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Fitness Suites: A Smarter Way to Activate Underused Space
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Fitness suites are becoming a growing trend as facilities look for ways to create more private, flexible, and approachable workout environments. A fitness suite is typically a private or semi-private workout space located within a larger facility. These spaces can be designed around strength training, recovery, virtual coaching, Pilates, or small-group fitness. For many users, working out in a busy fitness center can feel intimidating. Fitness suites help remove that barrier by creating smaller spaces where people can feel more comfortable, focused, and confident in their workout experience. What Is a Fitness Suite? A fitness suite is a dedicated workout space designed for a specific purpose, user group, or training experience. These spaces do not always require a large footprint. They can be created in unused rooms, outdoor areas, converted offices, or smaller underutilized spaces within an existing facility. Vaughn Marxhausen, Territory Manager with Advanced Exercise, says his team is seeing fitness suites designed across a wide range of environments, including college recreation, municipal recreation, corporate wellness, and multi-housing facilities. |
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Why Fitness Suites Are Gaining Momentum Residents who regularly use a property's fitness center develop routines and habits tied to the community. The more frequently residents engage with an amenity, the more value they perceive from living there. These spaces can help: - Make fitness feel more approachable for new or hesitant users - Add variety to the overall fitness amenity - Create more personalized workout experiences - Support recovery, mobility, strength, or virtual training - Make better use of underused rooms or smaller spaces - Differentiate a facility from other fitness amenities |
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What Can Go Inside a Fitness Suite One of the biggest advantages of a fitness suite is flexibility. The equipment and layout can be tailored to the facility, the available space, and the needs of the users. Some spaces may focus on functional training, while others may be built around recovery, Pilates, virtual coaching, or small-group workouts. Recovery products are also becoming a strong fit as more facilities look for ways to support massage, compression, stretching, relaxation, and post-workout recovery. Another option is pairing a product like FitBench with a connected virtual training product like Forme Studio. This type of setup creates a private workout experience with built-in coaching, allowing users to follow guided workouts while incorporating the equipment stored within the bench. |
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Some of our Favorite product pairing ideas include: - Semiprivate Virtual Strength Suite- Pair the FitBench with the Forme Studio Mirror for 1 on 1 guided workouts. - Recovery Suite- Pairing the Therabody cart with a product like the Human Touch Nova chair is a great way to have a semiprivate space to unwind and recover - Functional Training Suite- The new wall adjacent Synrgy Bays from Life Fitness you can create a 4-foot or 6-foot functional training bay complete with all of the latest training tools and even cable stations to enhance your workouts. - Pilates Suite- With new Pilates options available to the market you no longer need to have an instructor to guide you through the workout. With Virtual coaching and tutorials, you can delve into the world of Pilates in your own private workout environment. |
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Bring New Life to Undersused Space Fitness suites give facilities a creative way to rethink unused or underutilized space. Whether the goal is to support beginners, add recovery, create a private training area, or offer a new amenity experience, fitness suites can help make fitness more accessible and engaging. As industry experts, the Advanced Exercise team helps clients identify opportunities within their existing facilities and turn those spaces into purposeful fitness environments. Ready to rethink an underused space in your facility? Advanced Exercise can help design a fitness suite that fits your goals, users, and footprint. |
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