4 Tips To Creating An Awesome Corporate Or Office Fitness Facility
Whether you are a small business owner or work for a mid to large size corporation, a workout facility in your office or building can go a long way toward improving your company’s bottom line, as well as employee satisfaction. A lot can go into planning a business or corporate fitness facility, and here I want to give you 4 solid tips on how you can get the best experience for your associates while not breaking the bank.
Tip 1: The More Space, The Higher The Expense
The bigger your fitness center is, the more is will cost your business. The costs come in various forms. First, you have the actual cost of the lease. The greater the square footage of your building, the higher the cost. Even if your company purchases the building, the expense for the additional square footage for the fitness facility can be substantial. The more space you have for your fitness center, the more you have to insure, heat/cool, and clean.
Tip 2: The More Equipment You Have, The More Problems You Will Have
If you have a lot of space you will likely have a lot of equipment. The more equipment, the more it must be maintained. Most commercial grade equipment has cables and mechanical parts and like anything mechanical, these moving parts break down over time and require repairs and replacements. Here you have the cost of the actual parts to replace, as well as someone who must be hired to fix and replace them.
Tip 3: Commercial Grade Equipment Is Expensive
If you’re not familiar with commercial grade equipment you may be surprised to learn that the average piece of workout equipment can cost well into the thousands of dollars. Machines that perform one single exercise, such as a leg curl machine, can set you back a few thousand dollars. Multifunctional machines that allow for multiple exercises to be performed can cost over ten thousand dollars. Keep in mind that even though these machines are multifunctional, only a few people can use them at one time at best.
Tip 4: You want Equipment That Can Support Many Exercises
People like options, and when it comes to working out options are important. Goals, physical abilities, and age all factor into the needs people bring with them to a fitness center. A wide variety of exercises and difficulty levels is imperative for any fitness center with a diverse range of users.
The Solution
The ideal solution to the above mentioned problems is multi-faceted. You need a piece of equipment that takes up little or no space, does not have numerous moving parts that require regular maintenance, and is not going to overly inflate your company’s expenses. You also need equipment that can accommodate the various needs and abilities of your associates.
When Isawall was created, it was designed with all these factors in mind. Isawall literally takes up no space in your facility. It simply attaches to any existing wall, saving square footage for other purposes, or doing away with the need for it all together.
Isawall’s lack of moving parts means that you are not going to have to hire an individual or company to come in and maintain equipment or replace old defective parts. This is time consuming, costly, and means your associates can’t use the equipment typically for weeks or months as the new part gets ordered in and is replaced.
Isawall is very competitively priced. There is no piece of equipment on the market that can support the number of exercises that Isawall can at the cost it can. The cost breakdown per exercise available leaves standard workout equipment in the dust. With standard equipment you get one machine that does one or two exercises and costs thousands of dollars. With Isawall you get one single workout platform that supports hundreds of exercises. All this at a cost comparable to that one piece of commercial grade equipment that does one or two exercises and requires routine maintenance on top of it.
Isawall can support users of every age, ability, and fitness level. We can challenge the most elite of athletes or help those looking to maintain activities for daily living. The average Joe will be able to get in shape and lose weight with Isawall. Those looking to stretch and improve range of motion will be excited to engage in well over a hundred poses and stretches. Those who utilize wheelchairs will be able to do dozens of exercises without ever leaving the wheelchair. Rehabilitative and balance work can be done on Isawall. The list goes on and on.
We’d love to talk to you about how Isawall can offer you an exciting, cost effective, maintenance free part of your fitness center. Please feel free to contact one our Wallnuts (Associates). We’d be glad to answer any questions you may have. You can reach us at 440-591-7854
Paul Owens is a personal trainer in the Cleveland area. He is a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and the National Council on Strength and fitness. He is also a Corrective Exercise Specialist through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. He can be reached at http://www.clevelandpersonaltraining.com
