TIA Wellness Resort adds strength and recovery to its array of wellness offerings

TIA Wellness Resort, situated along Vietnam’s coastline at Da Nang, was created in response to a need for all-encompassing wellness, rather than just relaxation.

The Resort’s new private retreat program ‘Strength & Recovery’ combines private HIIT training sessions, recovery rituals - ice baths, steam, and sauna; wellness treatments and a high protein plant-based meal plan to fuel performance. Through the program guests will build strength and endurance, nourish their bodies, and explore some of Da Nang’s most popular tourist destinations with a wellness twist.

The resort’s 22-treatment room wellness centre 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 features 87 private villas each with their own plunge pool.

TIA is the first Vietnamese resort to score a spot in the 'Top 20 Destination Spa Resorts in the World’ category in the most recent Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards.

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 & chest, back & arms, core strength & lower body etc).

Ramon Imper, general manager of TIA Wellness Resort advised “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.”

A daily recovery ritual is an ice bath amid verdant 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.

Imper added “Retreat participants will benefit from enhanced physical performance, reduced tension, better sleep, and mental clarity. As we age, strength training is key to staying strong and healthy, as muscle mass naturally decreases over time. This retreat directly addresses the importance of building muscle in a format that is sustainable.”

The carefully-designed recovery part of the program also 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 6am 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 67 meters tall on the Son Tra peninsula. Lady Buddha and Marble Mountains both feature Linh Ung pagodas, known locally as the wish-giving pagodas.

For more information visit tiawellnessresort.com/en/private-retreats/