Digital Signage for Gyms and Leisure Centres

Class times change. A studio gets moved. An offer ends on Friday and half your members haven't heard about it. With digital signage for gyms, the right message goes on the right screen, and your team can change it from one dashboard in seconds.

MRG Systems has been building screen systems in the UK for 43 years. LiveSpace is our own software, and it runs more than 25,000 connected screens. Our UK team builds it, installs it and looks after it. Book a demo or start a free trial and see it working in your club.

What is digital signage for gyms?

It's a set of screens around your club, all managed from one system. They show class timetables, offers, events, safety notices and anything else members should see. Your team picks what shows and when, using a simple dashboard. Nobody has to print, laminate or pin up notices by hand. It works for a single independent gym and for a group of clubs. Same idea at any size. Change it once, and every screen follows.

Where screens work in a gym

Think about where members stop, wait or look for answers. That's where a screen earns its place.

• Reception: a welcome, opening times and offers
• The gym floor: equipment guidance and safety reminders
• Studio entrances: the next class and any changes
• The pool area and changing room corridors: session times and notices
• The cafe or juice bar: menus and deals
• The entrance and car park: opening hours and new member offers

Each screen can do a different job. Reception carries a welcome, the studio entrance shows today's timetable and the cafe shows a lunch deal. Digital signage for gyms works best when every screen has one clear purpose, and you choose what it is. Screens in wet or humid areas need the right hardware, so tell us about the space in the consultation, and we'll advise.

What to show on your gym screens

The best gym screens answer the questions members would otherwise ask at the desk. Good choices are:

• today's class timetable and any changes
• membership offers and renewal reminders
• events, challenges and new classes
• trainer profiles and personal training offers
• equipment guidance and safety notices
• member milestones and community news

Keep each message short. A member glances at a screen between sets, so one clear idea works better than a crowded slide. You can schedule content ahead, so an offer starts Monday morning and comes down when it ends.

LiveSpace can also take in live data feeds, so some information updates by itself. Tell us which booking or membership systems you use and we'll look at what can be connected. This applies to digital signage for gyms and fitness centres of every size. The less your team has to retype, the more likely the screens stay right.

Digital signage for leisure centres

Gyms are the basics. Leisure centres have more to say. There are swimming sessions, court bookings, family activities, holiday clubs and community events, and it all changes with the season. A printed timetable goes out of date fast, and a poster by the pool can't tell a family that a session has moved.

Digital signage for leisure centres puts all of it in one place. Screens can show today's pool and court times, the sessions running and what's on this week. Staff change the dashboard once and every screen follows. A centre run by a council or trust can use the same screens for community notices too.

Run several centres? LiveSpace manages every site from one dashboard. Send one message to all of them, or a different one to a single centre.

Turn your screens into extra income

Members spend time looking at your screens, and that attention has value. Use it to promote the cafe, personal training, new classes and memberships for friends and family. A screen next to the cafe queue can show today's deals right when someone is deciding what to order.

Some clubs also sell screen space to local partners, like physio clinics, sports shops or nutrition brands. If that interests you, set a clear rule that your own messages always come first. Screens earn their keep when they bring in money as well as keeping members informed.

Easy for busy gym teams

Gym staff are busy coaching and serving members, so updating a screen has to be quick. LiveSpace runs in the cloud and is managed from one dashboard. You can schedule content ahead, change it in seconds and see how it performs with analytics.

You decide who on the team updates the screens. If one person looks after the timetable and another does offers, mention it in the consultation and we'll go through the options.

After installation we monitor your network and give same-day support from our Gloucestershire headquarters, plus regular platform updates. Digital signage for gyms and fitness centres should save your team time, not use more of it.

Who we work with

MRG Systems works with more than 100 organisations across retail, healthcare, transport, education, hospitality and corporate workplaces. Places Leisure is one of them.

Places Leisure swapped posters and leaflets for more than 43 LiveSpace screens. They reported a 60 percent increase in engagement across 100,000 members. Same idea in your club: swap the notices people walk past for something they notice. [Add one line from Places Leisure on what changed, once they approve the wording.] [Read the case study]

From first call to live screens

Every project follows the same four steps.

1. Free consultation. We listen to your goals, look at what you have now and suggest the right approach.
2. Solution design. We plan the hardware, content and LiveSpace set-up for your club.
3. Installation. Our UK engineers install and commission every screen.
4. Ongoing support. Same-day help, monitoring and regular platform updates.

Talk to us about digital signage for gyms

Tell us about your club, your members and what you want your screens to do. We'll listen, look at what you have now and show you how LiveSpace can help. Our UK team can talk through digital signage for gyms and fitness centres of any size. So book a demo and start your free trial via call: +44 (0)1453 820 840