Functional gym design +75 interior photos

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.

Options for the location of a gym in a private house:

• In the basement or basement;
• On a closed veranda;
• In the attic, in the attic;
• In a separate room;
• Extension to the house.

Gym in the basement or basement

The basement is better suited for strength training. You won’t have to spend a lot of money on strengthening floor beams or reconstructing the floor. It will be enough to lay down a sports surface and you can install exercise equipment. True, you will have to think about an autonomous ventilation and air conditioning system, because during strength training, oxygen consumption increases significantly. You will also have to upgrade the lighting to be close to natural.

Fitness area on the covered veranda

The veranda is a good place for fitness. Most likely, it will need to be reconstructed to make a full-fledged gym. But it's worth it: in the summer you can practice almost outdoors. Also be sure to examine all supporting structures. For evening classes, you will need high-quality lighting.

Attic or loft for sports activities

It is quite possible that a room under the roof will be the only option for placing a sports area in the house. And it may require significant investments in modernization. You will need to not only prepare the flooring for installing the equipment, but also take care of sound insulation. You will also need thermal insulation for the walls and ceiling to ensure normal temperatures in winter and summer. You will also have to look for solutions on how to organize good lighting and ventilation.

Gym in a separate room

The ideal option is when you can allocate a room of the required size for exercise equipment. Then you will need to replace the covering on the floor so that it is not slippery and hides the noise from the units during training. Do not forget that the room should be well ventilated. To maintain a comfortable microclimate, you can install an air conditioner.

Doctors recommend training at a temperature of +18-19 degrees and a relative humidity of 40-50%.

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:

1. 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;
2. 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;
3. 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.

Benefits of a Home Gym

• Equipment with individual settings. You install each element based on your height and other personal parameters, so you don’t waste time setting up the equipment for yourself each time, as you would have to do in fitness centers. You can buy everything you need to achieve your own specific goals, such as gaining muscle mass or losing weight. The parameters of the equipment are selected according to the characteristics of the person who will be using it.
• You can train without being embarrassed by prying eyes. Shyness is a common problem for those who are hesitant to go to the fitness center. At home, you can create comfortable conditions for yourself and practice in privacy.
• Exercise when it's convenient. Effective training requires a clear schedule. You can customize it perfectly if you have a home gym. And you don’t need to waste time on the road to the fitness center, especially in a metropolis.
• Compliance with hygiene requirements. You always have confidence that no one else has worked on this equipment. This issue is especially relevant during the coronavirus pandemic, and indeed any surge in viral diseases.

Complexes should be located at least 30 centimeters from the walls

You can view sports complexes that will make your training more effective in our catalog
Go

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.

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.

Finishing and equipment for a home gym

Walls

The walls of the room in which sports are practiced must have a property such as vapor permeability. The fact is that in gyms, even those designed for just a few people, a certain amount of moisture accumulates. If the walls are sealed (finished, for example, with ceramic tiles or plastic panels), then condensation will form on them - not the healthiest atmosphere. The best solution is colored plaster on the walls or paper wallpaper. Wall decoration with natural cork panels is also perfect.

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.

Interior and decor features

A sports room in the house, like any other, requires an appropriate interior and decoration. When designing this area, designers recommend and try to use as many natural finishes as possible. Since everything here symbolizes health, the presence of synthetic finishing materials would be inappropriate.

In a private home, you can allocate more space for a sports corner

It is better to decorate the walls of the gym with cork panels, and make the floor from natural wood or parquet. To ensure that the flooring does not suffer from the impressive weight of exercise equipment and constant dynamic loads, sports equipment should be installed on special podiums. In addition to practicality, it is also an additional decorative factor.

Bright spacious room for sports

A distance of 30 cm should be maintained between the walls and sports equipment (except for the wall bars). If we are talking about a large sports corner, it makes sense to put a locker for clothes and towels, and floor scales here.

A mini-gym in the apartment will help you get in shape without leaving home

Gymnastic exercises and training on simulators are best done in the presence of musical accompaniment. Therefore, you should take care of purchasing a player. But a portable player with headphones can easily replace it. Those who do not consider themselves music lovers may want to listen to literary works during classes, study a foreign language, or master some kind of training.

What should the lighting be like in a home gym? There should be enough light, but it should not irritate the eyes. Too bright lamps will have a tiring effect on the body.

Maximum natural light thanks to panoramic windows and a mirror wall

Advice. It is recommended to install several lighting fixtures evenly along the plane of the ceiling, then the light will be diffused rather than beamed, which is optimal in this situation.

Contrasting design of a sports room in an apartment

You can equip a sports corner not only in an apartment; the following is suitable for this:

1. garage;
2. basement;
3. attic.

It is best if an area of ​​8-10 m2 is allocated for the placement of sports equipment.

The panoramic top floor can be easily equipped as a home gym

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.

Attributes of a home sports corner

How to arrange a sports corner for children? This question can often be found on relevant forums. The topic is really worthy of attention, since the equipment is not cheap, it is not bought for one year, and children grow. What should be included in stationary sports equipment?

• The basis of any sports room is the wall bars. It can be supplemented with various details (additional crossbars).
• Horizontal stairs.

Horizontal staircase in a wooden mini-gym

• Horizontal bar.
• Gymnastic rings are necessary for the development of muscle groups in the shoulder girdle.
• Rope ladders and rope develop tenacity and grip.
• For the youngest children, a swing is arranged, but such a design will require a lot of space, since the amplitude of the swing will have to be taken into account.

Small playground for the little ones

• A punching bag is a sports equipment that is suitable not only for boys. Girls should also learn to practice punches.

• A basketball hoop helps develop accuracy, coordination of movements and develops hand motor skills.
• Mats are the foundation of safety in an exercise room. During outdoor games and performing various exercises, children will fall. Therefore, you can’t do without good soft mats.

Sports wall that hides in the closet

Advice. If the room area is large, it is worth installing a trampoline in its space. Children love to jump on the springy surface. This activity can distract a child from sitting at the computer.

A wonderful children's sports corner designed for versatile training

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.