The fitness industry has been undergoing a significant transformation in recent years. The rise of technology and the increasing demand for convenience in fitness have led to the emergence of a virtual fitness revolution. This shift in the gym equipment industry has not only changed the way people approach exercise but has also impacted gym design and fitness facility operations more generally. In this new paradigm, the role of the gym equipment consultant has become critical in helping businesses navigate the rapidly changing landscape, especially those looking to target a younger audience, for example in purpose built student accommodation developments or co-living real estate.

As gym consultants for hotels and real estate developers, part of our remit is to advise on new and innovative health and wellness concepts to add value to a hotel guest or residential experience. From short-term workout recovery to daily biohacking rituals, detox sessions, recovery therapies, future-proofing bodywork, and clinical treatments for longevity.

Customizing gym equipment is a key part of our gym design process and it doesn’t always have to be about creating a luxury gym, simply a case of specifying equipment that is perfectly suited to the available floor and wall space, ceiling height, equipment storage requirements and interiors context rather than choosing standard off-the-shelf solutions in all black as ‘good enough’.

London UK is becoming a regional hub for longevity clinics, recovery studios and biohacking spaces. Here we review six of the best while additionally covering some key wellbeing interior design concepts that compliment the advanced mind and body treatments perfectly.

Fitness studio design and boutique health & fitness concepts continue to evolve at pace around the world. Here we review some of the more innovative new gym and studio concepts on our radar as gym consultants, from glow in the dark badminton, to infrared sauna studios and EMS training.

As gym design consultants and gym equipment experts we constantly monitor the latest technology impacting the gym industry and right now there is nothing hotter than virtual trainer software, be it for home gym, hotel gym or commercial gym environments. So what are they?

what is the role of music in physical performance? Do certain tracks affect endurance training more than say a HITT workout? This is our perspective as gym consultants on a theme that will always be relevant as long as group fitness classes are alive in studios, gyms and hotels around the world. By Biofit.

As gym consultants and advisors to fitness studios, we recognise that music can provide a range of benefits for our physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing. Specifically, music can boost motivation and performance on a variety of different tasks by utilizing several different intrinsic processes. In this article we explore some of the scientific research behind this phenomenon in order to leverage its full benefits in gyms, health clubs and fitness studios in future.

The Biofit Gym Consultancy team review three gym brand sustainability reports by The Gym Group (UK), Pure Gym (UK) and David Lloyd (UK) with a side note on what Technogym are doing in the sustainability space as well. energy efficiency, water efficiency and waste management combined with community health and wellness initiatives currently dominate the focus of these gym sustainability plans.

Technogym are big on wellness and human health but have been slow off the mark when it comes to reducing their carbon emissions, energy consumption, waste and water use as part of a wider, comprehsnvie sustainability strategy. Challenger brands such as Intenza Fitness, Eleiko and Nohrd are now leading from the front, so what lies ahead for the Italian stallion of exercise equipment?

We review the Planet Fitness sustainability plan, their inscription to the WELL health & safety rating, their sustainable materials policy, their energy efficiency measures, water management solutions and waste management / recycling plans.

Who are Gold’s Gym and are they a sustainable gym brand? USGBC LEED certification for gyms. What is sustainable about the interiors of gold’s gym Berlin headquarters? Biophilia in gym interiors. Energy efficiency and clean energy at gold’s gym. A lack of sustainable gym equipment - but who’s fault is it? Indoor air quality in Gold’s Gym Berlin and Milano. Outdoor gym design.

Hotel gym design - a consultant's view on this niche market and the importance of having an external advisor who can curate the equipment selection from multiple brands according to the hotel’s design, brand personality and target audience

Swedish brand ELEIKO show ‘sustainability’ can be applied to gym equipment

Hotels, offices and even existing gyms themselves are looking to capitalize on their outdoor spaces, or re-format underutilized indoor-outdoor spaces, in order to offer a workout environment in the fresh air, with a correspondingly reduced risk of virus transmission… In 2021, fitness is going outside!