Good point on the lack of specialty bars. Usually a gym this size has a bunch lining the wall.

A basic commercial gym could be ballpark 4,000 sqft. Some big clubs with many rooms and every feature imaginable like a sauna etc. could be ten times that size.

hey there david thanks so much for your response, just asking for the average american home if u had a gym in your basement carpark or carport backyard or a converted room, and this gym is 400sqft where do we stand in the larger scheme of things when it comes to home gym size comparison?

i know some residences have gyms of 200sqft, some are 300, 400 or even 1000sqft. so i was thinking if i were to copycat some of the major commercial gyms like anytime fitness or fitness first, what in your idea would be a small, medium , large and very large home gym size that would be considered enviable and a wow factor? cheers buddy. anyways i am from singapore, and covid 19 has forced all of us to think of alternative ways to exercise without a regular gym haha

Hi Samuel,
Attyguy’s is 400sqft. You should be able to fit several pieces of equipment. You just have to plan it out on paper, giving allowances for how much space you need around each piece to move around. For the power rack ideally you’d need a 12ft wide area to give yourself plenty of room to stand and load plates on each side of the 7ft bar.
This gives a little more info on space: https://www.tworepcave.com/673/how-much-space-do-you-need-for-a-home-gym/

hey there i am just reading this blog because i am interested to setting up my own home gym but just how much space would i need for a very comprehensive gym where i can do heavy lifting as shown here, n the article, as well as the cardio segment like treadmills , exercise bikes and spinning bikes, rowing machine pullup bars multigym stations and kettlebells etc.

is 400sqft enough? or wouldi need 450 sqft? thanks.

Maybe it will be a collector’s item soon!

I’m glad you like it, Todd! I just sent you an email.