TIA Wellness Resort in Da Nang, Vietnam, has launched a new private retreat program “Strength & Recovery,” combining private HIIT training sessions, recovery rituals, wellness treatments and a high-protein plant-based meal plan.
At the core of the four- or seven-night tailored retreat are two daily private workouts built around strength training, toning, flexibility, mobility and endurance. There is one HIIT power workout and one training session focused on a different body part each day (shoulder and chest, back and arms, core strength and lower body, etc.). “All sessions are designed without machines or free weights, teaching guests how to use their own body weight effectively—empowering them to build strength anywhere, without a gym,” explained Ramon Imper, general manager of TIA Wellness Resort.
A daily recovery ritual is an ice bath amid tropical plants, alternated with a private steam room and Himalayan sea salt sauna session to help soothe and repair well-worked muscles. Two wellness treatments, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, round out the schedule with treatments such as bamboo roll-outs, deep tissue massage, Vietnamese cupping and Reiki to reduce inflammation, support muscle repair and restore balance. The recovery supports the muscles worked, such as a neck-and-shoulder release treatment that takes place the day after work on a treatment focused on the back and arms day; a deep tissue leg recovery session is aptly timed after a 6 a.m. excursion to the Marble Mountains for a leg & glute building activity on the time-worn stone stairs of one of the area’s most sacred sites.
An added bonus, a visit to the Marble Mountains in the early hours of the day means retreat guests will see the ancient pagodas, statues and caves, thronged by crowds later in the day, without all the visitors. For guests taking part in the seven-day plan, they’ll have a second cardio session with an early stair-climbing workout at Lady Buddha, a towering bodhisattva carved from a single piece of marble and standing 220 feet tall on the Son Tra peninsula.
With the increased activity on the retreat, TIA’s resident experts tailor each meal plan’s calorie and protein intake considering body weight and fitness goals to ensure optimum performance. The nutrient-dense plant-based menu varies each day, ensuring no repeat meals. Each day begins with a protein smoothie bowl (such as a Colada Protein Smoothie Bowl with coconut, pineapple, banana, cashew butter, chia seeds, dried coconut and protein powder). At lunch, a salad (e.g. a tomato and strawberry salad dressed with herbs) or a soup (e.g. a chilled cucumber and lime soup) precedes a main course that varies (like chickpea and sweet potato patties or baked falafel with vegan tzatziki). Desserts come to the table as a salted peanut butter bar or hibiscus poached pears, for example.
The two-course dinner starts with such appetizers as spinach, mushroom and almond tarts with a creamy cashew mushroom sauce or a cauliflower coconut soup spiced with red chili. Main course examples include vegetable “lasagna” with plant-based cheese, sundried tomato sauce, homemade avocado pesto stacked between grilled zucchini sheets, and Vietnamese pho with shitake, edamame and bean sprouts.
Guests leave the retreat with a personalized at-home program and access to no-equipment workout videos on WELL with TIA, a YouTube channel created by TIA Wellness Resort that shares the resort’s extensive class offering—from yoga to breathwork to HIIT.
“Strength & Recovery” is the third private retreat option to launch that TIA offers year round. The low-intensity offering is the “Creative Healing Retreat,” which harnesses the power of breath work, art therapy, energy healing and plant-based cuisine. The mid-intensity “Body & Mind Cleanse” is about intermittent fasting, raw food cuisine, detox therapies including hydrotherapy (sauna and ice baths), and holistic well-being practices from sound healing to private yoga sessions.
Situated along the coastline of Da Nang, the resort’s 22-treatment room wellness center is an expansive oasis amid tropical gardens, with an adults-only pool, studios for yoga, breathwork and HIIT; an ice bath, and relaxation areas. The property has 87 private villas each with their own plunge pool.
For more information, visit tiawellnessresort.com.
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