There can be many reasons that can motivate a person to create a gym at home. Many will consider this idea stupid, while others, on the contrary, will envy someone who has the opportunity to train without leaving their home.
Gym on the balcony
Gym in a private house
But if a person decided to equip a gym at home, it was a well-informed decision, taking into account all the pros and cons. In most cases, such a person is either an ardent fan of sports and cannot live without it, or someone who needs constant exercise due to his health condition. But despite the reason for this idea, the equipment of the gym, which has its own unique design, must be carried out according to all the rules, adhering to some recommendations.
Gym in the attic of a house
TV panel in home gym
Selecting a room
For full-fledged sports activities, a comfortable location of exercise equipment and convenient storage of sports equipment, a fairly large area is required. The minimum size of the room for gymnastic exercises must be at least 8 square meters.
The ideal option for placing a private gym is a separate room of more than 10 square meters with good ventilation and large windows. Sufficient air flow is the key to good health during cardio training. A high level of natural light is necessary to increase performance, improve mood and prevent the occurrence of traumatic situations.
The rooms in the house that most meet these requirements are the attic and the glazed veranda. Attic ceilings are often equipped with beams on which it is convenient to hang equipment, for example, a punching bag. There are also windows in the attic that will serve as a source of light and air exchange.
When equipping the attic as a gym, you need to take care of the air conditioning. Due to the heating of the roof, this part of the house usually has higher air temperatures.
The veranda of a private house is also perfect for training. An abundance of light, a constant flow of air and a wonderful panoramic view of the garden and home area will make sports comfortable and productive.
For a home sports complex, you can also use the basement or ground floor. But when planning these rooms, it is worth paying special attention to lighting and ventilation systems.
Exclusivity on a Budget
Once you get stuck into a routine, pretty soon you'll be thinking about kicking things up and taking your home gym to the next level. Exclusive home gyms are not just for those with unlimited money. There are plenty of simple tricks that will allow you to design your own home gym on a tight budget. Start by making a list of what you need specifically for your own routine. Don't be pressured into buying big, fancy machines just because a TV ad promises a whole new world of fitness!
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Basic rules for developing the design of a home sports club
When decorating a room for a gym, any design solution can be implemented. But when planning a room, it is important to comply with the basic requirements that apply not only to a home, but also to a public or school sports complex:
- The location of equipment and projectiles should be as thoughtful as possible. This is important not only for the comfort of the trainees, but also for their safety;
- Use free space wisely and place equipment and exercise equipment using all possible space. But do not forget about the minimum permissible distance between equipment. This is especially important in cases where several family members will be involved in the home sports club at the same time;
- The interior of the room should not only be attractive. The developed design and the finishing selected for it should help maintain cleanliness and convenient maintenance of the projectiles.
The most suitable style for arranging a gym is loft. This trend welcomes wooden beams, convenient for fastening sports equipment, and an abundance of functional metal structures, which can also be used for training equipment.
Gym zoning
As in a public complex, in a home gym it is customary to divide the premises into certain functional areas. Not all of them are mandatory for implementation in a cottage, but their presence will make your stay in an individual sports club as comfortable as possible:
- It is necessary to provide a corner where you can change clothes or leave personal items: napkins, mobile phone or towels. Hang a coat rack here, place a small bench and a table. It is advisable that there is at least one socket here, allowing you to recharge your gadgets while you are training;
- If you plan to exercise at the same time as other family members, it is worth setting aside space in your home gym for group training. In this area it is also appropriate to place a large mirror, which will allow you to see yourself from the outside and control the correctness of the exercises;
- The warm-up area can also be supplemented with a mirror. Here you will begin your workouts, preparing your muscles for loads, and finish individual classes. There may also be a special mat on which you can lay down your abs or do stretching;
- The workout area in a home gym can simultaneously contain equipment for working specific muscle groups and cardiovascular equipment. This area can be combined with a strength equipment and free weights area to save space;
- It is also worth setting aside space for spa treatments in your home gym. There may be a massage chair, as well as cosmetics for figure modeling, fat-burning creams that increase the effectiveness of exercises;
- Don't forget about the kids by preparing a children's corner for them. It must be located in a place that is visible from anywhere in the room. This will allow you to control your child even during sports.
All about work and training
This type of design is gaining popularity among young families. The hall can be integrated into the interior of a children's room. This will allow parents to keep an eye on their children and get in shape at the same time.
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Color scheme for gym interior design
Among psychologists and doctors, the most suitable colors for the gym are considered to be delicate pastel shades of blue and green, noble gray and soft cream tone. These colors help create a neutral and calm atmosphere, allowing you to concentrate on your workout.
Psychologists say that for women, warm shades, such as peach or beige, are the most motivating. Men are inspired by cool tones of gray and blue.
Bright and rich shades can also be used when decorating a sports complex. They will have a stimulating effect. But you can get tired of the abundance of flashy tones too quickly. Therefore, it is better to use them in gyms focused on short but intense classes.
Black and steel shades fit perfectly into the high-tech style and look organic if used in a room dedicated to a gym.
Gray steel color
Speaking of walls, there is no universal rule for choosing colors. Not only black and gray colors can be used to decorate a gym. Crisp green, fuzzy yellow, passionate red or invigorating orange - the choice is up to you.
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Flooring
The basic requirements for flooring in a gym are determined by the purpose of the room. These include:
- anti-slip and safety;
- sound insulation;
- shock resistance;
- ease of cleaning.
Wooden floors are absolutely not suitable for a future gym. They will not be able to provide the necessary noise absorption and will forever lose their aesthetic appearance if a heavy projectile is accidentally dropped on them.
The optimal type of floor for a home sports complex is a screed. It is best to use a floating one, as it has higher sound insulation properties. It is worth laying a thick-layer carpet or cork floor on it. These types of coatings are quite soft and have low sound conductivity.
If you plan to train with heavy weights, it is worth additionally covering the floors under the equipment with special rubber mats that will protect the surface from impacts.
Wall decoration
Vapor permeability of walls is the key to a healthy atmosphere in the gym. During intense physical activity, the human body releases a fairly large amount of moisture, which must be freely removed from the room. If several athletes are training in a room at once, the release of liquid can become critical and, if the materials are incorrectly selected, can cause condensation to appear on the walls.
Therefore, plastic or ceramic tiles are not used to decorate the walls of the sports complex, as they make the surface practically airtight and unable to absorb excess moisture from the air. The optimal materials are paper wallpaper, natural cork panels, and modern “breathable” plaster.
But no high-tech finishing will save the room from high humidity if the exhaust system is weak. Therefore, carefully consider the ventilation design before starting finishing work.
You can decorate the walls of the room with motivational inscriptions. This decor will fit perfectly into the loft style.
Walls that Inspire
Inspiration is a very important part of building a routine and often something that goes unnoticed. It's hard to keep yourself on track without an encouraging word or two. So why not let the walls of your home help you? Wall Murals and Wall Decals Wall Murals and Decors You can choose inspirational quotes from your favorite flick or athlete you adore. A sports memory or even a photo from your college days hanging on the wall can change everything.
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Ceiling finishing
Like walls, the surface of the ceiling should allow steam to pass through well. To decorate this area on the attic floor, wood is ideal, which not only has high vapor permeability, but will also fit perfectly into the country interior of a country house.
Fans of more modern and restrained styles will like stretch ceilings. They are distinguished by their quick installation, easy to clean, and behind their fabric it is easy to hide the wiring for overhead lighting and a powerful exhaust system necessary to maintain a suitable microclimate in the gym. But you should choose not the usual French PVC-based ceilings, but the so-called “breathable” fabric-based finishing materials.
A more budget-friendly finishing option can be suspended ceilings using plasterboard, the vapor permeability coefficient of which is about 0.075 mg/(m*h*Pa).
Lighting
When planning the lighting layout of your home gym, avoid using colored lamps. They will overload your eyes during training and will not allow you to concentrate on the exercises. It is better to use lamps that produce an intense beam of white light.
The light must be overhead and well illuminate the place where the trainee makes approaches. Particular attention should be paid to areas near mirrors: here the level of illumination should be as high as possible. You can add additional ceiling lights that can fully illuminate the athlete.
If the room has a large window through which a large stream of natural light passes, plan the placement of exercise equipment and apparatus so that the window openings are located to the side of them.
Gym equipment
The equipment of a home fitness complex depends on the preferences of household members and the sports they practice. To maintain physical fitness, you need a basic set of equipment and equipment that can be rationally placed even in a small room. It includes:
- Swedish wall;
- hanging horizontal bar, preferably with rings;
- dumbbells;
- weights;
- jump rope;
- hoop.
You can install a prefabricated wall yourself, without resorting to the services of specialists.
If the space of the room allows, you can supplement this set with basic cardio equipment: a treadmill, an exercise bike or an elliptical trainer such as an orbitrack. And fans of strength training cannot do without a barbell and equipment for working specific muscle groups.
There are also a number of highly specialized equipment and equipment that people involved in a specific sport will need. For example, fighters will need a punching bag, and for those who cannot imagine their life without dancing, it is difficult to conduct a lesson without a choreographic handrail or pole.
Can it be multifunctional?
Modern life is multitasking and requires combining things.
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You may want to express your personality through decoration. You can listen to your favorite music, wear a worn-out shirt, and paint the walls any color you want. A nice, fresh look inside and out and some inspirational posters will add a unique touch to your gym.
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Sports corner in the apartment
To enjoy your own gym, you will have to sacrifice one of the rooms, which is often an unaffordable luxury for the inhabitants of a small apartment. But even in conditions of limited space, you can create a comfortable place for training.
It is better to select an area for gymnastic exercises near a window to provide the body with the necessary fresh air. Give preference to folding exercise machines. For regular training, they are no less effective than their bulky stationary counterparts, and take up very little space when assembled.
For equipment, it is worth highlighting a separate cabinet on which you can hang motivating slogans or descriptions of exercises for the current workout.
Kettlebells, dumbbells and barbells can be hidden under the bed or behind the sofa after classes. This arrangement of inventory will not disturb the rest of the household.
Sport is the path not only to a beautiful body and health, but also to spiritual harmony. A home gym can become a real school, instilling discipline, perseverance, strong character and endurance. A stylish interior will help turn the room into a real pride of the home owners and confirm their respectability.
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We are glad to welcome you to the Portal of Room Interiors! The time is approaching when fitness centers around the world will be overcrowded with visitors. This is because people want to quickly lose the weight they gained during the holidays. However, when we buy a gym membership, we forget about it after just a few days. Having such a gym at home, you will not miss your workouts.
There is an opinion that only the rich and famous can afford a home gym. But it is wrong. All you need is a little space and an idea of what equipment you will be installing. Here are some ideas that will hopefully motivate you to get up and start working on yourself.
The hardest part of training is truly assessing your capabilities. This is the main mistake of beginners who give all their strength in the first two days of training. It can lead to muscle pain, which is why exercise will have to be postponed indefinitely. But home exercise equipment allows you to break this vicious circle forever.
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