Whether you have a weight room, a cross-fit box, fitness and yoga room, a home gym or you are a health professional specializing in rehabilitation, a sports association or a high school, it is essential to equip your space with specialized sports tiles. Indeed, protecting your floor is the first step to follow when designing your sports area. It will provide users with comfort, safety, hygiene and will also protect your equipment against wear. In addition, choosing the right floor covering adapted to the desired sport will allow users to train in the best conditions but also prevent injuries (tension on ligaments, tendons, etc. When purchasing your sports floor covering, it is also important to take into account respect for the environment, and for example, invest in recycled SBR rubber material or tire recycling.
Gym-flooring.com offers specialized flooring for professionals and large sports facilities. Our floor mats meet all the necessary standards for bodybuilding, cross-training, fitness, martial arts, and gymnastics, which is essential to ensure your premises, are safe and prevent accidents. In addition, all our sports tiles are resistant to abrasion and wear, and have the immense advantage of being easy to clean using water, soap, and a mop, for example.
In this article, you will find all the advice you need to choose the best flooring for your desired practice and the strict standards that our equipment meets for professional structures.
Flooring for weight rooms
There are several factors to consider when investing in floor tiles for your weight room. First, you need to clearly define the type of fitness equipment you’ll be using it for.
Floor tiles for commercial rooms
To cover the surface of your commercial weight room, you must take into account several criteria and choose versatile floor tiles. Your floor tiles will cover your entire room and different materials will be placed on it which is why you must choose a specific floor. The sports floor must be comfortable for floor exercises.
For a commercial weight room, the best floor protection is rubber tiles. Indeed, this floor mat is versatile and will allow you to protect your Gym floor regardless of the equipment you place on it. Rubber flooring offers the advantage of cushioning and absorbing shocks when your clients drop the weights on the floor during their exercises, for example. The rubber surface is non- slip and wicks away moisture (perspiration). One of the biggest advantages for professionals is that this equipment is very easy to clean with soap and water or a vacuum cleaner, which is ideal for the hygiene required by users. Acquiring rubber floor tiles also means adopting eco-responsible behavior; our tiles are made from recycled SBR granulated rubber.
Rubber floor mats are available in square tiles or rolls, easily detachable to fit your space.
Flooring and mats for fitness, yoga and Pilates areas
For a fitness area, you won’t need very thick tiles, but on the other hand, your support must be very comfortable. Indeed, fitness, yoga and Pilates are activities practiced on the floor and providing a comfortable floor for your members is the first criterion to meet. Then, you must choose a non-slip and sweat-absorbing rubber flooring surface to ensure safety during training sessions.
The best floor tiles for fitness, yoga, or Pilate’s space are rubber puzzle tiles with a non-porous surface for comfort. This flooring is easily clipped together and easy to install. You can also choose our rubber tiles and specialty fitness rolls based on the surface area to cover the entire area of your fitness room.
You can also opt for our yoga and Pilates floor mats and mattresses to layer over your floor protectors. The floor mats will offer even more comfort and absorption to your athletes.
