Gym Owners Who Thrive Through a Pandemic And Beyond

The Problem No One Saw Coming

as Gyms struggle to meet pandemic-driven mandates and guidelines, We’ll share some tips to help gym owners attract gym-goers with confidence.

Clients are mindful of distancing as gyms re-open. Gyms that weren't previously designed for the current requirements are now investing in making necessary changes. Crowded gym floors with single exercise station machines combined with fitness accessory storage create traffic jams and make it harder to distance. This is especially true in group training style workouts. Individual Functional Training Stations, like MoveStrong Single Functional Columns, that allow individual users to perform countless functional fitness exercises by themselves or using the Columns spaced out for group workouts led by a coach are one solution. MoveStrong's highly customizable Functional Training Stations, FTS models, are infinitely expandable as needed to provide countless functional training exercises and help maintain physical distance. And since MoveStrong builds-to-order in the USA using many different base models to choose from, configuring based on available space needs whether free-standing in the middle of a room for a flow of clockwise style circuit of functional exercises, using equipment placed flush along a wall, anchored to a wall for conserving the most floor space.

MoveStrongFitness - 155.jpg — tips to thrive as a gym owner during distancing

Utilize functional fitness to promote injury-free exercise and improve overall health
Purchase equipment that serves multiple purposes
Space-efficient designs are critical during this time
Offer time-efficient programmed routines
Look for equipment that allows each user to perform as many exercises as they can at each station

creative Solutions

The pandemic has motivated gym-goers and fitness professionals to think differently about ways to stay active and keep clients engaged. Space planning, equipment selection, outdoor areas, virtual training, are all going to be recognized as scientifically viable options moving forward. If it hasn’t already, the pandemic is going to expose many people to the added benefits and importance of functional fitness training and the benefits of exercising outdoors. So start now and seek out the right advice, consultants, resources, and equipment manufacturers that understand the needs in being part of growing fitness trends as it relates to the future of fitness post-pandemic. And, lastly, don't shy away from the challenge but instead seize the opportunity to do something new!