Recover
Elevate your recovery with RECOVER by ONYX—where recovery is just as important as training. A premium contrast therapy experience in our private recovery space, boasting top-tier infrared saunas, ice baths and towel service. Whether you're an athlete or just need to unwind, RECOVER helps you feel and perform at your absolute best.
Premium Facilities
Our premium wellness facilities are crafted with attention to detail, offering a serene and upscale environment using only the best infrared saunas and the latest ice bath technology to ensure the most effective recovery experience. Our recovery equipment is used by many famous athletes and celebrities from around the world to support their pre-workout and post-workout recovery.
Personalised Service
From the moment you set foot in the gym to entering our recovery rooms, you will experience premium, first-class service. Our team is committed to creating an amazing wellness experience, ensuring that our recovery rooms are cleaned and presented impeccably before every session. Before your session, you can expect one of our team to walk you through how to use the recovery facilities and provide you with complimentary fresh towels for your convenience.
Infrared Sauna
Infrared saunas use light to heat your body directly, rather than warming the air around you like traditional saunas. This penetrates deep into muscles and tissues, promoting faster recovery and overall wellness from the inside out.
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Enhanced Skin Health & Cell Regeneration.
Contrast therapy is proven to cleanse pores, remove impurities, increase collagen production, and promote cell regeneration1. This results in in a clearer and healthier complexion, improved skin health, and enhanced radiance. By introducing contrast therapy on top of your regular skincare and wellness routine, skin regeneration is accelerated, contributing to a healthier and more youthful appearance all year round.
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Great Mood, Energy & Mental Clarity
The rapid changes in temperature from contrast therapy increases heart rate, constricts blood vessels and releases a surge of endorphins, dopamine, and adrenaline2. This results in enhanced cognitive function, reduced stress, heightened alertness and reduced fatigue. The perfect state of mind for a big training session, workday, or whatever else you have ahead of you!
Ice Bath
Ice baths, or cold water immersion therapy, are a powerful tool for recovery. They help reduce muscle soreness, inflammation and pain, while also improving circulation and supporting muscle repair. Adding ice baths to your routine can significantly speed up recovery and enhance overall performance.
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Accelerated Recovery
By rapidly increasing blood circulation, delivering oxygen and nutrients to muscles, whilst efficiently flushing out metabolic waste. Ice baths and contrast therapy are a proven method to accelerate recovery by up to 30%3.
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Boost Metabolism & Fat Loss
Ice baths play a crucial role in metabolic function by activating brown adipose tissue, also called brown fat. This is a type of fat that burns energy to generate heat and is activated when you get cold, to help maintain adequate body temperature. It does this by breaking down blood sugar (glucose) and fat molecules to create heat4. This process increases calorie expenditure even if you’re not moving, naturally enhancing fat metabolism. When combined with the thermogenic effects of sauna use, contrast therapy becomes an extremely effective tool for fat loss, alongside good diet and exercise.
Contrast Therapy
Contrast therapy involves exposing the body to hot and cold temperatures, such as those through infrared saunas and ice baths. This is a proven method to accelerate recovery by up to 30%5. It does this by rapidly increasing blood circulation, delivering oxygen and nutrients to muscles, whilst efficiently flushing out metabolic waste. This helps to reduce muscle soreness, repair muscles faster, and enhance your overall recovery so that you can perform better at every training session. Here are some other reasons why contrast therapy can take your training, recovery and overall wellness to the next level.
Increased Blood Flow & Endurance Performance
Maximising blood flow and circulation is essential for recovery, injury prevention, and overall endurance. Contrast therapy stimulates vascular function, which has been linked to faster wound healing, improved muscular endurance, and increased cardiovascular efficiency. Studies have shown that it can significantly extend exercise capacity, supporting both athletic performance and long-term cardiovascular health6.
Enhance Skin & Cell Health
Proven to cleanse pores, remove impurities, increase collagen production, and promote cell regeneration7, resulting in a clearer and healthier complexion, improved skin health, and enhanced radiance.
By introducing contrast therapy on top of your regular skincare and wellness routine, skin regeneration is accelerated, contributing to a healthier and more youthful appearance all year round.
Boost Immune Function
Studies have shown that by raising your body’s temperature through regular sauna sessions, can boost immune responses and improve immune health markers, such as white cell count, and strengthen the body’s defences against sickness8. This natural immune activation supports resilience, helping to minimise downtime from colds and other common illnesses, promoting wellness, and keeping you performing at your peak all year round.
There are numerous scientifically backed benefits of infrared sauna, ice bath and overall contrast therapy use, and it’s an essential tool for those looking to maximise recovery, improve overall health and wellness, and enhance performance both in and out of the gym. By integrating contrast therapy into your health and wellness routine, you can significantly benefit from a scientifically backed method for optimising physical and mental wellbeing.
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1 Kowatzki D, Macholdt C, Krull K, Schmidt D, Deufel T, Elsner P, Fluhr JW. Effect of regular sauna on epidermal barrier function and stratum corneum water-holding capacity in vivo in humans: a controlled study. 2008 2 Yankouskaya A, Williamson R, Stacey C, Totman JJ, Massey H. Short-Term Head-Out Whole-Body Cold-Water Immersion Facilitates Positive Affect and Increases Interaction between Large-Scale Brain Networks. 2023 3 Bieuzen F, Bleakley CM, Costello JT. Contrast water therapy and exercise induced muscle damage: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2013 4 Yoneshiro T, Aita S, Matsushita M, Kayahara T, Kameya T, Kawai Y, Iwanaga T, Saito M. Recruited brown adipose tissue as an antiobesity agent in humans. 2013 5 Bieuzen F, Bleakley CM, Costello JT. Contrast water therapy and exercise induced muscle damage: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2013 6 Laukkanen, J. A., Laukkanen, T., & Kunutsor, S. K. Cardiovascular and other health benefits of sauna bathing: A review of the evidence. 2018 7 Kowatzki D, Macholdt C, Krull K, Schmidt D, Deufel T, Elsner P, Fluhr JW. Effect of regular sauna on epidermal barrier function and stratum corneum water-holding capacity in vivo in humans: a controlled study. 2008 8 Pilch W, Pokora I, Szyguła Z, Pałka T, Pilch P, Cisoń T, Malik L, Wiecha S. Effect of a single finnish sauna session on white blood cell profile and cortisol levels in athletes and non-athletes. 2013