jldx2in2000
Cathlete
We are remodeling and I am very close to having my very own home gym.
The room is small (11.5' x 10') and will be in the basement with the floor as ceramic tile over concrete. Obviously the flooring is not suited for working out! My plan would be to use the room for everything: aerobics, weight training, and treadmill.
I read Cathe's Fit Tip on shock absorbent flooring for ideas on making the floor suitable.
I was initially looking into the Encore Elite flooring from Aeson; but, in corresponding with them, they told me that the Encore flooring is only suitable for aerobics and not weight training. Oddly enough they did tell me I could put my treadmill on the Encore flooring but really should do weight training on rubber mats that are installed separately from the Encore flooring. I found that odd that the flooring could withstand a super heavy treadmill but not my weights.
Anyway, I guess I am back to square one on what type of flooring to install since it doesn't seem practical to install one type of flooring in half of the room and another type in the other half. Plus as everyone knows, some of Cathe's cardio routhines require a lot of traveling space and I don't want to have to watch my step from Encore flooring to rubber mats.
Does anyone have experience with using the Encore for weight training (despite what the Aeson rep suggests)?
Any suggestions on another type of flooring to install over the ceramic tile that would suit all the Cathe workouts?
I know several people work out on just puzzle mats, but I have tried that and do not pivot well on rubber so the vinyl surface of the Encore flooring appealed to me. Also, I already have knee issues and am afraid that the puzzle mats just wouldn't provide the same shock absorbency as a suspended floor.
Any ideas/help are greatly appreciated!
Thanks so much!
PS Sorry for the super long post!
The room is small (11.5' x 10') and will be in the basement with the floor as ceramic tile over concrete. Obviously the flooring is not suited for working out! My plan would be to use the room for everything: aerobics, weight training, and treadmill.
I read Cathe's Fit Tip on shock absorbent flooring for ideas on making the floor suitable.
I was initially looking into the Encore Elite flooring from Aeson; but, in corresponding with them, they told me that the Encore flooring is only suitable for aerobics and not weight training. Oddly enough they did tell me I could put my treadmill on the Encore flooring but really should do weight training on rubber mats that are installed separately from the Encore flooring. I found that odd that the flooring could withstand a super heavy treadmill but not my weights.
Anyway, I guess I am back to square one on what type of flooring to install since it doesn't seem practical to install one type of flooring in half of the room and another type in the other half. Plus as everyone knows, some of Cathe's cardio routhines require a lot of traveling space and I don't want to have to watch my step from Encore flooring to rubber mats.
Does anyone have experience with using the Encore for weight training (despite what the Aeson rep suggests)?
Any suggestions on another type of flooring to install over the ceramic tile that would suit all the Cathe workouts?
I know several people work out on just puzzle mats, but I have tried that and do not pivot well on rubber so the vinyl surface of the Encore flooring appealed to me. Also, I already have knee issues and am afraid that the puzzle mats just wouldn't provide the same shock absorbency as a suspended floor.
Any ideas/help are greatly appreciated!
Thanks so much!
PS Sorry for the super long post!