Couple of home gym flooring questions

[Retromatic]

For martial artists and weight lifters I guess.

I'm finally getting round to sorting out my garage as a home gym, 2/3 of the garage is going to be for Muay Thai practice and the other 1/3 will fit my power cage in (which I should be ordering soon) and weights/bench etc.

Looking to get a couple of packs of these from from Amazon (seems to work out cheaper than Ebay by my calculations) : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Interlockin...asimat/dp/B003DVFY9K/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

My questions :

Is this 12mm stuff suitable for martial arts? Or do I need 20mm?

There appears to be a slightly raised pattern on these, anyone know if they are hard, i.e : going to wreck my foot when twisting to kick?

I was going to lay the stuff throughout the garage and then put a couple of horse stall mats under the power cage, is this likely to make the area a bit unstable for weights?


Garage works out as 171 sq ft.

 

[mrthingyx]

Muay Thai should be fine as you shouldn't be hitting the mat, as such: were you indulging in jiu jitsu or something, I'd have suggested something different...

For the weights bit, are you laying this stuff on to concrete? Or a floating floor/whatever?

If you're going straight onto the concrete, I would suggest putting some board/wood down first, and then go with the 12mm stuff, as the concrete should be hard enough, but you don't want to damage your gear (hence the matting). The additional board will help absorb shock whilst not squishing.

 

[Retromatic]

Muay Thai should be fine as you shouldn't be hitting the mat, as such: were you indulging in jiu jitsu or something, I'd have suggested something different...

For the weights bit, are you laying this stuff on to concrete? Or a floating floor/whatever?

If you're going straight onto the concrete, I would suggest putting some board/wood down first, and then go with the 12mm stuff, as the concrete should be hard enough, but you don't want to damage your gear (hence the matting). The additional board will help absorb shock whilst not squishing.

Thanks! Very helpful info - at the moment, yes I'm just doing Muay Thai. I do plan on some BJJ but that's going to be a while off yet.

If/when I do start that, could I just get one of those large padded stand alone mats (not sure if they have a specific name?) and throw that down over the top? Or maybe affix another layer of 12mm on top when the time comes....

Yes, the weights bit is just painted concrete. I had seen people using wood in some pictures, now I know why

So, just to be 100% sure for the weights area I would have a layer of wood, 12mm flooring and then the horse stall mats? Or would just the wood/12mm flooring be enough.

Sorry for all the questions.

 

[mrthingyx]

Concrete -> wood panelling -> horse mat/rubber tile thing.

If I were situation, I'd put 20mm of board down on the concrete and the rubber on top, but that's because I like to think I'm an Olympic lifter and will bounce my weights.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

For martial artists and weight lifters I guess.

I'm finally getting round to sorting out my garage as a home gym, 2/3 of the garage is going to be for Muay Thai practice and the other 1/3 will fit my power cage in (which I should be ordering soon) and weights/bench etc.

Looking to get a couple of packs of these from from Amazon (seems to work out cheaper than Ebay by my calculations) : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Interlockin...asimat/dp/B003DVFY9K/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

My questions :

Is this 12mm stuff suitable for martial arts? Or do I need 20mm?

There appears to be a slightly raised pattern on these, anyone know if they are hard, i.e : going to wreck my foot when twisting to kick?

I was going to lay the stuff throughout the garage and then put a couple of horse stall mats under the power cage, is this likely to make the area a bit unstable for weights?


Garage works out as 171 sq ft.

EVA foam is usually medium in terms of the soft to hard scale, not hard enough for weights and not soft enough for rolling about on

for muay thai i would want a proper soft type gym mat, like the ones they use in the ultimate fighter programme in the gym, so if you decide to evolve to mma, or encorporate some mma training you do not need to buy more mats, but those type are mega expensive, i mean 10 times more expensive than any other matting

for a home gym weight wise look at this thread, should answer any questions you have

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18270342&highlight=home+gym+official

 

[Retromatic]

Thanks for the replies people.

I've went ahead and already ordered a load of 20mm tiles, didn't want to chance it with 12mm just in case.

I recon they 'should' be fine for Muay Thai, fingers crossed - I mean on my non-gym days I've been kicking on rough painted concrete, so this is a massive step up

Will report back when they arrive, hopefully later this week.

@Psycho Sonny - the weights area (if I do buy a cage etc) is going to be boarded and then have some thick rubber mats on top.

Although, I'm not decided 100% on weights stuff in there yet - I might concentrate more on Plyometrics/other strength training and dedicate the whole garage to Muay Thai, but I need to decide on my goals first...