¿Gymnasium at home? If it is true that spring is synonymous with remise in formhe, fitness At home it is the new trend of the season. A complicit (perhaps) of the pandemic effect, which has marked a greater increase in home training since 2021, home exercise is now a real obligation. This is confirmed by an investigation by Samsung, which shows that last year 46.6 % of the people who exercised from home. Even the architects of the Primo Atelier study affirm that «a small area of fitness 'Do it yourself' is one of the requests of design more common today «. But how to do a Gymnasium at home If only a few square meters are available? Let's discover together some useful tips to make a zone of fitness at home in a small space.
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Elements that should never be missing
For lucky ones who can dedicate an entire room (even small) to create a Gymnasium at homethe designers of the architecture and design study recommend 3 elements that should never be missing in the construction phase, regardless of the type of activity you want to perform. «The first is a furniture to save the toolsfollowed by a wall of mirrors to expand the space (especially in the case of small square meters) and, finally, a window to maintain contact with the outside. «To this is added the soil, which is the key element of the exercise and, therefore, it must be able to provide physical comfort even to train barefoot.» Precisely because we always suggest natural materials such as cork or rubber carpets, «adds the architect Alessandro Schetter
How to turn space into a gym at home
For all those who cannot dedicate an individual room due to lack of space, the living room is the solution. Primo Atelier's own architects claim that «very often, this room is the luminous and largest in the entire house and, for this same reason, it can also host small aerobic activities.» But the living room is not the only solution. In fact, among the latest trends, there is also the bedroom and … unexpectedly, also the dressing room. But how? «Thanks to glass and backlit cabinets, these furniture are able to provide both environmental comfort and perfect spatial expansion, in addition to the fact that we are already inside our own private dressing room, better if we have a small sink nearby.»