School playgrounds used to nearly always be made from concrete or asphalt. These solid surfaces are durable and cheap, but they are also dangerous and prone to environmental damage. This has led to most schools replacing hard surfaces with soft surfaces, like wood chip around climbing frames and rubber around swings. An increased focus on […]
When you’re building an outdoor gym flooring is the biggest consideration. Rubber tiles offer excellent performance but it’s important to choose the right tile. In this guide, we’ll discuss what to look for and why we recommend SPORTEC® UNI Outdoor. Can rubber gym flooring be used outside? Yes! Rubber gym flooring can be used outside, […]
A Guide to Sprung Gym Flooring Sprung gym floors are used in gyms to create fitness zones that deliver exceptional performance. These floors are characterised by a high level of shock absorption and energy return, which reduces user fatigue and improves safety. Here’s everything you need to know about sprung gym flooring: What is sprung […]
If your gym has free weight, bench and powerlifting zones, then you will need heavy duty gym flooring to protect the subfloor. Heavy duty gym flooring is always made from EPDM rubber tiles. EPDM rubber tiles have several advantages over rubber matting, including thickness, shock absorption and the fact they are individual tiles which makes […]
If you are a gym owner in need of new flooring, this buyer’s guide will help you figure out the type of floor you need. Gym Floor Types Rubber rolls: rubber rolls or rubber matting is cut to length. It’s suitable for functional fitness zones and bench zones, but not free weight zones which need […]
At TVS we live and breathe gym flooring. Following over a decade in the industry, we’ve installed thousands of gym flooring systems in all kinds of gym for everyone, from the biggest franchises and hotels to independent gyms up and down the country. What makes us the best? We think we’re the best because of […]
Fitness flooring comes in all shapes and sizes, but only a handful of flooring systems are suitable for multi-use areas of a gym. Multi-use fitness areas can be home to treadmills, free weights up to 12kg, pull up racks, cable machines and yoga zones. The floor has to be able to withstand dropped weights and […]
Gym floor rolls are one of the most popular kinds of gym flooring because they are affordable and deliver good performance. They are most-suited to covering large areas where the sub floor requires minimal protection. Gym floor roll use cases Gym floor rolls are typically 10mm to 15mm thick and are installed on top of […]
Rubber flooring can be used for a variety of different sports and activities and it is the material of choice for some professional sports. Rubber flooring is most widely used as a general surface for weight training, running, aerobics and plyometrics. In professional sports, it is used for gymnastics and weightlifting because it provides protection […]
Rubber sports flooring provides sufficient protection to both concrete and plyboard subfloors. It also provides protection to gym goers, by absorbing shock and impacts so that dropped weights and plates don’t bounce off the floor. Commercial gyms use rubber flooring for both these reasons, but they also use rubber flooring because it lasts a long […]
