Bathroom planning: the fitness factor is gaining importance
With the right room concept and the appropriately equipped bathroom, your own home can also become a place for fitness and regeneration.
Photo: Kaldewei
Summer is long
gone and the winter is well and truly here. Because of the season and the
corona pandemic, we’re spending most of our evenings at home. The challenge now
is to stay fit so that we’re in the best possible shape for spring. A targeted
workout in your own four walls can definitely help, and with the right concept
for making the most of the space and the suitable equipment, the bathroom can
play an important role in staying fit and well too. After all, water, air and
warmth are the ideal way to regenerate after exercise and can play a supporting
role in the success of the training programme.
A growing
number of architects and bathroom planners are incorporating the fitness factor
into their refurbishment projects and transforming the bathroom into a private
spa – after all, an appropriate atmosphere and the right kind of regeneration
after exercising can be very beneficial. Effective spinning or training on a
rowing machine – which these days can even imitate the noise of the oars
dipping into the water – have twice the effect when water and warmth create a
healthy balance with mind, body and soul. So a bathroom designed with fitness
in mind provides the ideal conditions for avoiding aching muscles and ensuring
the results of the training programme, such as targeted fat burning and
building up muscle, are not short-lived.
Training and regeneration are also possible at home
Modern bathrooms radiate a homely atmosphere, which is increasingly reflected in more technical equipment. This also includes fitness equipment, which you can see less and less for their fitness character.
Photo: Ciclotte
And if
it’s only a few short steps from the sweat-inducing training machine to the
cooling shower, all the better – especially if you can finish off by rewarding
yourself with a soak in a luxurious tub. The warm bathwater relaxes the muscles
and clears the mind – the perfect wellness programme for body and soul. And a
shower alone can be enough to help loosen the muscles if it has a choice of
different spray modes. Hose jets can be applied to the extremities to improve
circulation, and special foot baths help strengthen the immune system. But a
whirl system with muscle-relaxing massage jets can also ensure lasting
regeneration in the comfort of the user’s own four walls.
Special products for special relaxationHeadline
With vertically installed nozzles, the massage jet can target specific muscle areas.
Photo: Dornbracht
With vertically installed nozzles, the massage jet can target specific muscle areas.
Photo: Dornbracht
With the Horizontal Shower from Dornbracht, the water massage with cold-blooded rain jets and varying amounts of water runs in opposite directions from the shoulders and the soles of the feet to the center of the body.
Photo: Dornbracht
With the Skin Touch feature from Kaldewei the bathwater is enriched
with millions of microfine air bubble ...
Foto: Kaldewei
... these air bubbles result
not just in deep relaxation but in a rejuvenating effect as well.
Photo: Kaldewei
Some
manufacturers offer extra-special features too. Vertically installed jets with
a massage spray, for instance, can be aimed at certain muscles for targeted
relief. And if there’s no shortage of space in the private spa, Dornbracht’s
Horizontal Shower provides ultimate relaxation. The hydromassage moves along
the body with alternating hot and cold showers of rain, in opposite directions
from the shoulders and soles of the feet to the centre of the body. According
to the manufacturer, the fine showers of water followed by intense rain have a
revitalising effect on the body. And Kaldewei offers a whole new dimension of
relaxation: bathtubs with the Skin Touch feature. The bathwater is enriched
with millions of microfine air bubbles – according to Kaldewei, that results
not just in deep relaxation but in a rejuvenating effect as well.
