{"id":5981,"date":"2020-07-09T08:04:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T15:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alconlighting.com\/blog\/?p=5981"},"modified":"2022-02-01T10:02:14","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T17:02:14","slug":"enhancing-fitness-experience-lighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alconlighting.com\/blog\/lighting-design\/enhancing-fitness-experience-lighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Enhancing the Fitness Experience With Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

With fitness tracking tools, reconfigured gyms, home studios, and the pre-pandemic popularity of group fitness classes such as Rise Nation, SoulCycle and BaseCamp, motivating the individual to seek, gain and maintain fitness has never had such variety.<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, today\u2019s success in the business of fitness pivots on retaining users by optimizing the user\u2019s experience. This could entail expanding the digital class or reconfiguring an in-person experience for optimal health and inspiration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lighting is crucial for achieving both.<\/span><\/p>\n

The relationship between mood and lighting is well established<\/u><\/a> and an integral part of architecture and lighting design<\/u><\/a>. Lighting can calm and soothe or propel and fuel the exerciser. Natural lighting has an impact on the individual\u2019s alertness. Bright colors can deepen this sense of alertness; for example, blue and red can intensify one\u2019s sensorial experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

A fitness control system that\u2019s simple and functional \u2014 using various settings to adjust light intensity, color and display \u2014 makes it easier for fitness instructors to tailor unique workout experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this year, New York City-based fitness studio AARMY<\/a><\/span> hired designers Alvarez & Vincent<\/u><\/a>, who are Alcon Lighting<\/a><\/span> customers, to design a pop-up cycle studio in West Hollywood as a pre-launch site to opening AARMY\u2019s larger, more permanent location, set for Hollywood.<\/span><\/p>\n

The starting point was lighting. The challenge? To create a unique yet refined fitness space and experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe nature of a temporary pop-up space necessitated that we really focus on lighting as a way to create an elevated experience,\u201d Alvarez & Vincent designer Christian Munoz explained.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Santa Monica-based designer said that he sought to create an inviting sense of comfort while inducing motivation to push the exerciser into gradually more intense workout sessions. \u201cOnce the sessions are complete,\u201d Munoz said, \u201cthe lighting dials back in order [for the user] to decompress, clean up and push through the rest of the day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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AARMY features Alcon Lighting\u2019s color-tunable architectural linear LED lighting.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThroughout the entire studio, we used a defined palette of branded colors to give the space a wholistic feel, as well as brand continuity with the New York City pop-up studio,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

For instance, he opted for the all-black finish and setting the lights in the semi-circular cycling room, he aligned Alcon\u2019s linear lighting from the wall to the ceiling.\u00a0 Intentionally, the lighting elicits a sense of motion, like a spaceship\u2019s jump to hyperspace.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur involvement started very early in the process,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe met with AARMY\u2019s LA head, Angela Manuel-Davis, who we knew through our work with Nike. We knew that she was a former USA track team member and had heard about her legendary classes straddling the line between sport and spirituality.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Munoz said that Manuel-Davis invited the design team to join one of her sessions.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe were immediately hooked and we fully understood the fervor behind her supporters. Angela and AARMY\u2019s New York head, Akin Akman, are the best in the industry, which is what sets them apart from everyone else. So, before we put pencil to paper, we wanted to experience what they bring to each and every class to help them magnify that energy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Designing lighting for AARMY\u2019s fitness training eventually involved Munoz working with Mark Jean at Ardent Integrated Systems to program the lights so that coaches could tailor each session with a variety of moods. Lighting schemes range from stadium bright for cleaning purposes to pitch black for introspective moments during class, with a wide range in between. AARMY coaches curate lighting to suit the tunes for maximum fitness impact.<\/span><\/p>\n

Part of AARMY\u2019s program requires lighting that\u2019s also conducive to filming, Munoz said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cAARMY has always been set up to produce digital content for their brand and digital classes for broadcasting,\u201d he said. Many fitness studios make classes available online for those who miss a class or wish to workout at home, especially now.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat AARMY exudes at its core is this mentality that you, as an individual, can persevere, and that, with a strong, positive community at your side, anything can be overcome.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Productive fitness training means gaining, retaining and renewing the exerciser\u2019s motivation, which hinges upon one\u2019s experience in the arena\u2014the spaces, equipment and atmosphere\u2014which are best cast in a purposeful light.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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