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Home Gym question

  • 24-03-2010 5:43pm
    #1
    kodute
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 829 ✭✭✭


    A question for all you home gymmers out there.
    How do you prevent damage to concrete/tiled floors from the weights?
    Would it be enough to get a rubber olympic set or do ye have rubber mats under them too?


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  • #2
    brutusthebarber
    Closed Accounts Posts: 636 ✭✭✭brutusthebarber


    kodute wrote: »
    A question for all you home gymmers out there.
    How do you prevent damage to concrete/tiled floors from the weights?
    Would it be enough to get a rubber olympic set or do ye have rubber mats under them too?

    Get rubber mats no matter what kind of weights you have. Argos do very cheap mats.. bout 25 squid.

    http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/3024306/Trail/searchtext%3EFLOOR+GUARDS.htm


  • #3
    The_Bullman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,997 ✭✭✭The_Bullman


    I'm using a scaffolding plank cut up, on either side of my power rack. Only used for deadlifts. You can also get thick rubber farm matting that'll help


  • #4
    kodute
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 829 ✭✭✭kodute


    The_Bullman wrote: »
    You can also get thick rubber farm matting that'll help

    Where and how much approx?


  • #5
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    I used thick blankets before, then I made these yokes which I posted about before....

    -Have a new invention which is working well, "Deadlift Plate Buffers". Basically 2 rectangular blocks of strong packaging foam, both 14"x6"x3" Length x Width x Height. I then cut a curved slot into the foam lengthways so a weight plate can sit into it, this is about 1" deep, so now I still have about 2" of foam between the plate and the ground. I put a trigrip plate into the slot and pass my trusty webbing strap through the hole in the plate and around the foam and pull it tight. So this serves 3 purposes, stops them rolling on the ground, it raises the bar up a little higher, it is now 8.5" to the centre of the bar which I think around the recommended height. But the big advantage to me is it buffers the plates so it saves my floorboards, when touching the bottom and coming back up for a rep there is no clanking which I find allows for smoother reps. At higher weights they would probably not hold up, but you could get stronger foam, or a bigger base, and a wider slot for a few plates to go in at once.


  • #6
    squod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,704 ✭✭✭squod


    kodute wrote: »
    Where and how much approx?

    Local co-op like.


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