How to build a gym that saves money without affecting exercise results? In fact, the movement at home do not have a separate gym, a professional home exercise mat to get. I can move it to any open space at home to exercise, sometimes without any equipment, and the fitness effect will not be worse than in the gym.
There are many types of floor mats, how to choose a home gym floor mat? Let's take a look at the previously used floor mats.
1. Floor
Use: Exercise directly on the floor
Material: Wood floor, ceramic tile, cement
Advantages: Good stability
Disadvantages: Floor wear; slippery injured during exercise; no protective cushioning function, joint prone to injury.
1. Yoga mat
Use: Generally used to practice yoga, can be moved to any open space in the house alone
Material: NBR, TPE, rubber, PU, natural rubber
Regular size: 183cm*61cm
Advantages: light and easy to move, comfortable, very friendly to joints, and protect the floor
Disadvantages: not durable; the mat will slide during exercise; poor stability.
1. Commercial gym mats
Use: Generally used in commercial gyms, with small pieces splicing all over the floor
Material: Rubber
Regular size: 50cm*50cm
Advantages: thick shock; anti-smashing durable; does not move during exercise; floor protection; reduce noise; can pad fitness equipment
Disadvantages: mosaic covered the entire floor of the high cost of home gym; need to move apart and stitching, complicated operation is not convenient; splice gap, easy to fall into the hands and feet injuries, move off easily during exercise.
1. Family Exercise Rubber Mat
Use: dedicated to home fitness
Material: Rubber
Conventional size: multiple specifications, customize
Advantage:
1. The huge size of a single piece of high-quality mattress, to any of the open space on the home deployment, you can do all kinds of home exercise, P90X, Insanity, Plyo, T25, HIIT, TRX, rope skipping, aerobics, aerobics
2. The rubber mat will not move during a big jump, and the grip is very firm
3. You can wear shoes for high-intensity training, the mat will not drop slag, and does not extend, and the stability does not lose to the ground, but the comfort is a hundred times stronger
4. It feels high density, 7mm thickening is enough for shock absorption, it can cushion the joints during exercise and also protect the floor well.
5. It should have the effect of reducing noise. The property that used to complain frequently has not knocked on the door for a long time
6. Rubber mat can be stored in one roll, can be moved, rolled, can be placed against the wall or under the sofa, and does not occupy living space
7. It can be used to pad fitness equipment, but heavy equipment will leave marks
Disadvantages: The weight is much heavier than the yoga mat, but it can be moved
At present, there are a dazzling array of professional floor mats on the market. At present, the mainstream floor mats are mainly made of "rubber" materials, whose performance is much better than household products, and there are targeted product designs for different fitness venues and usage needs. How to choose rubber floor mats?
1. Friction
Different training has different requirements for the friction of the floor mat. If you use a slippery mat for strength training, it is easy to cause injury, especially during compound physical fitness training, you will also fall because of no friction.
Is the friction the greater the better? If the friction is too great, the trainer’s calf muscles will tighten quickly, increase the pressure on the ankle, and increase the risk of injury. In boxing and other actions, it will also be easy to hold the force on the thigh.
2. Elasticity is cushioning performance
For bodybuilders, sports training mainly relies on shoes to provide support and cushioning. Long-term exercise can easily cause joint damage. In order to reduce sports injuries and improve exercise efficiency, it is necessary to choose a mat with good cushioning. In addition to the surface anti-skid layer, professional floor mats also have a special shock-absorbing layer, which provides users with a comfortable experience and better protection while ensuring product performance.
In fact, fitness training can be said to have various relationships with the ground. If the nature of the floor mat is not right, the effect of our training will be greatly reduced, or even loss of body.