Reduce Liability in Your Fitness Center, Part 3

To help ensure user safety in your fitness facility, use signage. Signs can both safely guide the exerciser through their workout and warn the user about safety hazards in the room. Here are a couple tips to help you maximize your signage effort:

• Signs should be displayed prominently
  
• Signs should use plain language that's clear and easy to understan

Here are some ideas on what types of signs you could post in your facility:

• Who is able to enter and use the facility
• Whether or not supervision is available
• Hours of operation
• A phone number to report emergencies, defective equipment and/or dangerous conditions
• A disclaimer that users are exercising at their own risk
• A disclaimer that users should consult their physician before beginning any exercise program
• Muscles worked during certain exercise
• Stretching exercises and tips
  

You should also make sure that the equipment itself has easy to locate and easy to understand consoles and placards, especially on strength training equipment.

If you have any questions about creating and posting signage in your fitness facility, please contact us! We're happy to help you. Next week's topic to help you reduce liability in your fitness center: Equipment Maintenance.