Home Gym Flooring? What's The Real Story?

Hi Kyle,

I've heard that working out with weights on a concrete surface as opposed to a wooden floor, increases the likelihood of injury.

Is there any truth in this?


Mike,

Good question. Flooring is an often overlooked aspect of Home Gym Training.

The wooden surfaces and rubber matting surfaces certainly 'give' a lot more than concrete.

Even standing for long periods of time on a hard concrete surface can aggravate joints (just look at places like Home Depot or factory workers who stand for a long period of time in the same spot. These factories have learned that it helps their workers to place rubber mats under their feet to reduce the impact on their worker’s bodies).

I would recommend picking up some rubber matting for your home gym if you have a concrete surface (I did this for my Garage Gym which has a concrete floor). I bought my rubber matting from a gym that was going out of business but I go over even more methods for finding this matting in my e-book.

Train with purpose,

Kyle

Kyle's New Garage Gym (More Pics)

Hello fellow trainee,

Thanks for swinging by to check out my home gym! Here are some pics of my new garage gym.

Let me know what you think!

I have a bunch of goodies in my new garage gym (you can check out the complete list of the equipment by looking a couple posts down in the Blog).

Nothing beats training at home! I can slam the dumbbells around, I can make a mess, I can monopolize all of the equipment without worrying about pissing off anyone else, I can train whenever I want to train, and I can train the way that I want to train most importantly!


A lot of people ask me about home gym training all the time and for that reason I created Home Gym Secrets.

If you train at home, are thinking about training at home, or want to build a home gym that delivers kick-butt results then check out my Home Gym Secrets site.

Train with purpose,

Kyle Battis
Home Gym Secrets