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Expansive Rustic Home Gym Ideas and Designs

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Bill Koehnlein's Portfolio
Bill Koehnlein's Portfolio
Collaborative DesignCollaborative Design
Custom Bowling alley in lower level. From the finished product to the starting point. Builder Ascent Building Solutions. Photography by Doug Edmonds
Home Addition & Sports Court
Home Addition & Sports Court
First Choice Custom BuildersFirst Choice Custom Builders
Sports court fitted with virtual golf, yoga room, weight room, sauna, spa, and kitchenette.
Private Residence in Silverthorne, CO
Private Residence in Silverthorne, CO
Eldorado Climbing WallsEldorado Climbing Walls
Eldorado Climbing Walls
Grogan Residence - Linden Estates
Grogan Residence - Linden Estates
Arjay Builders Inc.Arjay Builders Inc.
Home built by Arjay Builders Inc.
Telluride Residence
Telluride Residence
UserUser
Photography by David O Marlow
Gym with a View
Gym with a View
EPIKOS LAND PLANNING & ARCHITECTUREEPIKOS LAND PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE
Rustic Luxury
Rustic Luxury
Aneka Interiors Inc.Aneka Interiors Inc.
A Reclaimed Retreat
A Reclaimed Retreat
GramophoneGramophone
The client had a finished basement space that was not functioning for the entire family. He spent a lot of time in his gym, which was not large enough to accommodate all his equipment and did not offer adequate space for aerobic activities. To appeal to the client's entertaining habits, a bar, gaming area, and proper theater screen needed to be added. There were some ceiling and lolly column restraints that would play a significant role in the layout of our new design, but the Gramophone Team was able to create a space in which every detail appeared to be there from the beginning. Rustic wood columns and rafters, weathered brick, and an exposed metal support beam all add to this design effect becoming real. Maryland Photography Inc.
501 Ranch - Storage
501 Ranch - Storage
Fusion BowlingFusion Bowling
Beautifully designed storage units hold guest balls and shoes in perfect order.
MOUNTAIN HOUSE
MOUNTAIN HOUSE
Gordon Dixon ConstructionGordon Dixon Construction
www.gordondixonconstruction.com
Villa di pietra nelle colline umbre
Villa di pietra nelle colline umbre
Arkproject Camaiti & CangiArkproject Camaiti & Cangi
Texas Hill Country Custom Residence
Texas Hill Country Custom Residence
SPT ArchitectureSPT Architecture
© Randy Tobias Photography. All rights reserved.
Judson Project
Judson Project
Norris Architects, Inc.Norris Architects, Inc.
Photo Credit - Marlon Decastro
Home Addition & Sports Court
Home Addition & Sports Court
First Choice Custom BuildersFirst Choice Custom Builders
Sports court fitted with virtual golf, yoga room, weight room, sauna, spa, and kitchenette.
Home Addition & Sports Court
Home Addition & Sports Court
First Choice Custom BuildersFirst Choice Custom Builders
Sports court fitted with virtual golf, yoga room, weight room, sauna, spa, and kitchenette.
Private Residence in Silverthorne, CO
Private Residence in Silverthorne, CO
Eldorado Climbing WallsEldorado Climbing Walls
Eldorado Climbing Walls
A Reclaimed Retreat
A Reclaimed Retreat
GramophoneGramophone
The client had a finished basement space that was not functioning for the entire family. He spent a lot of time in his gym, which was not large enough to accommodate all his equipment and did not offer adequate space for aerobic activities. To appeal to the client's entertaining habits, a bar, gaming area, and proper theater screen needed to be added. There were some ceiling and lolly column restraints that would play a significant role in the layout of our new design, but the Gramophone Team was able to create a space in which every detail appeared to be there from the beginning. Rustic wood columns and rafters, weathered brick, and an exposed metal support beam all add to this design effect becoming real. Maryland Photography Inc.
Home Addition & Sports Court
Home Addition & Sports Court
First Choice Custom BuildersFirst Choice Custom Builders
Sports court fitted with virtual golf, yoga room, weight room, sauna, spa, and kitchenette.
Private Residence in Silverthorne, CO
Private Residence in Silverthorne, CO
Eldorado Climbing WallsEldorado Climbing Walls
Eldorado Climbing Walls
Home Addition & Sports Court
Home Addition & Sports Court
First Choice Custom BuildersFirst Choice Custom Builders
Sports court fitted with virtual golf, yoga room, weight room, sauna, spa, and kitchenette.

Expansive Rustic Home Gym Ideas and Designs

Home gyms are a wonderful luxury if fitness is a priority. The freedom and flexibility offered by building a rustic home gym or exercise room at home is a great investment, and will soon recoup its worth in memberships. Design ideas might conjure up images of exercise bikes, treadmills and heavy weights, but if that isn’t your thing it can really be as simple as having an open, airy, mirrored studio in which to practice yoga or pilates.

How to find ideas for my home gym?

The first consideration for your rustic home gym design is finding the space, the second is working out how this space will accommodate the gym equipment that you require. You may have a spare room, loft, basement or garage that can be fitted for purpose, but there’s more to home gyms than just bringing in the right equipment – you will want to consider hygiene, ventilation, your flooring and ease of movement around the space. Try looking through the photos from design professionals to find inspiration on how to furnish and decorate your home gym, and filter by style, budget, size, type, flooring and colours to find designs that could work for you.

How to choose the right gym equipment?

The home exercise equipment you should invest in will depend on whether you are a cardio or weights lover, and there are ideas for every budget varying from the humble skipping rope, to medicine balls, dumbbells and weight benches, or go all out with a state-of-the-art multi gym and motorised treadmills or cross-trainers. If your workouts don’t involve any fitness equipment, a bright studio space will offer the perfect environment for exercise – just add your yoga mat, a ballet barre or soft stretching area and you’ll have all you need. If you really want to go all out, and dance is your typical workout of choice, you might even consider a sprung floor. The home gym is the one room where mirrors aren’t decor, so install a mirrored wall so you can keep proper form whilst exercising.

How do I convert my space into a home gym?

Your first consideration in a home gym is space – you need to keep enough space between your gym machines to allow safe and easy movement. Designating extra space for stretching can be as important as finding room for a rowing machine and weights. Good ventilation is essential – if you have insufficient windows for good air flow then you can add extractor fans and consider installing air conditioning for climate control. Access to an electrical supply through floor recessed power points is important for your workout equipment and you may want to consider allowing for a TV and sound system. Think carefully about lighting when considering home gym ideas and ideally avoid low-hanging lights or lighting that will give off a lot of heat, as keeping cool whilst exercising is critical to comfort.

What should I do for the flooring?

Before bringing any large scale home fitness equipment into the room and dreaming up grandiose home gym ideas, take into account how much weight your floors can take. Unless your gym is on the ground floor, you may need to strengthen your flooring. Suspending timber floors may need reinforcing, and outdoor buildings such as sheds will need a minimum of 150mm joists to support equipment. If in any doubt, consult a structural engineer – nothing interrupts a workout like falling through your home gym floor! When it comes to the covering, vinyl, rubber and foam tiles or interlocking floor mats are all good options as they provide spring and a soft surface if you are in contact with the floor often.
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