Recovery room for clubs and performance centres
A recovery room is designed as a plant room, not as a training area: it needs a dedicated power supply, a drain, ventilation, slip resistant flooring and verified floor loading capacity. It is that preliminary check, and not the choice of tub, which determines whether the project is feasible in an existing building.
Light In Fitness supplies the three families that make up a recovery room — cold, heat, mobility — together with the matching floor coverings. This page covers the fit-out of the room and its operation.
Who builds this kind of space
| Organisation | Dominant use | Main constraint |
|---|---|---|
| Professional club, academy, high performance centre | A full squad rotating through after a session | Throughput, sustained chilling capacity |
| Functional training box, premium gym | A differentiating service open to members | Limited footprint, operation without dedicated staff |
| Sports physiotherapy practice | Supervised individual use | Hygiene, traceability of cleaning |
| Hotel, spa, wellness centre | Guest sensory circuit | Integration into the existing circuit and its design |
| Racket club, golf club | After play and tournaments | Seasonal attendance |
The pages dedicated to these facilities cover the rest of the equipment: sports club gym, CrossFit box, hotel wellness and spa, golf, tennis and padel club gym.
The three families and what they ask of the building
| Family | Equipment | Technical requirement | List price excl. VAT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold, fixed installation | Kore fixed cold plunge | Ventilated technical location for the chiller | €4,166.67 |
| Cold, all-in-one | Korelis Pro | Power supply and drain, no dedicated room | €7,499.17 |
| Cold, sustained group use | Korelis Elite | As above, higher capacity | €12,499.17 |
| Cold, upgrade | Cold Pulse Pro chiller | Connection to an existing tub | €2,500.00 |
| Heat | Sauna and steam room | Ventilated wet room, dedicated electrical capacity | By configuration |
| Mobility and cool-down | Pilates reformer, accessories | Comfortable flooring, storage | By reference |
The full cold range is on the cold plunge baths page.
Five points to check before ordering
- Floor loading capacity. A full tub is a permanent concentrated load. Upstairs or on a timber floor, a structural engineer’s check determines feasibility.
- Drainage. Periodic emptying assumes a drain nearby ; without one, operation relies on a pump and quickly becomes a deterrent.
- Power supply. The chiller runs continuously to hold the set temperature, not in bursts. The circuit has to be sized accordingly.
- Ventilation. A closed room holding an open tub and a sauna concentrates humidity ; without extraction, damage to the fabric of the building is rapid.
- Slip resistant, free draining flooring. This is the first risk item, and the one that engages the operator’s liability. Suitable families are on the sports flooring page.
Operation: what makes the installation last
A recovery room is judged on how it operates, not on its opening day. Three routines determine equipment life and whether the service is accepted: monitoring of water treatment and filtration, cleaning between rotations, and recording of operations. An all-in-one model, with filtration built into the tub, sharply reduces the daily workload compared with a manually filled tank.
Sizing follows from the number of people to be put through within one time slot, not from the floor area available. A full squad after a session calls either for higher capacity, or for several stations, or for staggered use.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between a fixed and an all-in-one cold plunge ?
The fixed model separates tub and chiller, which assumes a ventilated technical location nearby. The all-in-one integrates chilling and filtration into the tub and needs only a power supply and a drain, at the cost of a slightly larger footprint.
Can a cold plunge be installed upstairs ?
Only after checking the floor loading capacity: a full tub is a permanent concentrated load. On a timber floor or an undocumented slab, a structural engineer’s opinion is required before ordering.
Is specific water treatment required ?
Yes. A cold plunge has its own filtration and disinfection circuit, separate from any other pool on the site. Treatment monitoring and emptying frequency determine the life of the chiller.
What capacity for a club squad ?
Sizing depends on how many people have to go through within one time slot after the session. Beyond a few users in succession, chilling capacity becomes the limiting factor, which leads either to a higher capacity model or to several stations.
Can a recovery room be installed outdoors ?
Yes, subject to a stable base, a protected power supply and a drain. Outdoor saunas follow the same logic and are on the outdoor saunas page.
Request a quotation
Tell us the available area, the floor level, the existing services and the number of people to be put through per slot: the quotation is issued with the technical requirements listed equipment by equipment.