The Gym Pod at Admiralty Park in Singapore. — All over Singapore, bright yellow containers have started popping up in unassuming places – at the airport, in a park and in front of a shopping mall. Inside them, people are breaking a sweat.
The affordability and convenience of microgyms make them attractive to consumers, said Ross Campbell, co-founder of the Singapore Fitness Alliance, a nonprofit industry group. “They are also a very safe and hygienic environment,” he said. Microgyms are still uncommon in the US but there would be an appetite for such facilities, especially from women in large urban markets, according to Jeana Anderson Cohen, founder and chief executive officer of aSweatLife, an online fitness publication.“More and more women are making their way into the weight room but it doesn’t mean it’s a comfortable space for them to be in,” said Cohen, who is based in Chicago and has tried The Gym Pod.