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TheSegal

Hi everyone, i'm settin up a place at home for weight lifting, mainly just for squattin, deadlifts and benching but i'm not sure what surface would be the best for it. Currently its just concrete but would this be bad on the joints or is it better since theres no give in it at all?

Hanley

TheSegal wrote: »

Hi everyone, i'm settin up a place at home for weight lifting, mainly just for squattin, deadlifts and benching but i'm not sure what surface would be the best for it. Currently its just concrete but would this be bad on the joints or is it better since theres no give in it at all?

2 sheets of ply wood side by side, 2 sheets of plywood running the opposite way and 2 more sheets of plywood running opposite the second layer. Give's a nice solid 8x8 platform (but it'll be damn heavy and hard to move!!).

If you're able to get a hold of some heavy rubber stall mats then place the 3rd layer of the platform and have 2 strips of rubber on either side and a piece of plywood in the middle.

Like this; http://www.straighttothebar.com/images/posts/090331_platform7whole2.jpg

weightlifter

Hanley wrote: »

2 sheets of ply wood side by side, 2 sheets of plywood running the opposite way and 2 more sheets of plywood running opposite the second layer. Give's a nice solid 8x8 platform (but it'll be damn heavy and hard to move!!).

If you're able to get a hold of some heavy rubber stall mats then place the 3rd layer of the platform and have 2 strips of rubber on either side and a piece of plywood in the middle.

Like this; http://www.straighttothebar.com/images/posts/090331_platform7whole2.jpg

Excellent advice. This shouldnt cost you more than a couple of hundred quid to put together and will hold up to a good few years of training. Plus if you ever get the urge to try your hand at cleans or snatches etc you will be good to go with them straight away.

Hanley

weightlifter wrote: »

Excellent advice. This shouldnt cost you more than a couple of hundred quid to put together and will hold up to a good few years of training. Plus if you ever get the urge to try your hand at cleans or snatches etc you will be good to go with them straight away.

Did a bit of research on this myself a couple of weeks back and came up with this price list; http://www.woodworkers.ie/prices/p_sheet_plywood.shtml

Wonder how good the Chinese stuff is!?

Baldie

B&Q are selling attic floor panels. A pack of 3 for about €6. Would they not by just as tough with that formation?

weightlifter

Hanley wrote: »

Did a bit of research on this myself a couple of weeks back and came up with this price list; http://www.woodworkers.ie/prices/p_sheet_plywood.shtml

Wonder how good the Chinese stuff is!?

MDF Plywood is fine for this type of platform. As long as it is screwed down well and there is no warping in the sheets it will hold up to dropping weights. Of course that also means the floor it is going on top of has to be pretty dead flat. But if it is, it will do the job nicely.

Especially considering the OP was only really talking about doing squats, bench and deadlift. There wont be that much dropping anyway. But even if there was, the MDF would be fine.

bigstar

plywood is stronger than mdf. attic flooring is usually t+g chipboard, not a good as ply for this kind of thing. you can get wbp plywood for about €20 a sheet in places like noyeks or most builders providers.

itsallaboutheL

I'm gonna go all farmer on yeer asses!!



Job Done!!


http://www.easyfix.ie/cow-mat-ireland.html

I cant for the life of me remember how much we paid for theese but i think theres a couple lying around in the yard!!

Hanley

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

I'm gonna go all farmer on yeer asses!!



Job Done!!


http://www.easyfix.ie/cow-mat-ireland.html

I cant for the life of me remember how much we paid for theese but i think theres a couple lying around in the yard!!

Fcuking hell... 50kg a mat.

itsallaboutheL

Righto ours cost 55yoyos per mat, they are virtually indestructable!! and easy to clean:rolleyes: