600kg + on living room floor safe?

[Dominic-Toretto]

Hi,

I recently purchased a leg press and plan to put it in my living room on rubber matting, I am however concerned about the weight. Could anyone please advise on if this is safe to do as I do not want to go through the floor. The total maximum weight will be: 620kg over a space of 3.45㎡. The leg press has 6 contact points, over 3.45㎡. This will be placed on 20mm rubber matting which will cover 6㎡.

Is this okay to do? This is just a temporary setup for a couple of months

Thanks

 

[sovietspybob]

What's your floor made of? If it's a concrete slab you'll probably be fine, on a 70's chipboard suspended floor probably not a good idea.

 

[theone8181]

I guess it will be point loaded too, having something underneath to spread the load would be good. Not sure if ply would be suitable, but that kind of thing.

 

[tbyeah]

Are you going to load 600kg on there? That's some serious strength

I would say likely to be fine, that's 8-10 people and a floor should be able to take that even in a fairly small area.

 

[fastwunz]

Without knowing if it’s a solid or suspended floor we can’t really say

 

[Rroff]

Ask @spluff he knows all about these things

 

[Josh]

What an odd thing to have in your living room.

A proper 45* incline plate press or a 'Life Fitness' machine press? I'm guessing the 600kg is fully loaded with plates etc? Do you need to have it fully loaded?

 

[dave28]

that is commercial grade equipment at a guess and not designed for your average living room floor but it would probably be ok but its kinda risky sounding lol

 

[robj20]

When I was looking at fish tanks I was advised to locate it will that it spanned multiple joists in the direction they are supported rather than along the length of a couple of joists.
You can also take up the carpet and replace the underlay with some OSB or Plywood the thickness of the underlay to help spread the load.

 

[Maccapacca]

Do you need to have it fully loaded?

How very dare you of course he does

 

[Josh]

How very dare you of course he does

Quick giant set whilst he watches homes under the hammer.

Light weight

 

[samcat]

Are you going to load 600kg on there? That's some serious strength

I would say likely to be fine, that's 8-10 people and a floor should be able to take that even in a fairly small area.

As a regular 500kg leg presser (usually 4 sets of 12), its not as unusual as you think. I am NOT the peak of physical fitness, nor do I look like arnie.
Legs are strong. Like really strong.

 

[bartledvd]

That weight will be its static weight and will peak a good bit higher when in use an issue people rarely plan for.

 

[Dominic-Toretto]

What's your floor made of? If it's a concrete slab you'll probably be fine, on a 70's chipboard suspended floor probably not a good idea.

It will be sat on suspended timber joists.

I guess it will be point loaded too, having something underneath to spread the load would be good. Not sure if ply would be suitable, but that kind of thing.

Would 1x1m rubber mats achieve the same effect?

Without knowing if it’s a solid or suspended floor we can’t really say

Suspended floor.

What an odd thing to have in your living room.
A proper 45* incline plate press or a 'Life Fitness' machine press? I'm guessing the 600kg is fully loaded with plates etc? Do you need to have it fully loaded?

45* incline plate press. The machine it's self is 300kg, I added my weight on, plus the weight of the rubber mats it will be sat on, plus 100kg in weights (So I can at least use it even if with light weights) and my body weight.

that is commercial grade equipment at a guess and not designed for your average living room floor but it would probably be ok but its kinda risky sounding lol

Yeah don't wanna fall through the floor while leg pressing lol....

 

[theone8181]

As a regular 500kg leg presser (usually 4 sets of 12), its not as unusual as you think. I am NOT the peak of physical fitness, nor do I look like arnie.
Legs are strong. Like really strong.

But if pulleys are involved, you're not lifting 500kg are you? Sorry it's a Friday which means my brain is already switched off.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

Are you going to load 600kg on there? That's some serious strength

I would say likely to be fine, that's 8-10 people and a floor should be able to take that even in a fairly small area.

It's leg press. I could do that in my teens.

Free weights is a completely different matter.

 

[tbyeah]

It's leg press. I could do that in my teens.

Free weights is a completely different matter.

Depends on the machine really, a leg press with no hydraulic assistance or favourable levers is not going to go well for 95% of people with 600kg

 

[Psycho Sonny]

Depends on the machine really, a leg press with no hydraulic assistance or favourable levers is not going to go well for 95% of people with 600kg

Yeah will depend on the machine but 600kg isn't unusual for a leg press especially ones that are at an angle or as you say hydraulics.

I could usually do 4 times the weight I could squat (free weights) on the leg press at the gym. Again the Smith machine was easier to use than free weights for squats. A leg press will have assistance built in and some more than others.

Personally I don't see why folk are using this kind of machines and weights at home if they don't have a dedicated gym area. Just get a gym membership.

 

[Dominic-Toretto]

Personally I don't see why folk are using this kind of machines and weights at home if they don't have a dedicated gym area. Just get a gym membership.

As stated in the OP it's a temporary setup. I actually have a home gym at the moment but that is also temporary as the actual building it will be placed in is still being built. I am struggling to fit the leg press in the existing gym, thus why I am asking about putting it in the living room as a temporary measure.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

Then why not wait and buy it once that's finalised?

I take it your single as that wouldn't get past most women sticking a leg press in the living even temporarily.