Twiddy & Company
Jan 08, 2020
Many Outer Banks vacation homes offer incredible home gyms or access to community gyms. Enjoy the luxury of starting your morning with a workout before heading to the beach! We voted on our favorite home gyms, and here are the results.
#5- “Chateau De La Mer” (EC2)
Located in the Pine Island Reserve community of Corolla, this home’s gym offers three cardio workout machines including a treadmill, an upright bike with touchscreen and an elliptical. The space mimics the decor of a traditional gym with an entire wall of mirrors and a mounted TV. After your workout, cool off in the incredible lazy river!
Get your sweat on in the home gym at "Chateau De La Mer."
Cool down after your workout in the lazy river!
#4- “Sound to Sea Beach Club” (EC3)
The home gym at “Sound to Sea Beach Club” uses its space very precisely and provides you with everything on your workout wishlist. For cardio, the home gym provides a treadmill and a Peloton Cycle which allows you to join live and on demand studio cycling sessions with world class instructors. In addition, the fitness room includes a three-tier dumbbell rack, yoga mats, exercise ball, and mounted flatscreen.
The fitness room at "Sound to Sea Beach Club."
The home gym includes a Peloton Cycle and treadmill.
#3- “KDH Resort”
Just steps from the beach in Kill Devil Hills, the home gym at “KDH Resort” offers a great view of the ocean while you work out. With treadmills, an elliptical, an upright bike, and a recumbent bike, you and your guests will have no issues finding suitable fitness equipment. Need a cool down after your workout? Take a dip in the pool or walk across the dune deck and go for a swim in the ocean.
Ocean views from the exercise room at "KDH Resort"
#2- “Here Comes the Sun” (ER005)
Located on the Corolla oceanfront in the community of Pine Island Reserve, this home’s gym satisfies your need for both cardio and strength training exercise routines. Featuring a home gym with a variety of total-body exercises, upright bike, adjustable bench, two-tier dumbbell rack and mounted flatscreen, the fitness room at “Here Comes the Sun” offers up just about everything under the sun!
The home gym at "Here Comes the Sun."
Great selection of cardio and strength-training exercise equipment!
#1- “The Norris Cottage” (KD1527)
Take one look at this exercise room and you’ll see why “The Norris Cottage” made the #1 spot on Twiddy’s top 5 home gyms. Located on the oceanfront in Kill Devil Hills, this home offers a massive fitness room with plenty of space for you to work out together, including two treadmills, a home gym with countless total-body strength exercises, elliptical, and more. Combine this equipment with the traditional gym decor of floor-to-ceiling mirrors and mounted TVs, and you’ve got one incredible home gym to experience while on vacation!
The massive home gym at "The Norris Cottage."
Traditional gym decor with floor to ceiling mirrors and mounted TVs.
If you book a vacation home without a home gym, many communities offer a gym, such as Pine Island in Corolla or Four Seasons in Duck. Looking for a healthy smoothie or juice after a workout? Check out Island Smoothie, which has locations in both Duck and Corolla.