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How do you store those small but popular pieces of exercise equipment?


T


he job of an exercise equip- ment maintenance tech- nician is usually pretty straightforward—typical tasks include waxing tread-


mill beds, adjusting cables on resis- tance equipment and vacuuming dust from under and inside cardio equip- ment. So when a technician from Ottawa’s Kinetic Solutions discovered


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a 15-pound medicine ball jammed be- tween the frame and belt of a disabled treadmill, it was a bit of a surprise. While it is not typical to find an


item wedged under a treadmill, it is completely understandable how it might have come to be there, says George Dickson, the company’s Georgian Bay Area sales rep. “This is the kind of thing that can


happen when a club doesn’t proper- ly store its equipment,” says Dickson. “Lightweight equipment like balls can easily get sucked under a treadmill be- cause the moving belt creates an air current.” No one knows exactly how the ball


got there, but it did prompt a conver- sation between the technician and the club about storage solutions for those small pieces of equipment that can cause trouble when they don’t have a specific home.


Multiple reasons for good storage Dickson cites three key reasons


for securely storing all of your equip- ment, no matter how small some piec- es may be: aesthetics, expenses and safety: “When everything is stored in a dedicated place, your facility will al- ways look bigger and more attractive, members will return equipment to its home, which considerably cuts down clean-up time for your staff, and most importantly you create a safer exercise environment by eliminating tripping hazards.”


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