[UPDATED in 2025]
The home fitness market is booming. With rising awareness of health and fitness, more people are creating personal fitness spaces at home and work. Before the coronavirus pandemic, some people worked out at home, but most would fit in the gym around the workday. Now, a new sense of flexibility and convenience is apparent. A personal fitness space and home were once seen as a luxury. Nowadays, a home fitness space is a necessity that helps you stay fit and healthy while coping with the stress of everyday life.
In this article:
- Benefits of Home Gym Spaces
- Basic Requirements of a Home Gym
- 5 Home Gym Styles
- Create a Home Gym on Any Budget
Benefits of Home Gym Spaces
Basic Requirements of a Home Gym
The basic pieces of equipment for a home gym can look a little different depending on your overall fitness goals and space. But, in general, you can invest in a few essential pieces of gym equipment to create your home gym. What’s great about a personal workout space is that you can build it slowly. By investing in pieces of equipment and buying home gym upgrades slowly, you don’t need to have one big outgoing.
Here are some of the basic requirements of a home gym:
- Dumbbells and Kettlebells - small pieces of equipment that add versatility to workouts.
- Home Gym Flooring - strong gym flooring needs to be shock absorbent and non-slip.
- Barbell and weight plates - essential pieces of equipment for strength training
- Squat Rack or Power Rack - a staple piece of kit for barbell training which can be extended to create rigs for other exercise
- Jump Rope - a portable and affordable way to get your heart pumping.
- Resistance Bands - small bands ideal for starting resistance training.
- Workout Bench - a bench is a good option for weightlifting and strength training exercises
5 Home Gym Styles
When you think about home gym styles, there are a vast amount of options. Every person has their own unique style and taste. A massive benefit of a home gym is that you can put your mark on it. You can tailor it to your own style and make it work perfectly for your workout and fitness goals.
We look at real home gym’s from our customers who share their thoughts on home gym styles.
1. Classic Spare Room Home Gym
"We decided to get the Gym Flooring mats for peace of mind that we were not doing any potential damage to ourselves with our home workouts, and the difference has been amazing. This has also helped to visually transform the space into an area that feels totally prioritised to health and fitness. Now that we have optimised this home workout space, we won't be rejoining a public gym, which saves us time and money in membership and travel in the long run!"
2. P.T. Studio
We have built our studio down the end of our garden, and with lockdown encouraging people to go online, it seemed like the perfect time to build a designated area for this. I was previously based in our attic, so for me, this space is a dream. Gym Flooring has been so worth it and gives that elite touch that clients love."
3. Garage Gym
"Converted our garage due to covid, price of gym memberships and being able to fit it in any time of day. My family has some mental health issues, which the gym really helps with. So to have this on our doorstep is just amazing. Thanks so much!!"
4. Basement Gym
"Having an adequate and suitable space to perform my workouts has meant that I am able to really make optimal use of my training. I am passionate about space that I have created and always eager to get the chance to use it every day."
5. Summerhouse or Garden Room Gym
"Since we are new parents travelling to a gym isn't practical anymore, so we converted our old garage into a gym, and it's perfect since we can use it in-between naptimes and can maximise our time working out without having to travel."
