Flooring recommendations for garage gym

Tractor Supply stall mats. Just putt the "dotted" side down. It's what I use. Leaf blower and/or a quick mop and they get as clean as other gyms I've been to. Relatively inexpensive and readily available.

I have 3-4 stall mats. I want to get 2-3 more. Once I get those, I plan to use some double sided tape to place on the underneath at the seams to help from having them move.

I want to say I paid about $40 apiece for them.

depends if you catch them on sale or not. i think they are $49 reg.

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You can also do a DIY 8x8 (or other dimensions) platform very easily. I did an 8x8 and it costed me about $200 total between screws/bolts, two horsestall mats from tractor supply, 4 4x8 sheets of 3/4” OSB plywood, and 1 pine plywood board. I also did that during covid when lumber was crazy so might be cheaper now. I love mine.

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yep and if you dont have bumpers, this is honestly the better way.

i will say, make sure you seal the concrete though or put down visqueen underneath because the wood will suck moisture out the concrete and rot and get moldy.

My wife (no pics) got me some 3/4 inch thick squares that connect to each other years ago. I have about 200 square feet down and they’ve survived pretty well. I thought about getting stall mats when we moved but just decided to unhook them and take them with us. I’ll probably go the stall mat route once I replace these but they’ve been very durable even when I’ve had to park my car over them during the couple of cold spurts we’ve had.

I did a thinner rollout flooring (Amazon) for most of the gym, then I put horse stall mats under my lifting area. The horse mats are uncomfortable if you are going to do floor work. You May want to buy a soft mat to go over the horse mats.

My wife uses the non-lifting area to do yoga and what not and I do a lot of my mobility and ab work there. So it’s nice to have a slightly softer surface.

The thinner rollout is also nice because it reduces seams and is easier to cut to fit.