Home Gym Flooring & Mats Picker

Ever wondered why every commercial gym has that ugly rubberized flooring everywhere? Well it's for good reason. When you decide to build a home gym, that does not mean your floor is invincible from the beating it's about to take. Use this tool to ensure you make the right choice when choosing flooring or mats to protect your home.

• For those who are building a home gym or those looking to install protective flooring for their home gym set up.

This tool is fairly simple, takes the two primary inputs only, which are room type and whether or not you intend to drop weights. We would normally include budget in this tool, but instead, we incorporate pricing into the output section. Plus, options for this are fairly limited. It may be worth refreshing the page and selecting the same inputs again, and seeing if you can generate new recommendations, but there is typically only a handful of outputs you may see for this tool due to flooring and mat types and materials being pretty limited.

Here is a sample output for someone doing Olympic style lifts (dropping weights) in a basement.

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Home Gym Flooring Recommendations for Olympic Lifts

Best Option

1. Material: Rubber
2. Thickness: 3/4 inch (19mm)
3. Brand: Rogue Fitness
   • Product: Rogue Echo Gym Flooring
   • Cost: Approximately $2.50 per square foot
   • Total Cost for 100 sq ft: $250
   • Reasoning: This flooring provides excellent shock absorption, durability, and grip, making it ideal for Olympic lifts. The 3/4 inch thickness ensures adequate protection for your basement floor and equipment.

Secondary Choices

Option 2

1. Material: Foam
2. Thickness: 1 inch (25mm)
3. Brand: ProForm
   • Product: ProForm Puzzle Exercise Mat
   • Cost: Approximately $1.50 per square foot
   • Total Cost for 100 sq ft: $150
   • Reasoning: Foam mats are softer and more comfortable underfoot, which can be good for bodyweight exercises. However, they may not provide the same level of durability and shock absorption for heavy lifting.

Option 3

1. Material: Vinyl
2. Thickness: 1/2 inch (12mm)
3. Brand: BalanceFrom
   • Product: BalanceFrom GoFit High Density Foam Floor Mat
   • Cost: Approximately $1.20 per square foot
   • Total Cost for 100 sq ft: $120
   • Reasoning: Vinyl flooring is easy to clean and can handle some impact. While it's more budget-friendly, it may not offer sufficient cushioning for heavy Olympic lifts compared to rubber options.

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The Tool Collective team have many hobbies and fitness is one we all share and care about greatly. We see the growth and popularity of home gyms in today's fitness world exploding so we decided to devote an entire cluster of tools for people looking to purchase and construct their own personal gym space. This is one of many home gym tools we have and hope you can use these to ensure you get the perfect set up.

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This tool was made with The Tool Collective's signature model, which takes creator defined input criteria and choices, combined with a custom system prompt which defines logic, reasoning, and output criteria required to ensure expert human crafted responses with the power of AI. Powered by AI, crafted by real enthusiasts.

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