THE WELLESLEY KNIGHTSBRIDGE
Want a taste of the capital’s gloss without the cals? Best check into The Wellesley Knightsbridge, then. It’s archetypal London luxe: impeccable butler service and the option to be chauffeured around the city’s poshest ends in a Rolls-royce. But since fit is the new rich, celebrity trainer Matt Roberts – famed for honing the bods of everyone from Naomi Campbell to, er, David Cameron – is on hand to make your gains wishes come true. Post-quality slumber cocooned in the most sumptuous bed sheets, meet Roberts at 7.30am for a 5k run around Hyde Park. Prepare for his team to check in with you beforehand to find out where you’re at – and where you want to be – because you will be pushed, sorry, encouraged, accordingly. Recovery protein smoothie swigged, it’s on to muscle. Specifically, a strength session at Roberts’ Mayfair gym that will leave your abs screaming (in a good way) and your quads quivering. Ravenous? You will be. So hotfoot it back to the Oval restaurant where the nutritionist-tweaked eggs roy ale( poached eggs and salmon on wholemeal muffins paired with spinach and roasted tomatoes – sans hollandaise) is a highlight. All that’s then left to do is clean up in the more-than-spacious marble shower and continue on your oh-so-smug endorphin-fuelled high.