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Free Weights and Plate-Loaded Machines for Gyms

Free Weights and Plate-Loaded Machines for Gyms
How a free-weight and plate-loaded area is specified for a commercial facility: equipment families, space and flooring requirements, storage, safety and supervision.
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Plate-Loaded Machines: Olympic Disc Strength Equipment

Plate-Loaded Machines: Olympic Disc Strength Equipment
Plate-loaded machines load Olympic discs on 51 mm sleeves and carry no weight stack. How they compare with selectorised equipment, where they belong and how to specify them.
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Seafront Street Workout Cages and Outdoor Fitness Trails

Seafront Street Workout Cages and Outdoor Fitness Trails
Specifying street workout cages and outdoor fitness trails for coastal sites: 316 stainless steel or marine epoxy galvanised steel, EN 16630, budgets and maintenance.
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Funding and Installing an Outdoor Fitness Trail: A Guide for Local Authorities

Expert guides on professional fitness equipment
A practical guide for local authorities: funding routes, choosing an installer, planning the site, the applicable standards and the maintenance commitment.
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Essential CrossFit Equipment: A Complete Guide for Box Operators

Modular CrossFit and Cross Training Rig M13, Extendable Starting Module
The complete equipment list for a professional CrossFit box: rig, barbells, kettlebells, conditioning machines, flooring and how to specify each one.
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Urban Fitness Trails: Designing an Outdoor Training Route

Urban Fitness Trails: Designing an Outdoor Training Route
How municipalities, landlords and developers plan an urban fitness trail: EN 16630 requirements, station mix, accessibility, siting, surfacing and maintenance.
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Chest Training Equipment: The Professional Buyer Guide

Chest Training Equipment: The Professional Buyer Guide
How to specify the chest zone of a commercial gym: benches, chest press machines, cable crossovers, dips, dumbbells and racks, all to EN ISO 20957-1 class S.
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Functional training in a commercial gym: equipment, layout and programming

Functional training in a commercial gym: equipment, layout and programming
Functional training trains movement patterns, not isolated muscles. What it changes for your members, and how to specify rigs, accessories, flooring and storage for a functional area that stays safe and busy.
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Senior Fitness: A Guide for Facility Operators

Senior Fitness: A Guide for Facility Operators
How operators build a senior fitness offer that lasts: the myths worth clearing, the activities that suit older users, the precautions to organise and the equipment to specify.
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How to Choose the Right CrossFit Rig for Your Box

How to Choose the Right CrossFit Rig for Your Box
Space, budget, athlete needs, programming, expandability and safety: the six factors that decide which rig your box should buy, and why freestanding and wall-mounted structures suit very different rooms.
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Bodytone: professional cardio and strength equipment for commercial gyms

Bodytone: professional cardio and strength equipment for commercial gyms
Bodytone is a European fitness equipment manufacturer whose professional ranges cover cardio, selectorised and plate-loaded strength machines dimensioned for intensive commercial use. An overview of the treadmill, cross trainer, bike, rower, bench, multi-station and Forza selectorised lines, and what to check before specifying them for a gym, hotel, club or rehabilitation centre.
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Leg curl machine: safe hamstring training on a commercial floor

Leg curl machine: safe hamstring training on a commercial floor
The leg curl is the reference station for guided hamstring work. Muscles trained, seated or lying formats, class S specification and buying criteria.
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Professional Fitness Equipment Ranges for Operators

Professional Fitness Equipment Ranges for Operators
Strength, cardio, accessories and cross-training ranges for commercial sites, and the criteria that decide which equipment is worth buying.
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Light In Fitness: Professional Fitness Equipment for Commercial Operators

Light In Fitness: Professional Fitness Equipment for Commercial Operators
Light In Fitness has supplied professional fitness equipment to commercial operators since 2013: strength, cardio, functional and outdoor ranges specified for supervised commercial use.
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Glute Training Machines: What to Put in a Commercial Gym

Glute Training Machines: What to Put in a Commercial Gym
How to specify a glute training area for a professional facility: choosing between loaded hip extension stations, isolation machines, stair climbers and free-weight space, and the exercises your instructors will coach on them.
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Bodytone GT12: the Indoor Group Training Rig for Busy Floors

Bodytone GT12 CrossFit cage, group training for 12 to 15
The Bodytone GT12 indoor group training rig holds 12 to 15 users at once. Full specification, construction, finish, price and what to check before installing one.
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Back Training Zones: Equipping Your Facility for Results

Back Training Zones: Equipping Your Facility for Results
Back development is the most under-programmed area in many commercial gyms. Here is how professional operators build a back training zone that works with minimal floor space, using resistance bands, anchor points and a small number of well chosen pulling stations.
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Fitness or Strength Training: What Is the Difference?

Fitness or Strength Training: What Is the Difference?
Fitness targets overall physical condition; strength training targets muscle mass and strength. Definitions, benefits, key differences and what each discipline demands from a commercial gym floor.
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Smith Machine Exercises: The Essential Guide for Gym Operators

Smith Machine Exercises: The Essential Guide for Gym Operators
What the guided bar changes, how the main Smith machine exercises are coached, and how to programme and specify the station on a commercial gym floor.
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Progressive Overload: Programming Real Strength Progress in Your Facility

Progressive Overload: Programming Real Strength Progress in Your Facility
Progressive overload explained for gym operators and instructors: the physiology, the four practical methods, how it differs from linear progression, the errors that stall members, and what your equipment has to support.
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Equipping a Strength Room for Clubs, Councils and Schools

Equipping a Strength Room for Clubs, Councils and Schools
How sports clubs, local authorities, sports academies and schools should specify professional strength equipment, from EN ISO 20957-1 class S to service terms.
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Floor-Standing Rack Structures for Gyms: The Essential Guide

Floor-Standing Rack Structures for Gyms: The Essential Guide
Plate racks, barbell racks, functional and modular structures: the types of floor-standing gym storage, what they bring to a training floor and how to choose one.
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The Seated Machine Biceps Curl: A Complete Guide for Operators

The Seated Machine Biceps Curl: A Complete Guide for Operators
What the seated biceps curl machine does, how to set it up, how to coach it and how it fits a professional strength floor.
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The Seated Chest Press Machine: Setup, Technique and Specification

The Seated Chest Press Machine: Setup, Technique and Specification
Both sides of the busiest chest station: how a member should set it up and press correctly, and what an operator should look for when specifying one.
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