Where to get Rubber Mats

BrianD3 · 11-10-2005 6:39pm #1

Anyone know where I can get rubber mats for my home gym. The mats are to protect the floor from dropped weights.

Thanks.

joc_06 · 12-10-2005 7:54am

a sheet of mdf would do the same job from the timbermerchants

BrianD3 · 12-10-2005 8:44am

joc_06 wrote:

a sheet of mdf would do the same job from the timbermerchants

You sure about that? I wouldn't have though that mdf would be particulalry good for absorbing the impact of a dropped loaded barbell. Anyhow, thanks for the suggestion, I will investigate it.

jcoote · 12-10-2005 8:48am

argos does them

joc_06 · 12-10-2005 9:05am

BrianD3 wrote:

You sure about that? I wouldn't have though that mdf would be particulalry good for absorbing the impact of a dropped loaded barbell. Anyhow, thanks for the suggestion, I will investigate it.

I dont see why it wouldnt be. i've dropped contrete bolck onto them before and they didnt split. you'd not make a wardrobe outta them but the floor'd be ok

Boru. · 12-10-2005 11:46am

I have high imapct matting, but its maily for treadmills, crosstrainers stuff like that. Still it might work for you.

Mickk · 13-10-2005 3:25pm

I got a sample from this guy on ebay and it would be perfect for a home gym but it wasn't good enough for a gym I am opening.

Boru do you have commercial rubber mats for use with heavy dumbells? If so what size and how much can you do enough to cover 25sq metres for?

BrianD3 · 13-10-2005 3:37pm

Those mats on ebay are only 10 mm thick, the ones in Argos are 13 mm. Not much difference but every bit of extra thickness counts.

I read in a newsgroup that some guys in the states have used mats which were intended for putting on the floor of horse stables. Apparently these can be 20-25 mm thick and are quite cheap. So maybe Mickk you should look into these for your gym

joc_06 · 13-10-2005 4:13pm

Mickk where is this gym you are opening?

Mickk · 13-10-2005 4:45pm

At the top of oconnell st, north frederick st. It will be a real bodybuilding gym dumbells up to 70kg so far...
I am just doing it up now hopefully it will be open in 2-3 weeks.

Yea thanks briand3 I found exactly what I want cheaper than I was quoted for gym mats.

joc_06 · 13-10-2005 4:59pm

will you have an olympic lifting platform and bumper plates and movable squat stand?

joc_06 · 13-10-2005 5:00pm

what about price??

Mickk · 13-10-2005 5:30pm

Joc_06 what do you mean by that? There will be room to do olympic lifts, clean and jerk ect. but it will just be an olympic bar on the ground there is also 1 free squat rack. There are loads of cast iron and rubber coated plates.

As for price I was thinking 15/week or 50/month

joc_06 · 13-10-2005 10:55pm

ooh thats pricey...
i was hoping for something like these:
http://www.eleikosport.se/products_show.asp?CatID=8
http://www.eleikosport.se/products_show.asp?CatID=3

im getting grief in my current gym cause of the noise plus the standard bars are starting to bend. and a platform would stop clowns walking in underneath you when you're lifting overhead.

movable squat stands are almost a must too for overhead squating. so you can put the stands on the platform and then jerk from behind the neck and go from there. my OH squat is getting ahead of my front jerk as it does in a lot of cases so at the mo i just use the squat rack but there isnt really enough space and its kinda dangerous

Mickk · 14-10-2005 9:17am

Yea alot of the plates are like them but we wont have room for the platform. Hercs is a good powerlifting gym and I think its only 290 a year...

joc_06 · 14-10-2005 9:57am

Yeah i was up there but they have a noise injunction where you cant lift overhead (and drop obviously) after 7pm so that no good for me.
Thanks anyway. I mght call up sometime when yere opened. Post a thread here when it is will you with info?

Where to get Rubber Mats

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