Green Home Gym Ideas and Designs

Family House with a View

Insignia Homes

This is an example of a contemporary home gym in Grand Rapids.

Home Gym

Vik + Roma

Contemporary multi-use home gym in New York with beige walls, light hardwood flooring, beige floors and a feature wall.

Modern Prairie Home

Sigma Builders LLC

Golf Simulator room
Design ideas for a large modern multi-use home gym in Indianapolis.

California Contemporary

Sogno Design Group

Photo by Langdon Clay
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary multi-use home gym in San Francisco with medium hardwood flooring, brown walls, yellow floors and a feature wall.

Golf Room with Full Swing Simulator

Orren Pickell Building Group

Photography by Linda Oyama Bryan. http://pickellbuilders.com. Golf Room with Full Swing Simulator and three hole putting green.

Winnetka Private Residence 1

COOK ARCHITECTURAL Design Studio

Exercise Room
This is an example of a mediterranean home weight room in Chicago with beige walls, grey floors and feature lighting.

Golf/Media Room

Douglas Design Studio

Photographer: David Whittaker
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary indoor sports court in Toronto with brown walls, carpet and green floors.

12x18 Signature Series Home Gym

Studio Shed - Live Large. Build Small.

12x18 Signature Series Studio Shed • Volcano Gray lap siding • Yam doors • Natural Eaves (no finish or paint) • Lifestyle Interior Package
This is an example of a medium sized retro multi-use home gym in Denver with white walls and black floors.

Industrial Cross-Fit Gym

Meyer Design

Cross-Fit Gym for all of your exercise needs. Photos: Reel Tour Media
Large modern multi-use home gym in Chicago with white walls, vinyl flooring, black floors and a coffered ceiling.

Waverley

Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects

A freestanding structure set deep back into the site is a zen-like fitness/yoga studio as well as a guesthouse with a kitchenette (Photography by: Matthew Millman)

Yoga Room/Home Fitness Room

Powerhouse Interior Design, LLC

Hadley Photography
Photo of a home gym in DC Metro.

Moraga Retro Chefs Dream Kitchen and Home Remodel

Canyon Design Build

Treve Johnson
Design ideas for a retro home gym in San Francisco.

SnapSports® Indoor Home Court Build - Before and After Photo

SnapSports® Athletic Floors & Outdoor Courts

This beautiful indoor home court is built by SnapSports® - the flooring features the patented Maple Pro modular sports surfacing by SnapSports. 100% water-proof, no glues or fasteners, and installs quickly. THe same surface used by AAU, NBA, US Futsal, and many more.

French style custom estate featured on HGTV

Arc Design Group

Inspiration for an expansive traditional home gym in Los Angeles with white walls, black floors and feature lighting.

Windsor Square Residence - Photos by David Phelps Photography

Tommy Chambers Interiors, Inc.

Inspiration for a traditional home gym in Los Angeles.

Cameo Shores House

Steven J Magner Photography

This is an example of a modern home gym in Los Angeles with a feature wall.

Garden Yoga Studio, Great Missenden

Green Studios

Indigo Plumm
Design ideas for a contemporary home gym in Buckinghamshire.

Contemporary Outdoor Gym

Meridian Estate Greenhouses

This custom freestanding lean to greenhouse has been converted into an outdoor gym. Rain or shine, the well ventilated space can be an escape to nature but not its elements. 10x14 with luxurious double glass glazing, this structure is a retreat from the everyday.

Kincaid Renovation

Thornton Design

Customer Paradigm Photography
Photo of a contemporary home gym in Denver with beige walls, light hardwood flooring and a feature wall.

MIll Valley Cabins

Feldman Architecture, Inc.

Photo by Joe Fletcher General Contractor: JP Builders, Inc. ( http://www.houzz.com/pro/jpbuilders/jp-builders-inc)

Green Home Gym Ideas and Designs

Home gyms are a wonderful luxury if fitness is a priority. The freedom and flexibility offered by building a home gym or exercise room at home is a great investment, and will soon recoup its worth in memberships. Design ideas might conjure up images of exercise bikes, treadmills and heavy weights, but if that isn’t your thing it can really be as simple as having an open, airy, mirrored studio in which to practice yoga or pilates.

How to find ideas for my home gym?

The first consideration for your home gym design is finding the space, the second is working out how this space will accommodate the gym equipment that you require. You may have a spare room, loft, basement or garage that can be fitted for purpose, but there’s more to home gyms than just bringing in the right equipment – you will want to consider hygiene, ventilation, your flooring and ease of movement around the space. Try looking through the photos from design professionals to find inspiration on how to furnish and decorate your home gym, and filter by style, budget, size, type, flooring and colours to find designs that could work for you.

How to choose the right gym equipment?

The home exercise equipment you should invest in will depend on whether you are a cardio or weights lover, and there are ideas for every budget varying from the humble skipping rope, to medicine balls, dumbbells and weight benches, or go all out with a state-of-the-art multi gym and motorised treadmills or cross-trainers. If your workouts don’t involve any fitness equipment, a bright studio space will offer the perfect environment for exercise – just add your yoga mat, a ballet barre or soft stretching area and you’ll have all you need. If you really want to go all out, and dance is your typical workout of choice, you might even consider a sprung floor. The home gym is the one room where mirrors aren’t decor, so install a mirrored wall so you can keep proper form whilst exercising.

How do I convert my space into a home gym?

Your first consideration in a home gym is space – you need to keep enough space between your gym machines to allow safe and easy movement. Designating extra space for stretching can be as important as finding room for a rowing machine and weights. Good ventilation is essential – if you have insufficient windows for good air flow then you can add extractor fans and consider installing air conditioning for climate control. Access to an electrical supply through floor recessed power points is important for your workout equipment and you may want to consider allowing for a TV and sound system. Think carefully about lighting when considering home gym ideas and ideally avoid low-hanging lights or lighting that will give off a lot of heat, as keeping cool whilst exercising is critical to comfort.

What should I do for the flooring?

Before bringing any large scale home fitness equipment into the room and dreaming up grandiose home gym ideas, take into account how much weight your floors can take. Unless your gym is on the ground floor, you may need to strengthen your flooring. Suspending timber floors may need reinforcing, and outdoor buildings such as sheds will need a minimum of 150mm joists to support equipment. If in any doubt, consult a structural engineer – nothing interrupts a workout like falling through your home gym floor! When it comes to the covering, vinyl, rubber and foam tiles or interlocking floor mats are all good options as they provide spring and a soft surface if you are in contact with the floor often.

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