The planned solution was to create an entire space dedicated to strength and conditioning, with a centralised rig running the entire length of the hall.

The first feature to change was the wooden sports flooring. The flooring needed to be high performing for weight lifting to happen everywhere, enduring maximum impact and noise reduction. DuraTRAIN was the chosen performance tile. These are perfect for protecting the sub-floor from weights being dropped as well as the bars and bumpers being used.

To increase efficiencies, we opted to house the plates and barbells within each training bay, so that users didn’t have to walk the gym to find kit. Step up to the training bay training bay and you’re ready to go. This storage solution also allowed all equipment to be accounted for quickly as the colour coded plates are easy to recognise.

The rig that we designed and manufactured was 30m in length. It has 10 squat bays either side, with various pull-up bar options to caters for all including CrossFit programmed kipping and muscle-ups. At each end of the rig, we built in a 5m rope climb and gymnastic ring station.

Small accessory kit such as dumbbells, kettlebells, balls, bands and bags were housed in custom storage units mirrored each side of the hall, feeding both sides of the rig to further improve efficiencies, but also the experience within this new training environment.