Small Home Gym Ideas and Designs

It's more than a shed, it's a lifestyle. Your private, pre-fabricated, backyard office, art studio, and more. Key Features: -120 sqft of exterior wall (8' x 14' nominal size). -97 sqft net interior space inside. -Prefabricated panel system. -Concrete foundation. -Insulated walls, floor and roof. -Outlets and lights installed. -Corrugated metal exterior walls. -Cedar board ventilated facade. -Customizable deck. Included in our base option: -Premium black aluminum 72" wide sliding door. -Premium black aluminum top window. -Red cedar ventilated facade and soffit. -Corrugated metal exterior walls. -Sheetrock walls and ceiling inside, painted white. -Premium vinyl flooring inside. -Two outlets and two can ceiling lights inside. -Exterior surface light next to the door.

Barton Creek Family Room & Outdoor Living

CG&S Design-Build

Hama Smart Home

Finite Solutions

A wall mounted TV with ceiling speakers provide entertainment during workouts.

Home Gym with Peleton

Orren Pickell Building Group

THE WILSHIRE TOWER SUITE

VIRTUOSO INTERIOR DESIGN STUDIO

Carriage House on Lake Minnetonka

Pillar Homes

Builder: Pillar Homes Landmark Photography

Needed something small in the house for training. Entire project is freestanding, with zero attachments to the walls. Basic 2x4 and 2x6 construction. Website linked is not mine, however, it's where I purchased the climbing holds. PC- Josiah Reuter

New basement family room

R. Rodgers Restoration and Remodeling

Germantown Custom Home

David Clark Construction, LLC

Troy Glasgow

His & Hers Home Gym

SoundVision

Dual TVs set up in a home gym overlooking the beautiful San Francisco Bay and Golden Gate Bridge. His and Her TVs for individual work out experiences.

Modern Lake House

Studio McGee

Shenandoah Estates

Warm Timber Saunas & Wine Cellars

This "vapor-lock" overhead fixture lights the sauna and contains the steamy moisture from the Combi heater. The manual sliding ceiling vent helps allow airflow which rids the sauna of carbon dioxide, making the air fresh to breathe.

Tosa Lower Level

Refined Renovations

A sauna off of a workout room will certainly make long Wisconsin winters more bearable.

Two Level Condo Renovation with Roof Deck

Landis Architects | Builders

Expanding the narrow 30 square foot balcony on the upper level to a full floor allowed us to create a 300 square foot gym. We closed off the opening to the kitchen below. The floor framing is extra strong, specifically to carry the weight of the clients’ weights and exercise apparatus. We also used sound insulation to minimize sound transmission. We built walls at the top of the stairway to prevent sound transmission, but in order not to lose natural light transmission, we installed 3 glass openings that are fitted with LED lights. This allows light from the new sliding door to flow down to the lower floor. The entry door to the gym is a frosted glass pocket door. We replaced existing door/transom and two double-hung windows with an expansive, almost 16-foot, double sliding door, allowing for almost 8-foot opening to the outside. These larger doors allow in a lot of light and provide better access to the deck for entertaining. The cedar siding on the interior gym wall echoes the cedar deck fence. HDBros

An Urban Transformation

Moneca Kaiser Design Build (MKDB)

This beautiful 1940's Bungalow was consciously renovated to respect the architectural style of the neighborhood. This home gym was featured in The Ottawa Magazine: Modern Love - Interior Design Issue. Click the link below to check out what the design community is saying about this modern love. http://www.ottawamagazine.com/homes-gardens/2012/04/05/a-house-we-love-after-moving-into-a-1940s-bungalow-a-design-savvy-couple-commits-to-a-creative-reno/#more-27808

Zen Craftsman Bungalow

Smart Interiors

The home gym is light, bright and functional. Notice the ceiling is painted the same color as the walls. This was done to make the low ceiling disappear.

Hamptons Home

HoneyBee Designz

Home Gym / Sunroom

Old Campbell Lake House

Celtic Custom Homes

Kingsbridge Estates Remodel

Terra Nova Builds

Small Home Gym Ideas and Designs

Home gyms are a wonderful luxury if fitness is a priority. The freedom and flexibility offered by building a 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 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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