Home gyms are no longer a luxury for the rich and famous. Now, anyone can convert a spare room, part of their basement, or a corner or their garage into a workout area. A key component of any home gym is your flooring. There are plenty of flooring options available to you, from rubber mats to floor coatings. You need your floors to be strong, durable, and safe to walk on. You don’t want to risk someone falling or getting injured because you have slippery floors.

Here is what you need to know about how floor coatings can work for your home gym and keep both you and your floors protected. 

How Do Floor Coatings Compare To Rubber Mats?

Rubber mats are an excellent flooring choice for your home gym. They offer a layer of protection to your floors and can be easy to clean the sweat off of. However, lower-quality rubber mats can end up harboring bacteria and causing your home gym to smell.

Floor coatings offer a cleaner, more durable, higher-quality alternative to rubber mats. This is because floor coatings are made to last for years. Because floor coatings are easy to clean, you’re able to enjoy a fresher smelling and cleaner feeling workout area. If you want a long-term flooring solution for your home’s gym, floor coatings can provide this for you.

Are Floor Coatings Good For A Home Gym?

Yes, floor coatings can be a great flooring solution for a home gym. This is especially true if the space you intend to use as or currently use as your gym has concrete floors. Concrete can get very slippery, which can be very dangerous when you are working out and using heavy equipment. A floor coating provides a layer of protection on top of your concrete that helps your concrete last longer and that helps you stay safer.

Here are some of the benefits of using a floor coating for your home gym.

Safety

There are so many ways you can accidentally hurt yourself when you’re working out and pushing your body to its limits. If you have to worry about a slick floor, this creates an unsafe environment. Floor coatings can be customized to have traction added into them, so that they are safer to walk on. Plus, if you accidentally spill some water, you can just wipe it up.

Protect Your Equipment

Floor coatings can protect both your floors and your equipment from moisture. It’s common for workout equipment to have steel, which can rust with exposure to moisture. When you have a coating installed, you can prevent moisture damage and rust.

No Staining

There’s no more need to worry about sweat staining your home gym’s floor or that spilled workout drink leaving its mark when you have a coating installed. Coatings are easy to maintain and stain resistant. If your floor gets sweat on it or something spills, all you need to do it wipe it up. 

Durability

When you have heavy gym equipment and weights on your floors, you need to be able to trust that they won’t end up damaging your floors over time. Having a coating installed provides your floors with that extra layer of protection that they need in order to withstand the impact of your treadmill or those weights.

More Attractive Space

It’s easier to work out if you like the way your home gym looks. Concrete can be dull and drab and grey. Floor coatings, on the other hand, are customizable with a variety of different colors and blends. You can turn your home gym into a more aesthetically pleasing space that is more comfortable and motivating to be in. 

Lack Of Odor

Rubber mats are great, but that rubber smell clings to them. This can make doing planks and other floor exercises even more difficult because you have that smell up your nose. Polyaspartic coatings don’t have much of a smell, so you don’t need to worry about that disrupting your routine.

Quick Installation

If you’re working on your home gym, you want to be able to use it. Polyaspartic coatings cure quickly, so you can get back to using your floors after a day. That way, your routine is not interrupted for days on end the way it could be with other types of coatings.

Professional Floor Coatings In Northern Utah

Solid Custom Floor Coatings Utah provides high-quality coatings for your garage, basement, and home that protect your floors and improve your curb appeal. Contact us today to learn more about our services.