{"id":31620,"date":"2016-06-21T00:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T00:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/?p=31620"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:58:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:58:50","slug":"din-33961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/din-33961\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the DIN 33961 bring more safety to the gyms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p><strong>Update March 2026:<\/strong> This article has been editorially reviewed and updated with current information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"evm-last-updated\"><em>Last updated: March 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">ATHLETES IN ACTION<\/h3>\n<p><b>Germany is the first county in the world that has the official national norm that confirms the safety in the gyms: the DIN 33961. This norm determines safety needs for the equipment and the customer service.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The norm was made in 2013 and it has three parts. The complete title is \u201cFitness center &#8211; requirements to the fitness equipment and service\u201d and thereby it\u2019s focused on the customer service. It deals with the basic subjects, device-supported heart and circulation training as well as group training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gym now allows the standards to be tested and certified according to uniform standards by an independent testing body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Picture source: Pixabay<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is there the norm?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the employers&#8217; association of German fitness and health facilities, there are around 8,000 fitness studios in Germany. The selection is so huge and it is difficult to choose among the huge range of offers the appropriate. Whether in the lower or the upper price segment, safety should always be in place and DIN 33961 was introduced. Certain standards must be met to meet the standard.<\/span><strong><b>What does this mean for me as an athlete<\/b>?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the fitness studio of my trust is tested according to DIN 33061, I can count on myself as an athlete to ensure that full safety is given. However, the exam is not a must. If a studio is to be certified, it is to be assumed that special attention is paid to security.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>YOUR EXPERT<\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/action-sports\/\">Sonja H\u00f6slmeier<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">STATEMENT<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safety is at the heart of every gym and sports program. Thus, the introduction of a standard is a good idea, but unfortunately still hapert to the execution. Only very few fitness studios advertise with the introduced standard and even few sports enthusiasts is known.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">IMPORTANT ADVICE<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\n<li>The aim of the standard is to establish in Germany a nationwide network of gyms with certified compliance with the standard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>You might also like<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n[custom-facebook-feed]\n<\/p>\n<h4>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/h4><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Als erstes Land weltweit verf\u00fcgt Deutschland \u00fcber eine offizielle nationale Norm, die die Sicherheit in Fitnessstudios best\u00e4tigt: Die DIN-Norm 33961.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":31770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"DIN 33961","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Die DIN 33961 bringt mehr Sicherheit im Fitnesstudio","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Norm in Deutschland (DIN 33961) legt erstmals Anforderungen an die Sicherheit der Ger\u00e4te und in der Kundenbetreuung fest.","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image-id":0,"_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image-id":0,"ibs_difficulty":"","_evm_slot_owner":"","_wp_old_slug":["this-place-you-have-to-travel-2015-spotlight","s-bend-in-5-steps-2"],"footnotes":""},"categories":[483],"tags":[555,547,549,583],"class_list":["post-31620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fitness-yoga-en","tag-555","tag-fitness","tag-germany","tag-training"],"wpml_language":"en","wpml_translation_of":null,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Die DIN 33961 bringt mehr Sicherheit im Fitnesstudio<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Norm in Deutschland (DIN 33961) legt erstmals Anforderungen an die Sicherheit der Ger\u00e4te und in der Kundenbetreuung fest.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/din-33961\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Die DIN 33961 bringt mehr Sicherheit im Fitnesstudio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Norm in Deutschland (DIN 33961) legt erstmals Anforderungen an die Sicherheit der Ger\u00e4te und in der Kundenbetreuung fest.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/din-33961\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"InspiredBySports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-06-21T00:00:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-31T07:58:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/workout-1420741_1920.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sonja H\u00f6slmeier\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sonja H\u00f6slmeier\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/din-33961\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/din-33961\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sonja H\u00f6slmeier\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a8b109444e161b756708f6d88e4c7533\"},\"headline\":\"Will the DIN 33961 bring more safety to the gyms?\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-21T00:00:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-31T07:58:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/din-33961\/\"},\"wordCount\":350,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/din-33961\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/workout-1420741_1920.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2016\",\"Fitness\",\"Germany\",\"Training\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Fitness &amp; 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