Gym matting options for commercial and home gyms

Recycled rubber flooring is the preferred choice when it comes to flooring for gyms and fitness centers. The traction and shock absorbing qualities of recycled rubber flooring make it the perfect material to support the running, jumping, falling and weight-dropping that are routine parts of a workout. Rubber has natural anti-fatigue capabilities, as it cushions any weight placed on it. It is also extremely versatile, coming in a wide range of hardnesses to suit your fitness facility’s specific needs. If you are looking for the perfect flooring solution for your fitness facility, this guide to the many options and considerations will help you make the right choice.

Fitness equipment recycled rubber flooring for gyms

Whether you are outfitting a major commercial fitness center or a small home gym, recycled rubber fitness flooring is a necessity. A gym floor needs to be able to protect against impact and fatigue, as well as prevent slipping. Gym equipment is heavy and can easily damage most flooring made of other materials, such as wood or ceramic tile. In turn, hard floors can damage equipment and result in athlete injuries. A good recycled rubber flooring product provides the padding and impact absorption qualities needed to protect floors, equipment and gym users.

More people are working out at home: give your clients the best gym flooring

The COVID-19 lockdowns of the past year have led to many gyms having to close, either temporarily or permanently. As a result, many housebound fitness fanatics have brought their workouts into the home. Where possible, many people are equipping complete in-home gyms. These personal home fitness facilities need proper recycled rubber flooring to protect floors and equipment. Even if people are engaging in exercise that is centred on callisthenics, yoga or aerobics, they still need rubber flooring that can protect against impact and recycled rubber flooring matting is that solution! If you have been contracted to design and build a home gym, incorporating recycled rubber flooring is a critical part of your installation.

Recycled rubber sports flooring

Recycled rubber matting is essential, not only for gyms, but for any sports facility. Fitness clubs, sports clubs, ice arenas, ski hills and other venues require tough but flexible flooring with a high degree of traction and shock absorption. Dinoflex’s Sport Mat fitness flooring is the perfect flooring solution for these needs. Versatile in its application, Sport Mat will support health and recreation activities at every level. Be it weights, fitness machines, skate blades, ski boots, golf clubs or more, Sport Mat will provide the absorptive powers you need to protect both your floors and users. Manufactured from recycled rubber, Sport Mat provides a safer workout environment by reducing the risk of falls, allows for healthy air intake with its low VOC, and is guaranteed never to curl. The best part is, with Sport Mat you can have your recycled rubber tiles displayed with your logo for branding that will never fade or show wear patterns.

Rubber flooring for commercial spaces

Recycled rubber matting is not only for sports and fitness facilities. You can use it in commercial spaces too. Design in these areas involves a balance of aesthetics and function, and Dinoflex’s Evolution Commercial Flooring offers you both. Designers have used all sorts of flooring materials for commercial spaces: wood, tile, carpet, and more. As its name suggests, our Evolution product is the natural development of all the strengths and challenges of these materials. Offering high traction, underfoot comfort, sound reduction capabilities, stain resistance, easy cleaning, extreme durability and vibrant colours, Evolution Commercial Flooring is perfect for a variety of commercial designs and flooring applications. Made from recycled rubber tires and EPDM, by incorporating this product into your commercial space design, you will provide your clients a quieter, cleaner, and safer space for their work, all while earning green credits, too.

Top 6 uses of recycled rubber mat flooring

As is probably quite clear already, recycled rubber flooring is a wonderfully versatile flooring option that works exceptionally well in a variety of environments. Here are six of the most common uses to which recycled rubber flooring is the ideal flooring option:

• Gyms: Recycled rubber flooring provides tough, shock absorbing attributes needed to protect floors, equipment and people in high-impact environments, characteristic of home gyms and fitness centers.

• Commercial spaces: Heavy foot traffic and stringent cleaning requirements dictate what kind of flooring can be used in commercial spaces. In addition to the durability required to cater for these needs, commercial flooring must also meet a high aesthetic standard and a variety of design needs. Recycled rubber flooring offers all of those, and more.

• Sporting venues: From ice arenas to ski hills and more, every sporting venue can benefit from recycled rubber flooring. Offering high traction and impact absorption with excellent performance in wet and dry conditions makes recycled rubber flooring ideal to support athletic activities of all kinds.

• Decks and walkways: Both decorative and durable, recycled rubber mat surfacing is an excellent flooring choice option for outdoor locations such as decks, walkways and even roofs. They are an all-weather solution that can be worked into your designs for landscapes, gardens and outside entertainment areas.

• Children’s play areas: Rubber play tiles are water permeable and slip resistant, providing a comfortable, durable surface on which children can play safely. Their excellent shock absorbing qualities make them ideal for keeping children safe if they fall from a higher height.

• Barns and animal enclosures: Flooring mats made from recycled, non-vulcanized rubber are tough, odorless and safe for indoor and outdoor use in animal enclosures. The dense rubber is easy to clean, provides a non-slip surface for livestock to walk on and facilitates a hygienic environment for animals and the people who care for them.

Customer favourite gym mats

Most people looking for recycled rubber flooring have three attributes in mind: aesthetics, durability and sustainability. Among those who opt for Dinoflex’s flooring solutions, most are designing either commercial spaces or sports and fitness facilities. Evolution Commercial Flooring is extremely popular among those in the former category, as this product brings together design and durability in a recycled rubber flooring mat that can carry the weight of heavy foot traffic, is easy to clean and comes in a range of colours and patterns to suit any visual requirements.

When it comes to fitness and sporting facilities, our Sport Mat is the most popular choice. Incredibly versatile, this recycled rubber flooring mat serves just as effectively in a home gym as in a major sporting facility.

Being made of recycled rubber, all of our products have a high degree of sustainability and as mentioned previously, Nature’s Collection is a favourite among customers who place a particular emphasis on this criterion. Sustainably harvested cork is blended in with recycled rubber to create an even more environmentally friendly flooring, while also checking the boxes for underfoot comfort, durability and sound absorption.

Pros of designing with recycled rubber flooring

Why include recycled rubber matting in your flooring designs? The functional and aesthetic benefits should be apparent from the discussion thus far. Let’s take a closer look at the benefits of recycled rubber floor tiles:

• Resilience: Recycled rubber floors can carry enormous amounts of regular foot traffic, even in high impact conditions. They are also water resistant, and thus impervious to spills and stains, which can easily be washed off. What makes them especially suitable for gyms is that they provide more cushioning than other flooring types, which improves comfort and reduces injuries and fatigue.

• Slip resistance: Gyms and similar facilities are places in which injuries are of a relatively high risk. Flooring shouldn’t add to these risks. Recycled rubber floors reduce the risk of slipping, keeping users safe and focused on their training.

• Aesthetic versatility: Recycled rubber floors mats and tiles can offer a wide range of options to suit your stylistic requirements. With unlimited colors and a range of patterning options to complete and accent your designs, recycled rubber flooring is the ideal flooring choice for so many venues and facilities.

• Sustainability: With so many different recycled rubber flooring products exhibited in the Dinoflex name, you can rest assured that you have selected a solution that not only fulfils your stylistic and functional requirements, but also reduces the carbon footprint of your facility.

Dinoflex is a trusted flooring brand that has developed a formidable reputation for quality and sustainability through our constant dedication to constant innovation. Our products inspire and assist architects and designers to create spaces that exceed expectations in terms of form and function. Contact us to find out more about how our recycled rubber matting innovations can enhance your commercial or home gym design. In addition to all the reasons mentioned above, all of our recycled rubber flooring tiles are also guaranteed never to curl!