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SPORTL!FE / Design and service

First you draw. Only then do you buy.

The equipment list is the last step, not the first. We come, measure, draw the floor plan and prepare a 3D view — so the decision is made over a picture of the space as it will be, not over a table of codes.

Since 2009Authorised distributor of Life Fitness and Hammer Strength
AutoCAD and 3DA floor plan and a view of the space before you order anything
Our own teamInstallation and commissioning, with no subcontractors
24 – 48 hoursTypical response, inland and on the coast
How enquiries usually arrive

A table knows nothing about the space

Almost every enquiry arrives as a list: so many treadmills, so many machines, so many dumbbells. A list is tidy and makes it look as if the job is done. The trouble is that it knows nothing about the room it is going into.

A machine that fits the floor area does not necessarily fit the gym. There has to be room between the machine and the wall to get out of it. A safety zone stays clear behind a treadmill. A cable station needs a height that a basement often does not have, and a plate-loaded machine needs space to walk around it. A list does not show that. A floor plan shows it straight away.

How we work

Three steps to a picture of the gym

The sequence is always the same, whether it is sixty square metres in a hotel or an entire floor of a club. The floor plan, 3D visualisation and consulting are contracted separately, and the price depends on the complexity of the project. When you order the equipment, we deduct that amount from the value of the order.

Floor plan with equipment layout in AutoCAD
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Floor plan

The space is measured on site and drawn in AutoCAD: walls, columns, doors, heights, connections. The equipment goes onto that drawing to scale, with the zones around each machine.

By contract · credited against your order
3D view of a gym from a bird's-eye perspective
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3D view

The same layout, but through a visitor's eyes. You can see how easy the gym is to move through, where the light falls, how the zones are separated and how it will all look in a photograph. The visualisations are produced by ECDESIGN5, with whom we work on projects.

By contract · credited against your order
Finished gym with the equipment delivered
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List and quote

Only now does the equipment list make sense, because it comes out of the drawing, not the catalogue. With it comes a split into phases if not everything is bought at once.

Your decision

We draw the floor plans ourselves. The 3D visualisations are produced by ECDESIGN5, with whom we work on projects, and for interior fit-out we work with Fit Interiors. In every case the client has one point of contact — us.

What goes into the drawing

What you can't see from a catalogue

A floor plan is not a sketch of the layout but a check on whether the gym is feasible at all. This is the list of what is checked every time.

  • Dimensions, heights and load capacityCeiling height decides on cable stations and racks, and floor load capacity on the free-weight zone.
  • Walkways and safety zonesThe gap between machines, room to get out and the zone behind a treadmill. That is a question of liability, not just comfort.
  • Connections and networkWhere there is power and how far the Wi-Fi reaches. A treadmill and a console each need theirs, and the last machine in the row has to be covered.
  • Gym zonesCardio, strength, free weights, functional, recovery. The zones are not mixed, because people behave differently in each.
  • FlooringOne floor goes under weights, another under treadmills, a third in the functional training zone. It is chosen according to what is done on it and what is beneath it.
  • Mirrors, lighting and graphicsThe part of the impression that costs the least and shows the most when the gym is photographed.
AutoCAD floor plan with zones and machines drawn in
Why 3D

The decision is made over a picture, not a table

A 3D view is not decoration but a decision-making tool. It shows what you cannot see from a list — whether the gym is easy to move through, whether there is room left for what is coming next year and whether it looks like a place people come back to.

Delivery and installation

It is handed over when it works, not when it has been delivered

Handover and staff training at a Life Fitness console

Most unpleasant surprises during installation are not the machines but the route to them: a narrow door, a lift that won't take the length, a staircase with no landing. That is checked before the lorry sets off, not on delivery day.

On site, our own team does the work — carrying in, assembly, levelling, commissioning and connecting to the facility's network. At the end the staff are trained, because a machine nobody knows how to set up works at half its potential.

Service and maintenance

The part of the job that starts after delivery

Equipment that runs sixteen hours a day needs regular maintenance like any other machine. The difference lies in who comes, how quickly and whether the part is in stock.

We don't pass service on. The same people who set the gym up come to maintain it, so there is no need to explain what was installed where and why.

We keep bases both inland and on the coast, precisely because the Croatian season does not keep office hours. When you are fullest is when you need it most.

Technician at a Life Fitness treadmill with a status display
Our own technicians

No subcontractors and no passing of responsibility. One phone number for the whole facility.

Inland and coast

Two bases, so distance doesn't decide how long you wait. The typical response is within 24 – 48 hours.

Original parts

A parts warehouse and the manufacturer's official channel. For Life Fitness and Hammer Strength, parts in Croatia come through us.

Preventive maintenance

A contract with dates agreed in advance and a known annual cost, instead of unpredictable call-outs.

Service request from the system

For connected facilities the request is sent through Facility Connect, and its status is visible at all times.

History per machine

A record is kept of what was done on each unit and when. Useful both for upgrades and when selling used equipment.

Selected projects

How it looks when it is finished

The same process, three entirely different jobs.

Visualisation of a hotel gym with a glass wall and cardio zone
Hotel on the coast Small space, full season

Cardio along the glass wall, strength further in, zones marked on the wall so that nothing needs explaining to the guest.

Visualisation of a large sports gym with racks and benches
Sports gym Twenty people in the same session

Racks and plate loaded machines arranged so that the whole squad trains at once, with no queuing and no crossing paths.

Visualisation of a gym at a campsite with wall graphics
Seaside campsite Graphics as part of the project

When the space is small, the wall does half the work. Graphics and lighting go into the visualisation together with the machines, not afterwards.

Tell us where the space is and how many square metres it has

Get in touch and let us arrange a conversation about the space. We put the quote together after that; the floor plan and 3D visualisation are done under contract, and their cost is deducted from your order.

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