gym flooring

One of the best bits of a home gym is the flooring. Yep – and here’s why: Firstly a well fitted floor looks excellent. When I fitted wall-to-wall crumbed rubber flooring my garage really felt like a PROPER gym. Secondly it can impact your exercises – for example having a solid base when lifting is essential if squatting and deadlifting, but might be less important for yoga or Pilates. Knowing what gym flooring is best can be tricky – let’s navigate the minefield together… The best home gym flooring in the UK is… Bulldog Gear Morphic Tiles HyGYM Rubber Tiles Best for Ideal […]

Many of us have made our garages home to the gym which is great – it keeps your house free for family life AND means your are typically lifting on the hardest floor in the building – the CONCRETE SLAB!  Making sure we get the best flooring for our home gyms in our garages is important as we really need to protect that slab from cracking. Luckily it is very easy to find a solution. What flooring should I get for a home gym? I like the 18mm rubber tiles laid in my garage – the above is a nice

All the social media outlets are jam packed full of awesome garage gyms and other home set ups – unfortunately (for some of us) there are hardly any decent UK specific resources to help us. This is my attempt to put this right – so welcome to my gym flooring for garage UK project! We will cover each of the four key stages any garage gym flooring project, these are: Measure the area Build a wooden base (we will use 18mm plywood) Add rubber gym matting (see below for what to watch out for) Finishing touches – how to seal