From our partners at Escape Fitness:
Once allowed to reopen, how can gyms practice social distancing when the gym is such a communal space?
Amid the ongoing pandemic, strict social distancing measures have kept many gyms around the world on lockdown or operating under very strict guidelines.
The bottom line is that, like everything else, the fitness industry has been changed by the pandemic. But that doesn’t mean people are going to stop working out together. Gyms will just have to get creative to ensure safe workouts.
When gyms and fitness health clubs do welcome back their members, they'll need to have firm plans for what a reopened gym will look like in terms of social distancing, which will mean decreased capacity, among other things.
One size may not fit all, but the best way to keep people at the proper social distance is giving them the room to work out on their own, without bumping into other people or equipment.
That's where our gym design expertise comes into play.
Here's what social distancing could look like in a health club setting:
ALL ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.
It’s not just about the workout. This gym design concept steps up the aesthetics with striking architecture, state-of-the-art functional fitness equipment, and it even features individual hand sanitizing stations.
Partition walls separate 6 individual workout spaces with an identical kit in each one.
There is a reception desk and consultation room at one end and changing rooms on the other. The best part? This beautifully designed facility offers plenty of open space for a socially-distanced, active workout.
A SOCIALLY-DISTANCED INDUSTRIAL GYM DESIGN CONCEPT
Design features include:
Angled cubicle walls
LED floor markers to highlight any cubicle that is in use
Cubicle numbers
Individual hand sanitizing stations
High-powered air extractors to keep the air in each unit clean
Glass screens to help draw more air from below rather than from around the extractor hoods
Wall to floor finishes that separate workout spaces and walkways whilst retaining a striking aesthetic
Directional lighting to showcase the innovative kits in each space
ALL ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT.
This socially distanced gym design concept is equipped with the following Escape Fitness products:
DECK 2.0
Corebags
WOD Rings
Octagon Frame
GRIPRs
VECTOR
Nucleus Free Weight Range
Multi Grip Medicine Balls
Nucleus SBX Kettlebells
TIYR Sport
MARS
Portable Speed Track
Interested in bringing a socially distanced gym design concept to life for your gym? Get in touch with our team.