Home gym and studio mirrors

Why a gym needs a mirror

A mirror in a gym is a working tool, not decoration. It is how you check that your back is flat in a deadlift, that your knees are tracking in a squat and that both sides are doing the same work. Without one you are training on feel alone, which works right up until it doesn\'t.

How high, and how low

The mistake in most home gyms is hanging the mirror at eye level like a bathroom mirror. For training you need to see the whole body, including the feet: the bottom edge should sit 30–40 cm above the floor, low enough to show your stance and high enough to clear skirting, dropped plates and a bench pushed against the wall.

Covering a whole wall

Individual panels go up to 200 × 200 cm. For a wider wall, panels are hung side by side with a minimal joint – this is how studio walls are done, and from a metre or two away the joints are barely noticeable. Measure the wall, decide how many panels it takes, and send us the measurements if you want them worked out.

Safety in a training room

This matters more in a gym than anywhere else, because a gym is a room where heavy things get dropped. Safety backing film is available on every mirror: a layer bonded to the back that holds the glass together if it is ever broken, so it does not come down in shards. We strongly recommend it on any mirror in a gym, and particularly in a room with free weights.

Fixing

Spread the weight across several fixings. Mirrors with lights come with a mounting kit in the box; for mirrors without lights you order hangers, mirror adhesive or mounting tape as an accessory. In plasterboard, use fixings rated for the weight, and on tiles drill with a tile bit. In a gym, fix into masonry or into the studs – never into plasterboard alone – and keep the mirror out of the drop zone of a barbell if you can. Mirror adhesive on its own is not sufficient here.

Home gyms, garages and studios

A garage gym has its own problem: cold walls, condensation and, often, breeze-block. The glass copes; the fixings need to be rated for masonry. Dance, ballet and yoga studios usually want the full wall covered and the bottom edge lower still, so the feet are visible from the back of the room. The same goes for an exercise or workout room at home. For commercial fit-outs, get in touch – we cut to your measurements rather than to a catalogue.

Sizes

For a size of your own, draw it without lights in the cut to size configurator – width and height to the centimetre, up to 200 × 200 cm.

Every mirror is made to order in our own workshop and dispatched within 4 working days, with free delivery on orders over £100.