How to Choose Strength Training Gym Equipment for Your Gym

Managing your own gym isn’t easy, and it’s especially not easy revising your strength equipment, or even buying it for the first time. For one, you have to make sure the equipment can appeal to the majority of your demographic exercisers that are also durable enough to endure years of use. The key to finding the best strength equipment are a perfect blend of these four factors: value, price, total cost of ownership and financing. Here are some tips on how to provide the right strength training exercise equipment to your gym goers.

The two key types of strength equipment are selectorised and plate loaded machines. Having both types amongst your gym equipment is something that can ensure that the needs of trainees at all strength levels can be met. 

 

What you get from selectorised equipment is ease of use. The desired weight can be attained simply by pushing a pin, which also makes it easy to change the weight without getting up. However, these have a weight limit so some users will not find use in the machine for more than a certain amount of time. Plate loaded strength machines have a higher weight limit, so heavy lifters can benefit from them. 

There is a significant amount of gym space that will be dedicated to non-equipment areas, like utility rooms, bathrooms, steam rooms and so on. As a franchisee, you probably have to follow the standards of your franchiser as to what the space will take up. For example, the IHRSA Health Club Equipment Benchmarking Report states that fitness-only gyms should give 60% of the gym space to strength and cardio. Based on these standards, you can create an ideal position and space for those gym equipment.

Investing large amounts of money should come with an assurance of durability, and that assurance should come in the form of long warranties and maintenance promises. Most warranties cover service technicians and parts replacements as far as fitness equipment is concerned. You do not want to end up with a machine falling apart only a year later and no way of repairing it without spending more money.

Each gym has its own set of unique needs when it comes to finances. Depending on your gym or situation, determine whether or not you want to buy the strength equipment or lease it. Leasing has the advantage of changing the equipment every couple of years, and imbibing your gym with the latest in fitness equipment technology. Buying the equipment implies ownership where you can turn it into an asset and sell it on your own terms later.

Determining strength equipment is not easy, so we hope we have eased some of your concerns in this article. The key factors to keep in mind are durable equipment for the best price and offering the most to your customers.