Expert guides on professional fitness equipment
Why avoiding snacking is worth it: weight, blood sugar and gut health
Monday, 15 April 2024
Beyond weight gain, snacking affects blood sugar regulation and gut motility. The arguments coaches and operators can give members, and the exceptions.
- Published in Crossfit / Rigs
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Zinc: Which Supplement Form Should You Choose?
Saturday, 13 April 2024
A comparison of zinc supplement forms, daily requirement and the dietary factors that help or hinder zinc absorption.
- Published in Comparatifs, Guides Acheteurs
Professional Lying Leg Curl Machine: Specification Guide
Saturday, 13 April 2024
What a lying leg curl isolates, how it compares with seated and standing variants, and what to check before specifying one for a commercial gym.
- Published in Machines guidées
Plate-Loaded Seated Dip Machine: The Professional Guide
Saturday, 13 April 2024
A seated dip machine puts one of the most effective triceps and chest movements within reach of every member. Here is how the plate-loaded version works and what to check before buying.
- Published in Machines guidées, Musculation
Free Weights and Plate-Loaded Machines for Gyms
Friday, 12 April 2024
How a free-weight and plate-loaded area is specified for a commercial facility: equipment families, space and flooring requirements, storage, safety and supervision.
- Published in Musculation
Plate-Loaded Machines: Olympic Disc Strength Equipment
Friday, 12 April 2024
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.
- Published in Poids libres et haltères
Seafront Street Workout Cages and Outdoor Fitness Trails
Friday, 12 April 2024
Specifying street workout cages and outdoor fitness trails for coastal sites: 316 stainless steel or marine epoxy galvanised steel, EN 16630, budgets and maintenance.
- Published in Parcours sportifs, Street Workout et Outdoor
Outdoor Playground Manufacturer for Local Authorities: The Complete Guide
Wednesday, 10 April 2024
A buyer guide for councils and schools: equipment families, materials, EN 1176 series compliance, EN 1177 surfacing and the safety points that decide sign-off.
- Published in Aires de jeux extérieures, Guides Acheteurs, Jeux et Aires
Funding and Installing an Outdoor Fitness Trail: A Guide for Local Authorities
Wednesday, 10 April 2024
A practical guide for local authorities: funding routes, choosing an installer, planning the site, the applicable standards and the maintenance commitment.
- Published in Conseils d'aménagement, Guides Acheteurs
Essential CrossFit Equipment: A Complete Guide for Box Operators
Tuesday, 09 April 2024
The complete equipment list for a professional CrossFit box: rig, barbells, kettlebells, conditioning machines, flooring and how to specify each one.
- Published in Crossfit / Rigs, Guides Acheteurs
Urban Fitness Trails: Designing an Outdoor Training Route
Monday, 08 April 2024
How municipalities, landlords and developers plan an urban fitness trail: EN 16630 requirements, station mix, accessibility, siting, surfacing and maintenance.
- Published in Santé, prévention et bien-être
Professional Strength Equipment: Plate-Loaded vs Selectorised Machines
Sunday, 07 April 2024
Plate-loaded and free-weight stations versus selectorised machines: what each family does, what professional construction means and how to combine both.
- Published in Musculation
Chest Training Equipment: The Professional Buyer Guide
Sunday, 07 April 2024
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.
- Published in Musculation
How to Choose the Right Professional Strength Machine
Sunday, 07 April 2024
Membership profile, usable area, equipment families, build quality, budget and after-sales: the decisions behind a professional gym equipment list.
- Published in Musculation
Functional training in a commercial gym: equipment, layout and programming
Saturday, 06 April 2024
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.
- Published in Guides Acheteurs
Senior Fitness: A Guide for Facility Operators
Saturday, 06 April 2024
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.
- Published in Santé, prévention et bien-être
How to Choose the Right CrossFit Rig for Your Box
Saturday, 06 April 2024
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.
- Published in Crossfit / Rigs, Guides Acheteurs
Bodytone: professional cardio and strength equipment for commercial gyms
Saturday, 06 April 2024
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.
- Published in Cardio
Professional Strength Training Machines for Your Gym
Saturday, 06 April 2024
A professional strength machine is judged on its frame, bearings, cables and spare parts availability. How to specify a commercial strength floor and which families to build it from.
- Published in Guides Acheteurs
Leg curl machine: safe hamstring training on a commercial floor
Friday, 05 April 2024
The leg curl is the reference station for guided hamstring work. Muscles trained, seated or lying formats, class S specification and buying criteria.
- Published in Machines guidées
Professional Fitness Equipment Ranges for Operators
Thursday, 04 April 2024
Strength, cardio, accessories and cross-training ranges for commercial sites, and the criteria that decide which equipment is worth buying.
- Published in Conseils d'aménagement
Light In Fitness: Professional Fitness Equipment for Commercial Operators
Thursday, 04 April 2024
Light In Fitness has supplied professional fitness equipment to commercial operators since 2013: strength, cardio, functional and outdoor ranges specified for supervised commercial use.
- Published in Conseils d'aménagement
Glute Training Machines: What to Put in a Commercial Gym
Thursday, 04 April 2024
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.
- Published in Musculation
Bodytone GT12: the Indoor Group Training Rig for Busy Floors
Thursday, 04 April 2024
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.
- Published in Programmes et méthodes d'entraînement
























