Cleaning a Fitness Facility for Safety and Satisfaction

Patrons come to a fitness facility for health and wellness. The last thing they want is a nasty–or possibly lethal–infection. That is why cleaning a fitness facility is so important for both client safety and your gym’s reputation.
Getting your employees to perform daily maintenance, however, can be hit or miss. Fitness centers are filled with different surfaces and building materials like hard wood flooring, carpets, mats, and pieces of equipment. Each material demands different cleaning methods and tools. Restroom and shower areas complicate matters more. These are the hardest areas to clean, eating up the most time and effort from your staff.
There is a way to simplify fitness facility cleaning without compromising quality. In fact, there are tools that allow your staff to clean better and work faster leaving your gym safe, clean, and sparkling fresh.
Gym Infections: The Danger is Real
Moist, warm, and busy, fitness facilities provide the perfect conditions for germs, molds, and other pathogens to grow and thrive. The variety of possible infections gym goers can encounter while working out is quite impressive.
The most serious bug is MRSA or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. This staph bacteria is resistant to common antibiotics, making it very difficult to treat. Once it enters the bloodstream, MRSA can cause severe infections such as pneumonia, sepsis, and in some cases, can be fatal.
Other infections may not kill you but are still pretty nasty. They include plantar warts, ringworm, and athlete’s foot. And there are still all the airborne germs that cause cold and flu to worry about.
While dangerous germs lurk everywhere, fitness facility restrooms and shower areas pose more problems. These warm, moist areas tend to be the germiest spaces of all. And your members know it. Disgusting looking, bad smelling toilets, floors, and shower stalls will destroy clients’ confidence and send them running to your competition.
Cleaning to Prevent Infections (and Protect Reputations)
Cleaning fitness centers protects health and safety. But cleaning can be complicated. As mentioned, gyms have a variety of areas, each with their own cleaning needs and protocols. Providing the right tools for the job, while ensuring staff are well trained on each piece of equipment, is complicated.
The result? A janitor’s closet full of unused tools, frustrated staff confused about how to do their job, and grossed out clients ready to cancel their membership.
Or fitness facility owners can switch to Kaivac tools. Machines like the No-Touch Cleaning® system lets staff clean restrooms, locker areas, and showers quickly and completely.
Unhappy with the state of their restrooms and showers, one franchise owner of a leading brand in fitness centers recently traded their flat mop, rags, and garden hose for a No-Touch Cleaning system. The owner was amazed by the results.
This owner is not alone. Steve Sweney, owner of Patriot Carpet Cleaning LLC, bought a No Touch Cleaning system when he took over cleaning at the local YMCA. His staff were grateful. “After our training, they said this is too fun to be work,” he says. “Everyone really appreciates the No-Touch technology.”
The All-Floor with spray capability is another great choice for cleaning fitness facilities. This tool cleans restrooms and showers along with wide area lobby floors, rubberized floors, and wood floors. Staff can also use the off-platform dry vacuum to clean hard-to-reach areas around work out equipment.
The KaiNect™ app simplifies training on all Kaivac tools. This portal links to a dynamic library of training videos that inform and empower employees to do their best work. Kaivac staff can even translate custom videos to help overcome language barriers.
Don’t let dirty fitness facilities harm your business. Contact Kaivac today.
Amy Milshtein
Amy Milshtein is a seasoned writer and content strategist at Kaivac, Inc., where she combines her passion for storytelling with her extensive knowledge of cleaning technologies. With over a decade of experience in the industry, Amy has become an expert in translating complex technical concepts into engaging and accessible content. She holds a degree in English and Communication from Rutgers, the State University of NJ.