for triathletes. The gym also comes equipped with Vasa kayak and swim-training workout machines. Kerry Sports also has 10 TRX suspension fitness trainers, a one-on-one personal training zone and four exercise studios for classes such as yoga (including hot yoga), spinning, pilates and more. Adjacent to the club, guests can use the 25-meter indoor lap pool, or venture outdoors to take advantage of the hotel’s small jogging track, basketball court and tennis court, as well as a mini climbing wall. Gymgoers can also unwind in the full-service locker rooms, which includejacuzzis, scented steam rooms and saunas.

　　2. Banyan Tree Fitness Center at the Marina Bay Sands

　　To be honest, as much as going to a hotel gym is about staying fit while on the road, it’s that much more enjoyable with a great view of the destination, and the gym at the Marina Bay Sands megahotel in Singapore has views galore thanks to its perch on the 55th floor. This fitness center has top-of-the-line Kinesis Technogym equipment for strength trainers, cardio equipment with touchscreen entertainment televisions and iPod docks, a separate aerobics and yoga studio with a complete schedule of classes, another room for free weights and rowing and access to the Banyan Tree spa’s locker rooms with warm soaking pools, sauna and steam rooms and even a relaxation lounge where you can rehydrate with a choice of beverages.