Tag Archives: commercial gym equipment

Glute Ham Developer Buying Guide: What to Order for a Commercial Gym

Glute Ham Developer Buying Guide: What to Order for a Commercial Gym A glute ham developer is one of the cheapest pieces in the strength area and one of the most abused. There are no motors, no cables and no electronics to fail. That is exactly why buying one badly is so easy: with so […]

Hip Abduction and Adduction Machine Buying Guide: What to Order for a Commercial Gym

Hip Abduction and Adduction Machine Buying Guide: What to Order for a Commercial Gym The hip abduction and adduction machines are the two stations gym owners love to overlook and gym members fight over. One trains the outer hip and glutes, the other the inner thigh. Together they cover a hip training niche that free […]

24-Hour Gym Equipment Buying Guide: What to Stock for an Unmanned Gym

24-Hour Gym Equipment Buying Guide: What to Stock for an Unmanned Gym A 24-hour gym lives or dies on equipment that keeps working when nobody is there to fix it. No front desk, no attendant, no one to spot a slipping belt at 2 a.m. That one fact should drive every purchasing decision on the […]

Hip Thrust Machine Buying Guide: What to Order for a Commercial Gym

Hip Thrust Machine Buying Guide: What to Order for a Commercial Gym A hip thrust machine turns glute training from a floor exercise into a station. Where members once stacked a barbell across their hips with a pad and hoped for the best, a dedicated machine fixes the load path, removes the balance problem, and […]

Seated Row Machine Buying Guide: What to Order for a Commercial Gym

Seated Row Machine Buying Guide: What to Order for a Commercial Gym A seated row machine is one of the few pieces that works for almost everyone who walks into a gym. Beginners use it to build back strength safely, regulars use it to balance all the pressing they do, and personal trainers use it […]

Preacher Curl Machine Buying Guide: What to Order for a Commercial Gym

Preacher Curl Machine Buying Guide: What to Order for a Commercial Gym A preacher curl machine earns its floor space if your members actually train arms. It puts them in a fixed position, takes the lower back and shoulder swing out of the movement, and lets a beginner feel the biceps working on the first […]

School and University Fitness Center Equipment Buying Guide

School and University Fitness Center Equipment Buying Guide Buying gym equipment for a school or university is not the same job as fitting out a commercial gym. The budget cycle is annual, the purchase usually goes through a bid or tender, the users range from a 14-year-old beginner to a varsity athlete, and nobody is […]

Commercial Gym Floor Layout Guide: Planning Space for Cardio and Strength

Commercial Gym Floor Layout Guide: Planning Space for Cardio and Strength A gym floor layout decides more about how a club runs than most owners expect. The same equipment budget can feel generous or cramped depending on where the machines sit. Get the zoning, spacing, and circulation right and members move without friction at peak […]