There are home gyms and commercial gyms, when setting up your gym, flooring is one of the most important areas to consider seriously. Most gym users do not really have an appreciation of how the floor type affects their performance in a gym.
Choosing the wrong flooring for your gym is the same as having sub-standard equipment for your gym, meaning it will be a very poor investment and will definitely result in a poor experience.
Gym matting or flooring is the commonly used gym equipment. Gym matting creates a safe environment for the users as it supports your joints, your weight, absorbs shocks and impacts.
Be it light exercises, heavy workouts or weight lifting the flooring plays a very important role in one’s gym experience.
When choosing gym matting for either home or commercial there are several factors to consider the type of equipment, traffic how many people are likely to be using the gym are there any other extra activities likely to happen at the gym, the space, type of workouts for the gym.
Rubber Interlocking Mats as the Best Way to Gym Flooring
Below we will look at the properties of rubber interlocking mats which makes it the best way to gym flooring.
Shock/Impact absorption
In gyms despite the activities they are likely to falls, rubber interlocking mats will protect you from falling shocks and heavy impacts to the floor.
Even when the gym is mainly for bodybuilding that is weight lifting dumbbells’’ and weights are prone to falling down to the floor rubber interlocking mats will protect the subfloors from such impacts.
Anti-slip and waterproof
Both commercial and home gyms are subject to moisture and wetness due to sweats and spillages of water and juice from the users, rubber interlocking mats are waterproof and anti-slip which makes the perfect covering for your gym. Rubber interlocking mats absorb moisture and do not corrode.
Durable and Resilient
Despite the heavy usage from high traffic, straining activities, and heavy gym equipment rubber interlocking mats can withstand such pressures and do not easily collapse. They can stand almost anything you through on them.
Gyms have high traffic so having durable flooring will become cost-effective and economic for you.
Hygiene
Rubber interlocking mats are very hygienic as they are easy to clean and maintain, they do not form any moisture or molds on them, and also they have drainage options that you can install along with your matting which will allow water to flow thereby keeping your floors dry and safe.
Rubber interlocking matting quickly dry up when they are cleaned even if water is poured on them, just a mop to wipe them and they are dry good as new, which makes them very ideal for commercial gyms where there is high traffic of people.
Variety:
A wide variety of rubber interlocking matting is available there are plain designs, checkered and striped patterns. Rubber interlocking mats also come in a variety of colors which can instantly change the look and feel of the gym.
The checkered design provides extra friction and grip on the flooring which makes it more perfect for the gym flooring and for a variety of exercises that requires footwork.
Rubber interlocking tiles are the best way to gym flooring because of the above reasons and many more other reasons, the versatility of rubber mating has given it the edge over other types of flooring.
On rubber interlocking mats and you can even do workouts laying down, kneeling, even activities such as aerobics the matting is safe and comfortable to use, they do not stress the body when working on them, thereby giving users the best gym experience.
For your gym flooring and for other various functions you can use rubber interlocking mats, do not hesitate to get in touch with our team.
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