At 9 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays during pool season, Santé members, future residents and hotel guests have the opportunity to squeeze in a quick, 45-minute workout in one of St. Louis’ most famed swimming pools. “Aqua Fit” is a complete water workout held in The Chase Park Plaza pool. Participants work to tone muscles, increase cardiovascular fitness and improve flexibility with swimming, treading water and shallow water aerobics.

Current participants say the class is well-rounded and exhausting (in a good way!).

Class members can meet at the pool, or may enter through Santé and use the stairs to the pool deck – no sign-up is necessary.

Enjoy the sights and sounds of the evening with yoga on the Starlight Balcony. During the month of July, beginning at 8:30 p.m., Santé at The Chase Park Plaza offers a unique relaxation experience where participants of all skill levels can get out of the confines of a gym and practice yoga in a natural setting. The class leads participants through a relaxing flow of yoga poses while providing dusk views and sounds of Forest Park and midtown St. Louis. The class ends with meditation that allows the day’s stresses to melt away. Following the class, participants are invited to visit with each other over cucumber, lemon and lime water.

Signing up is appreciated but not necessary for Santé members (and future residents) or hotel guests. The class convenes at Santé, where instructor Callie Sears provides participants with yoga mats and any other class necessities. For more information, visit www.santechase.com.

Omega 3s, poly-saturated, mono-saturated, saturated, hydrogenated … there are so many types of fats!

In line with its goal of providing fitness, wellness and balance, Santé at The Chase Park Plaza will welcome nutrition expert Aviva Solomon, a certified holistic health counselor, Wednesday, July 16, to speak on “The Skinny on Fats.” This free workshop is designed for those interested in learning the truth about types of fats to avoid and the foods that supply bodies with the healthy fats they need. Light refreshments will be served.

The seminar will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the Mind and Body Studio of Santé. Prospective and future residents are welcome to join Santé members, Chase Park Plaza hotel guests and Santé personal trainers and instructors for this eye-opening seminar.

For more information, or to RSVP, please call 314-633-3020.

The Santé grand opening celebration is going splendidly. Monday and Tuesday featured activities such as a nutritional seminar, “Beating the Sugar Blues,” with nutritionist Aviva Soloman, a 6 a.m. fitness bootcamp in Forest Park, senior fitness instruction and, of course, healthy samplings and recipes from The Chase Park Plaza culinary team (some of the tasty treats are shown below).

The grand opening celebration continues through Saturday, April 19. Join us, and learn how you can achieve balance needed for a life of longevity, energy and happiness.

Join Santé at The Chase Park Plaza, April 14-19, for complimentary special events during its grand opening week celebration, including complimentary instruction and fantastic giveaways.

Highlights of the week include a nutritional seminar with Aviva Soloman, fitness bootcamp in Forest Park, Thai Yoga massage and a meet and greet cocktail party.

Please check out the Web site for detailed descriptions of the week’s activities and to stay abreast of Santé’s class schedule.

For more information, please call (314) 633-3020 or email sante@chaseparkplaza.com.

On Feb. 10, Santé Fitness Director Joy Rowberry was a featured guest on the Health and Fitness Show, a KMOX radio program hosted by radio and television personality and personal trainer Monica Adams. Appearing on the “Ask the Trainer” segment of the program, Joy was able to talk about the top-of-the-line equipment in the wellness center, such as the pilates reformer equipment and Cybex Eagle grade machines.

We invite you to take a listen and let us know your favorite element of Santé!

Santé received top billing today in The Daily Sauce from Sauce Magazine.

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On Tuesday, Feb. 5, future residents of The Private Residences were able to preview Santé, the premier fitness and wellness center slated to open Monday, Feb. 11, in the lower level of The Chase Park Plaza. Guests were greeted by ownership and Santé management, all donning Santé-emblazoned workout attire. Guests were able to obtain membership cards (complementary Gold memberships are provided to all residents), enjoy fresh fruit smoothies, tour the Santé facility and schedule their complementary lifestyle assessments

The tour began with the Pilates and yoga studios. The Pilates studio contains Reformer equipment usually reserved for pure Pilates studios; no other St. Louis fitness facility features a full Pilates studio on-site. The more high-intensity classes, such as cycling, turbo kickboxing, boot camp and salsa dancing will be offered in separate studios. Thirty-minute lunch-hour classes will allow members to get a workout during the workday.

Residents next viewed the wood-paneled locker rooms. All of the amenities of home are available – hangers in the full-length lockers, hair care and body products, plush towels, daily newspaper service and for Platinum members, laundry service.

In-house massage rooms were also open; massage services will feature licensed massage therapists from The Salon & Spa at The Chase Park Plaza. Santé members will get a 10% discount on services.

Future residents Suzanne and Jerry Sincoff attended the preview. Upon seeing the reaction cycling room, Suzanne exclaimed, “The residents at The Chase are going to be in the best shape ever … and there’s no excuse why they shouldn’t be… with this facility located in their home.”

For photos from the event, check out the Flickr page.