Gym deep cleaning is the detailed work the daily clean never reaches: under and behind the machines, inside the lockers, and the walls and drains of the showers. Most gyms should schedule it once a month, and a busy gym more often.
BizProClean offers gym cleaning services in Northern Virginia and Maryland, with deep cleaning planned for the hours your gym is closed.
What Gym Deep Cleaning Covers
Equipment floor
- Clean under and behind every machine
- Wipe frames, cables, weight stacks and adjustment pins
- Clean the seams and undersides of benches and pads
- Scrub the rubber floor and its edges
Locker rooms and showers
- Empty and wipe the inside of lockers
- Scrub shower walls, floors and drains
- Clean benches, including the legs and undersides
- Wash walls and partitions around toilets and sinks
Studios and front desk
- Clean both sides of mats and the racks they sit on
- Clean mirrors from top to bottom
- Dust vents, ledges and light fixtures
- Wipe baseboards and corners
How Often Should a Gym Be Deep Cleaned?
- Every week: shower walls and drains, and the benches in the locker rooms.
- Every month: under and behind the machines, locker interiors, vents and baseboards.
- Busy gyms and gyms open long hours: every two weeks for the equipment floor.
- After an outbreak of skin infections among members: right away, with a focus on every surface that touches bare skin.
The daily clean stays in place between these visits. The detailed work adds to it and never replaces it.
What the CDC Says
The CDC advises cleaning shared equipment after each use and focusing on the surfaces that touch people's bare skin every day. It also advises repairing or disposing of equipment and furniture whose damaged surface can no longer be cleaned properly. A torn bench pad is the usual example. Spraying a whole room is not the answer: the CDC finds little evidence that it works better than cleaning the right surfaces.
A Set Calendar for Gyms in Northern Virginia and Maryland
BizProClean, based in Tysons, Virginia, is locally owned and operated. We clean gyms, fitness studios and health clubs in depth on a set calendar, so the detailed work is planned and not left for a slow week. Each visit has a written list, and the list is yours to check.
We deep clean gyms through our commercial cleaning services in McLean, VA, our janitorial services in Fairfax, VA and our commercial cleaning services in Columbia, MD.
Why Gyms Choose BizProClean
- A calendar, not a guess. The dates are set in advance.
- Work done while you are closed. Members never train around a crew.
- Torn pads reported. We tell you when a surface can no longer be cleaned.
- Daily and deep work on one plan. Our janitorial services handle the routine visits, and the gym cleaning checklist shows the tasks.
Get a Free Quote for the Detailed Work
Walk us through the equipment floor, the locker rooms and the studios at no charge. We send a written quote that separates the daily clean from the detailed work. Request a free quote today.
Frequently Asked Questions
How often should a gym be deep cleaned?
Once a month for most gyms. Showers and locker room benches need detail work every week, and a busy equipment floor every two weeks.
What is the difference between daily cleaning and deep cleaning in a gym?
Daily cleaning covers what members see and touch: equipment, floors, restrooms and trash. The deep clean reaches under machines, inside lockers and into shower drains.
Does the gym have to close for a deep clean?
Not during your open hours. We schedule it on evenings and weekends, when the gym is already closed.
Should a gym be fogged with disinfectant?
The CDC finds little evidence that treating a whole room works better than cleaning the surfaces people touch. Wipe those surfaces and follow the product label.