4 Gym’s out for summer!


At Home & In Te Garden • Sunday 24 May 2020


For those who’ve fully embraced the gym experience, the closure of gyms, and other wellbeing establishments, has been nothing short of an existential crisis. Fitness enthusiasts whose daily lives featured regular visits to the gym — to lift weights, or do a spin class or personal training session — have been dealt a heavy blow. Never mind they can’t go to their favourite restaurant, or have a haircut — missing their favourite class has felt like the end of the world. Now that the gym is out for summer


and possibly beyond, what can be done to replicate the gym experience inside your own home, where space is limited. It’s one thing to push the kitchen table to one side and perform some push-ups, or use the living room coffee table for some triceps dips, but if you’re a serious gym aficionado then you’re going to need a well-equipped home gym space.


Tis is precisely what William Farley


did. By making sure he had all the right equipment he needed in his dedicated home gym space he’s never missed a gym session. With a well-planned space, carefully selected gym equipment, great lighting and mirroring he created a home gym that more than matches his local health club. So, how do you go about setting up a


gym at home? What’s the best room to set it up in? How much equipment will you need? Do you need a special type of gym flooring? Firstly, think about what your usual


gym training routine involves, and what types of equipment you usually use. If you’re more of a traditional gym machine user — tread- mill, bike, rowing machine — then you’ll likely need a larger space with a solid


Making sure your home gym is fit for purpose, and going to become a permanent fixture requires a degree of planning, preparation and careful execution.


floor, which usually means a room on the ground floor or basement. Tinking about and walking through


Start setting up your home gym today


what you’d do in your local gym will help you not only decide on the equipment you need, but also help you choose which room would be best suited to set up your gym. If other members of the family will be using it with you, then ensure the space is large enough — you don’t want to be competing for mirror space! What if


you want the


gym to be dual purpose? A home gym one day, an office the next. In this case, think about


smart storage and where small dumb- bells and weights can be easily put away and taken out. Choose light training benches that are portable, or on wheels, so they can be easily moved. Select gym machines that fold up, such as a folding treadmill, or that offer a variety of exercises such as a multi-gym. For advice or to purchase the right


gym equipment, call Morpheus Gym Design now.


0844 571 7487 morpheusgymdesign.co.uk


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