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Gym Flooring: The Professionalism You Were Looking For

For a good workout and proper sports practice, every detail needs to be taken care of, even what may seem marginal.
This is why the choice of flooring on which to perform physical exercise is important: the material it is made of, the density, its shock-absorbing capacity, and others, will all be factors that will overall affect the final result.

The introduction of specific flooring in the fitness world happened years and years ago, but only recently has it become increasingly popular; today, in fact, all gyms have rubberized flooring suitable for the activity performed and, more and more often, this also happens in home gyms. Over time, the importance of fitness-appropriate flooring has become increasingly recognized.

What Are Shock-Absorbing Floors For?

By choosing to install a particular floor within a gym, you choose to optimize the performance of the people who frequent it but also to prevent injuries. In fact, gym floors play an important role in the overall performance of athletes, as they allow for safe and efficient training.

In practice, you can perceive real benefits during their use, such as:

Absorbing shocks: We know well the intrinsic value of training equipment, such as barbells, plates, dumbbells, etc., so it is important to ensure they are not damaged during use.
Providing non-slip safety: Surface textures increase grip, thus reducing slips that could be caused by the high humidity of training areas. Additionally, good rubber flooring can offer excellent responsiveness to activities such as jumping, weightlifting, and high-intensity exercises.
Muting noise and vibrations: Thanks to the density and material they are made of, some types of flooring are ideal for acoustic insulation, alleviating concerns about disturbing those around you.
Preventing damage to the flooring: Whether it is a property or a rental space, the interest is certainly in preserving the floor of the premises.
Giving an identity to the space: It is possible to customize the workspace with your own logo and claim.

What Types of Gym Flooring Does Xenios USA Offer?

The characteristics of shock-absorbing floors and their benefits are varied and depend on the type chosen.
In fact, it is possible to find the type of floor that meets specific needs: to do this, it is important to know what differentiates them from each other.

Cross Training Floors

This type of flooring is ideal for sports where it is necessary to drop, i.e., let the barbell fall at the end of a repetition. In fact, they are usually installed for sports like Cross Training, where quick movements are required, or there is the movement of heavy loads and thus the risk of damaging the equipment. What characterizes these shock-absorbing floors is precisely the thickness, at least 20 mm, to allow for the right response to strong impacts.

Within this category, there is the Evo version and the Essential version: what distinguishes them is primarily the surface and the density, which in the first case is greater. In fact, in the case of the Evo model, the surface is smooth and compact, and does not allow water to pass through. This makes it perfect for indoor areas, and cleaning operations are simple and quick. The Essential model, on the other hand, has a coarser grain and a less smooth surface: this allows water to flow through and is therefore ideal for outdoor areas. Another type is the Shock Absorber, which, as the name suggests, is ideal for high-stress floor situations, such as sports like Weightlifting and Powerlifting, where the frequency of dropping is extremely high. The tiles of this model have a thickness of 50 mm and are therefore more suitable for absorbing shocks and noise. There is also the coupled model, which is an Essential tile covered with a layer of EPDM, containing a percentage of virgin rubber that helps to increase the quality and durability of the product. In the range, you can also find edges and ramps, which will allow you to shape and secure your flooring according to your spaces.

Fitness Floors

In this category are all those floors that have the purpose of creating a smooth and comfortable surface for training; in fact, they are usually installed in fitness areas, in environments where group lessons are held, or even just in rooms with machinery, so as to preserve the original floor of the building. They are typically for indoor use, due to their waterproof nature that does not allow water to seep to the base. Given the purpose of these floors, the available thicknesses are not very high; what characterizes them is the puzzle shape, which allows for easy installation wherever desired, even in your own home.

You can find the EVO Fitness Flooring Tile and the Essential Fitness Flooring Tile: what differentiates them is the density, which is greater in the first case. Angles and edges are available to create the ideal floor depending on the environment to be set up.

Sound-Absorbing Floors

As the name suggests, this shock-absorbing floor has the capacity to reduce both vibrations and noise. These properties derive from the density of the foam it is made of, allowing you to drop a barbell to the ground without issues.
They are typically found in indoor environments. Generally, those who need to muffle noise and vibrations must create a double layer: foam tile plus rubber tile. This will allow for sound absorption and equipment preservation.

The High Density Foam can be found in tile or roll versions and in various thicknesses.

Safety Mats

These cannot strictly be defined as floors but are nonetheless equipment that creates a specific surface for your workouts.
As the name suggests, they are gym mats with variable density, ideal for cushioning falls during the execution of particular exercises or for allowing children to train safely.

Depending on the work to be done, you can choose the Crash Mat that best meets your needs.

Weightlifting Platforms

This type of floor has a precise purpose: to meet the requirements of Weightlifting, namely using heavy loads with the need for ground drops.

The available models are:

the Weightlifting Platform Essentials, consisting of Essential rubber tiles and an iron frame;
the Weightlifting Platform, made with Evo rubber and a bamboo platform in the central area. If you have flooring with a thickness of 20 or 30 mm, it is possible to purchase the bamboo platform separately, to achieve uniform flooring even in your Weightlifting area.
You can also find the Olympic Weightlifting Platform types, integrable into your Rack and ideal for athletic preparation or possible competitions in your gym.

EPDM Mats for Cardio

The Rubber Mats for Cardio are simple rubber mats, made with dimensions suitable for placing cardio equipment, such as a rower or a bike. These mats are designed to preserve the floor underneath from the installed equipment, with particular attention to home use.

Artificial Grass

This type of flooring is designed to artificially recreate the sensation of training on a lawn; this is perceived visually but also tactually.

The classic model is available in versions:

Heavy Duty roll, measuring 25x2m and 15 mm thick;
Essential roll, measuring 30x1m or 30x2m and 6 mm thick. The special models are available in versions:
Start/Finish, graphically divided by numbered stages, with start and finish indication;
Ruler, graphically divided by unnumbered vertical lines.

Tatami

In this case, we enter a specific area of flooring: the surface that can be created with these types of tiles is designed for martial arts and MMA.
They are ideal for barefoot training and for cushioning falls and jumps; they often have textures that make the surface non-slip and more suitable for performing certain movements.

In this subcategory, you can find both the Legacy Tatami tile version, with smooth edges, or the Tatami Puzzle version that can be easily installed by interlocking the tiles together.

Floor Cleaning Accessories and Machines

Xenios USA offers a line of professional floor cleaning machines that will help you keep your training area clean.
You will find various models of machines that differ in power, battery life, tank capacity, and many other characteristics, so you can choose the one that best meets your needs.

How to Use Shock-Absorbing Floors?

All these floors have the common purpose of increasing the overall comfort of training: they protect the floor of the environment in which you work, absorb the noise of sudden movements and jumps, cushion the fall of objects, and much more. In fact, rubber floors are used to allow free training even in environments not exclusively dedicated to this type of activity.

So, how do you understand what type of flooring you need? First of all, it is necessary to determine the discipline that will be performed within the area to be set up; once these premises have been identified, you will look for the floor model that meets these requirements (therefore a certain thickness for Weightlifting and Cross-Training, or sound absorption to muffle noise and vibrations); but if it is a generic environment, you can opt for a fairly versatile type, or you can decide to install more than one type of flooring.
Then, you can evaluate the available space, such as the possibility of securing the rubber flooring to the ground using bolts, the presence of adjacent environments, or the need for sound-absorbing flooring.
In general, there are many factors to consider and even if you were to ask the question "What is the most resistant floor?" the answer would vary depending on the circumstance, use, and work environment.

To better observe the real potential of gym floors, it is necessary to use them in combination with other equipment. Many of these perform their job simply by serving as surfaces on which to perform certain movements, such as safety mats and tatami. Others, however, must be used in combination with barbells and plates, without worrying about the integrity of the equipment and the underlying floor. You will be able to push sleds, move plyometric boxes, handle dumbbells and kettlebells without worrying about dropping them.
They will also serve as mats to protect the original floor of the building during the use of cardio equipment or for moving benches and other heavier equipment.

Now Choose the Floor That Suits You!

There are many options that Xenios USA offers when it comes to flooring, so just keep browsing our site to find the floor that suits you best!