• Cross trainers
• Bicycles
• Step machines
• Rowing machines
All facilities should aim to provide a range of fully
accessible equipment as accredited by the
Inclusive Fitness Initiative (IFI)
For facilities aiming for Provisional Level IFI
Mark Accreditation provide:
• 1 IFI accredited treadmill
• 1 IFI accredited upright or recumbent cycle
• 1 IFI accredited upper body ergometer
For facilities aiming for Registered Level IFI
Mark Accreditation provide:
• Minimum 30% of all treadmills IFI accredited
• Minimum 30% of all upright and recumbent
cycles IFI accredited
• 1 IFI accredited upper body ergometer
For facilities aiming for Excellent Level IFI Mark
Accreditation provide:
• All treadmills IFI accredited
• All upright and recumbent cycles IFI
accredited
• Minimum of 1-2 IFI accredited upper body
ergometers (depending on size of facility)
• Minimum of 1 IFI accredited rowing machine
and postural support seat
The average user may spend between twenty
and thirty minutes on each piece of equipment.
CV areas are generally planned so that the CV
equipment is arranged in multiple tiered rows
facing one direction, with the lowest equipment
at the front, grouped in front of an audio/visual
(AV) system. The AV system will normally
include a number of large plasma flat screen
televisions, wall or gantry mounted, with each
screen offering a different entertainment
channel. Switched headphone sockets on the
exercise equipment allow each user to select the
sound channel relevant to the
programme/screen being watched.
Some CV equipment can cause impact vibration,
particularly tread/running machines. Their
position, load transfer and acoustic isolation
relative to the floor will need particular
consideration.