Gym Planning Guides

Reference material for laying out a gym floor, built from the same figures the planner uses.

• How much space you need to open a gym

  What a ten piece starter gym requires, what a fully equipped 4,500 sq ft floor uses, and what is left at 500 to 5,000 sq ft.

• How much space a home gym needs

  Five common home gym setups, from a bike and mat to a full rack and treadmill, against a spare room, a garage and a basement.

• Gym floor zoning

  What a zone does on a floor plan, the nine types on offer, and why the size of the area you draw is not what the functional training check measures.

• Gym equipment clearance requirements

  The spacing figures a layout gets checked against, from ADA clear floor space to NSCA free weight spacing and fire exit paths.