Equipment
Racks and cages
Squat racks, power cages and Smith machines are the heart of a commercial gym's free-weight area — the frames the whole strength zone gets built around.
Racks and cages cover squat racks, power cages and Smith machines — the core equipment for free-weight training. They suit commercial gyms, hotel gyms, shared residential gyms and rehabilitation centres, where several members squat, bench and press side by side. Since one rack serves one person or a pair at a time, the number of racks directly decides how many people the strength area can hold at the evening peak without anyone waiting.
Planning for a rack or cage means accounting for both its own footprint and the working area around it. The catalogue's seven racks range from 140–185 cm long, 122–205 cm wide and 210–240 cm tall — the exact figure depends on the model and your ceiling height. Beyond the machine's own dimensions, the area needs clear space for lifting and setting down the bar, plus a path through to neighbouring equipment. A thicker floor covering under the rack is a good match, since it dampens the noise of dropped plates and protects the subfloor.
