Gym Locker Room

Gym lockers are designed to securely store clothes, bags and other belongings when using gym facilities. There are extra considerations when selecting gym lockers compared to normal lockers. Creating a premium experience for your gym members doesn’t stop with offering exceptional equipment, classes and fitness instructors. The presentation and practical details of your facility also matter.

How can you upgrade your gym lockers and room so that they don’t feel like a regular school or community leisure centre changing room? We’ve got plenty of ideas inspired by our professional locker room fit-outs for Sports Direct, Diesel, and Oxygen.

Features that set a gym locker apart from normal lockers


Providing health club or gym lockers is all about understanding the needs of your members, or perhaps even anticipating their wants before they’re aware of them. It’s also a great way to stay ahead of the competition. 

Many members, especially for 24-hour gyms near business parks or in city centres, will be hard-working professionals looking to fit fitness around their busy schedules. 

A subpar locker room with minimal features won’t necessarily fill your clientele with joy. What these members are looking for is a clean, functional space that allows them to comfortably dress in and out of work attire and fitness wear, as well as take care of personal care and grooming. For early risers, it’ll be the little additions that capture their attention and praise. 

Tall lockers

Offering taller lockers with hangers lets members store jackets, dresses and coats without having to fold or crease. Also, if many of your members don’t drive to work or to your gym, offering plenty of designated space in the lockers for things like laptops, rucksacks and document folders will be much appreciated. They’ll feel taken care of and understood as customers. 

This leads us to our next point: security. Members visiting your gym with wallets, expensive devices and perhaps even designer watches, jewellery or handbags will want to know that their items are safe in your lockers. 

Having specific compartments for certain items, such as shoes or folders also provides a pleasant, organised space, instead of the typical clutter and cramming that goes on with a normal locker.

Enhanced security

Ensuring the locking systems and materials are resistant to potential theft attempts is a must. To give gym goers peace of mind and encourage them to use rather than forfeit your lockers, we recommend a sophisticated digital key code system. 

The added benefit of using this rather than the traditional silicone wristbands is that members can train without having to wear the key around their wrist—a nuisance for certain activities. 

Encourage ventilation

No one wants to take their clothes out of a locker after a workout to find they smell stuffy. Enabling ventilation in your lockers is a must to prevent a build up of moisture, heat or unpleasant odours. Your pre-work visitors will appreciate the fresh, revitalised feeling after a good workout. It’s also best practice to pair this with a clean, modern shower facility.

The choice of materials for your gym lockers is also important. Using easy-to-clean, moisture- and rust-resistant materials will help your team maintain a professional-looking locker room.

LED lights

LED lights create a pleasant atmosphere and offer a balance between not being too bright while offering enough light for members to get ready, do their hair, make up and self-care routine, etc. Also, the LED lights offer a more premium look for your changing room. Some gyms are also now adding extras, such as mirrors and straighteners, helping people leave the gym feeling and looking their best. 

On-brand design

At premium gyms and health clubs, lockers shouldn’t look like they were hastily picked from a catalogue. Instead, blending them seamlessly with your facility and brand aesthetic will help create synergy and a luxury feel. Getting a bespoke, made-to-measure design for your locker room is the way forward.

Chargers

For some lockers, you may also want to provide charge points for laptops and mobile phones. That way, members can train without worrying about their devices running low on power.
 
Take the hassle out of designing or upgrading your gym locker room, and make it a fun process with the team at Gymkit. Find out more about our gym locker solutions today.