Gym Membership Too Expensive? Gym Too Busy? Why Not Invest in a Garden Shipping Container Gym

7/10/2021

Nowadays, people talk a lot about a “healthy work-life balance”. Managing quality family and social time, together with a healthy lifestyle and coping with work demands, is what many of us are aspiring to. Everybody wants to keep fit, which involves frequent exercise. At the same time, we are generally balancing work and/ or parenting duties. If you are going to achieve all of this, it will take dedication and a huge amount of motivation. To succeed, planning and routine are vital. Eliminating possible obstacles and interruptions is key. Staying true to your goals can be difficult – who doesn’t want to just put their feet up in front of the T.V after a hard day’s work? Add to this, expensive gym fees, the effort it takes to travel to and from the gym, and over-busy facilities, it is no wonder many of us just give up after a few weeks of good intentions!

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A Home Gym Shipping Container

The perfect solution is to buy a gym made from shipping containers. Just imagine not needing to drive to the gym! By turning a shipping container into a gym, get rid of queuing for the running machines, no more scheduling around opening times, and no more dealing with over-crowded changing rooms. Instead, pop across your garden for a workout, and enjoy your very own, personalised shipping container gym. And the best part – you can work out at any time!

Buy a Shipping Container Gym

So let’s get you started and get yourself into shape quickly! As an example, we could begin with a standard 20ft new (once shipped) container and install a secure personnel door (allows easier access). Whether you’re pounding the treadmill or doing a little yoga, consider where to position your shipping container gym. You can fit large windows for the perfect outlook. so make the most of the outside view when deciding where to situate the container.

Converting a Container into a Gym

Secondly, we will fully insulate the unit; with 3mm white faced MDF over glass wool insulation, to a timber stud frame. Not only will this look smart and professional, it will ensure a balanced temperature and prevent condensation. To check out more on insulated containers visit: http://www.lioncontainers.co.uk/container-lining.html.

Build a Container Gym

Fitting electrics into your container gym is an important consideration, and at Lion containers we supply, fit and test all electrical components. Shipping containers can be modified to suit your ideas, from simple electrics to more complex set-ups. This covers gym equipment, standard or high spec mood lighting, sound and TV systems.

Climate Control

For gym conversions, we advise installing a complete climate control system. This involves a number of multi-function air conditioners, controlled directly by the user. This means you will have total power to monitor temperature, including heating, cooling, humidity and air circulation.

Structural Modifications

For shipping container gyms, we reinforce the floor with a 3mm Durbar floor, with stitch weld and sealed joints. A reinforced floor is essential to hold the weight of heavy gym equipment.

Turning a Shipping Container into a Gym

In summary, here at Lion Containers we supply and fit all elements to create the ultimate container gym! These include:

Original cargo doors (opening wide enough to fit gym equipment in)
Personnel doors
Windows
Air conditioning
Electrical installation (lighting, TV and sound systems)
Reinforced flooring

To finish, we will paint the container (inside and out) in your chosen colours. Select a RAL colour, and make your shipping container gym as beautiful as your garden.

Moving a Container Gym

The best thing about using containers is that if you ever decided to move house, you will be able move the container with you! Shipping containers are so easy to transport, either by road, sea or air.