Fitness Center Cleaning Checklist

Start by sweeping the entirety of the floor (using a bigger broom will speed this process up), making sure to pile debris and dirt into a corner and dispose of it in proper waste receptacles.

Apply an eco-friendly cleaning solution to the floor using a wet mop system. Again, using a larger mop will alleviate the time it takes to thoroughly disinfect the wooden fitness center floor.

Allow the wood floor to air dry.

Pro-Tip: If you noticed any smudges on the wood floor, there’s an easy fix that doesn’t require costly cleaners: use a tennis ball and rub the smudge; the thick felt on the tennis ball will erase the smudges, leaving your wood fitness center floor looking like new.

Cleaning Rubber Fitness Center Floors: For rubber fitness center floors commonly associated with workout spaces that include heavy equipment, the cleaning process is a bit different.

Use a plastic scraper to remove residue, such as gum or mud tracked in from shoes.

Dispose of the removed refuse in the appropriate disposal bin.

Vacuum the rubber fitness center floor, removing any smaller particles of dirt, food and other debris.

Mix an eco-friendly cleaner with water and apply it to the rubber fitness center floor using a wet mop system.

Rinse the mop and bucket clean with water and allow them to dry for a few minutes, taking care that soap is removed from the bucket and mop.

Fill the bucket with cold water and mop the entirety of the floor again to remove residual soap from the floor that can leave it looking cloudy or stained after drying.

Once the floor has been rewetted with clean cold water, allow to air dry.

Pro-Tip: For particularly stubborn stains or spills, apply the eco-friendly cleaner and water mixture from Step 4 directly to the stain or spill with a separate brush, scrubbing with light pressure so as to remove the stain but not damage the floor.

Cleaning Wrestling Mats

Wrestling mats and other fitness center mats require special cleaning, as they are one of the most highly trafficked areas in a fitness center by bare feet, and are hotbeds for fungi and bacteria such as:

Cleaning the Locker Room: It’s important that fitness center locker rooms be cleaned at least once a day in order to ensure the health of fitness center goers and to prevent spread of infectious fungi or diseases from the locker to fitness center equipment and other areas of the facility.

Ensure your cleaning team is following these steps to clean locker rooms properly:

First, the tops, fronts and sides of fitness center lockers should be thoroughly scrubbed using an eco-friendly disinfectant and allowed to dry. For vacant lockers, the interior should also be disinfected with an eco-friendly cleaner and allowed to dry.
After lockers have been disinfected, toilets, sinks and showers of adjoining locker room bathrooms should be disinfected thoroughly. Special attention should be paid to common touch points like shower handles, sink handles and faucets and locker room benches.
Locker room benches should be disinfected with an eco-friendly cleaner and allowed to air dry.
Locker room floors should be mopped with an eco-friendly solution and wet mop system and allowed to air dry.

Cleaning Exercise Equipment

Handles, pedals and all surfaces of workout equipment should be thoroughly disinfected using a microfiber cloth and eco-friendly disinfectant.

Vinyl surfaces of inclined or declined benches must be thoroughly disinfected due to the heavy amount of traffic that these surfaces experience on a daily basis.

All surfaces should be wiped down again with a different, dry microfiber cloth in order to remove the remaining disinfectant and any bacteria, viruses or fungi present on the surfaces.

Medicine balls, dumbbells and other standalone items should also be thoroughly cleaned with a microfiber cloth, wetted with eco-friendly disinfectant and then dried with a separate, dry microfiber towel, before being replaced to their rightful locations for the next day of use.

Fitness Center Cleaning Checklist

Fitness Center Cleaning Checklist

Start by sweeping the entirety of the floor (using a bigger broom will speed this process up), making sure to pile debris and dirt into a corner and dispose of it in proper waste receptacles.

Apply an eco-friendly cleaning solution to the floor using a wet mop system. Again, using a larger mop will alleviate the time it takes to thoroughly disinfect the wooden fitness center floor.

Allow the wood floor to air dry.

Pro-Tip: If you noticed any smudges on the wood floor, there’s an easy fix that doesn’t require costly cleaners: use a tennis ball and rub the smudge; the thick felt on the tennis ball will erase the smudges, leaving your wood fitness center floor looking like new.

Cleaning Rubber Fitness Center Floors: For rubber fitness center floors commonly associated with workout spaces that include heavy equipment, the cleaning process is a bit different.

Use a plastic scraper to remove residue, such as gum or mud tracked in from shoes.

Dispose of the removed refuse in the appropriate disposal bin.

Vacuum the rubber fitness center floor, removing any smaller particles of dirt, food and other debris.

Mix an eco-friendly cleaner with water and apply it to the rubber fitness center floor using a wet mop system.

Rinse the mop and bucket clean with water and allow them to dry for a few minutes, taking care that soap is removed from the bucket and mop.

Fill the bucket with cold water and mop the entirety of the floor again to remove residual soap from the floor that can leave it looking cloudy or stained after drying.

Once the floor has been rewetted with clean cold water, allow to air dry.

Pro-Tip: For particularly stubborn stains or spills, apply the eco-friendly cleaner and water mixture from Step 4 directly to the stain or spill with a separate brush, scrubbing with light pressure so as to remove the stain but not damage the floor.

Cleaning Wrestling Mats

Wrestling mats and other fitness center mats require special cleaning, as they are one of the most highly trafficked areas in a fitness center by bare feet, and are hotbeds for fungi and bacteria such as:

Impetigo

Tinea Corporis (ringworm)

Herpes Gladiatorum (Herpes Simplex 1)

Scabies

Staph Infection/MRSA

Cleaning the Locker Room: It’s important that fitness center locker rooms be cleaned at least once a day in order to ensure the health of fitness center goers and to prevent spread of infectious fungi or diseases from the locker to fitness center equipment and other areas of the facility.

Ensure your cleaning team is following these steps to clean locker rooms properly:

First, the tops, fronts and sides of fitness center lockers should be thoroughly scrubbed using an eco-friendly disinfectant and allowed to dry. For vacant lockers, the interior should also be disinfected with an eco-friendly cleaner and allowed to dry.

After lockers have been disinfected, toilets, sinks and showers of adjoining locker room bathrooms should be disinfected thoroughly. Special attention should be paid to common touch points like shower handles, sink handles and faucets and locker room benches.

Locker room benches should be disinfected with an eco-friendly cleaner and allowed to air dry.

Locker room floors should be mopped with an eco-friendly solution and wet mop system and allowed to air dry.

Cleaning Exercise Equipment

Handles, pedals and all surfaces of workout equipment should be thoroughly disinfected using a microfiber cloth and eco-friendly disinfectant.

Vinyl surfaces of inclined or declined benches must be thoroughly disinfected due to the heavy amount of traffic that these surfaces experience on a daily basis.

All surfaces should be wiped down again with a different, dry microfiber cloth in order to remove the remaining disinfectant and any bacteria, viruses or fungi present on the surfaces.

Medicine balls, dumbbells and other standalone items should also be thoroughly cleaned with a microfiber cloth, wetted with eco-friendly disinfectant and then dried with a separate, dry microfiber towel, before being replaced to their rightful locations for the next day of use.