Washington Fitness Centers

The facilities we equip in Washington

Apartment and condominium amenity rooms

Electrical is the item that most often turns a finished amenity room into a second construction project, because the space was never wired for it. Commercial treadmills need a dedicated 120V, 20-amp branch circuit each, with a non-looped neutral and ground — three treadmills is three circuits, not one shared run. Doors are the companion trap: ADA sets a 32 in minimum clear opening measured with the door open 90 degrees, and a nominal 3 ft leaf does not deliver it once the stop and hardware are counted. Both are cheap to solve while the walls are open and disruptive afterwards, so we raise them during design. More on apartment and condominium amenity rooms.

Senior living fitness rooms

A machine a resident cannot get onto unaided is occupied floor space, not an amenity. Step-through access, seat height and clear grip points decide use here, and there is a standard for specifying them: ASTM F3021, the standard specification for universal design of fitness equipment for inclusive use by people with functional limitations and impairments. ADA then adds a 30 by 48 in clear floor space for at least one of each type of machine, on an accessible route. More on senior living fitness rooms.

The rest of what we equip there

Those two are what Washington orders most, not the limit of what we supply there. The same design, flooring, delivery and installation work covers every other facility type:

• corporate fitness centers
• health clubs and training studios
• hotel and resort fitness rooms
• medical and rehabilitation clinics
• schools and campus recreation
• fire, police and municipal recreation
• YMCAs and nonprofits
• home and private training rooms
• student housing
• HOA and property management

What decides the room before the equipment list

Planning the room before the equipment list

Whatever the facility type, the room sets the equipment list rather than the other way round. ACSM allows 25 to 50 sq ft per station on the fitness floor, and ADA requires at least one of each TYPE of exercise machine to have a 30 by 48 in clear floor space served by an accessible route — 36 by 48 in where that space is enclosed on three sides. Drawn to scale, those two figures usually settle the realistic piece count before budget enters the conversation.

Circulation, and the space nobody budgets for

Rooms fail on circulation far more often than on equipment selection. ADA sets a 60 in diameter circular turning space and a 36 in minimum clear width on the accessible route, and in a room of 400 to 600 sq ft those two dimensions decide how many machines can face which way. Reserving them on the drawing costs nothing; recovering them after delivery usually means sending a piece back.

New, refurbished and remanufactured

Used commercial equipment is sold in three conditions that are frequently conflated: as-is, cleaned and serviced, and fully remanufactured. Properly reconditioned commercial equipment routinely outlasts new light-commercial at a similar price, which lets a fixed budget cover more of the floor — and on a 100 psf fitness floor built for continuous duty, the frame matters more than the badge. Which condition suits a room depends on how hard it will be used and who is maintaining it; we will say which we would put in your room and why.