The Ultimate Guide to Gym Flooring
Find the Right Fit for Your Home or Commercial Gym
Whether you're building a home gym or upgrading a commercial facility, choosing the right gym flooring is essential. This guide covers everything you need to know, from the best flooring types for different training styles to installation tips and long-term maintenance advice. No matter your training goals or budget, this guide will help you make a confident, informed decision.
Your 3 key decisions when choosing gym flooring
When it comes to gym flooring, there are three key decisions: what thickness you need, what type of tile suits your space, and how you plan to install it. Here’s a clear and simple guide to help you make the right choice for your home gym, commercial gym, or garage setup.
1. What Thickness?
We supply rubber gym floor tiles in 20mm, 30mm and 40mm thicknesses:
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20mm gym flooring is our most popular option, ideal for most home gyms, garage gyms, and functional spaces like CrossFit and Hyrox boxes. It’s affordable, durable and easy to install.
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30mm gym flooring is perfect for commercial gyms and high-traffic areas that require more protection from heavy weights.
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40mm gym flooring is best suited to first-floor gyms or converted retail units where noise reduction and shock absorption are crucial.
2. What Type?
We mainly offer two styles of rubber gym floor tiles: SBR and EPDM.
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SBR gym flooring is a great value choice, strong, reliable and used in thousands of gyms across the UK.
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EPDM rubber gym flooring is the premium option, with a smoother surface, colour flecks, and underside connector clips for quick installation. It’s easy to clean and looks slick in modern gym designs.
3. How to Install It?
Most rubber gym tiles can be laid in a straight or brick effect pattern.
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Both SBR and EPDM tiles can be cut easily with a Stanley knife and laid directly onto the floor.
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EPDM tiles also come with connector clips on the underside to help keep them aligned and locked together during installation.
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Looking for something more functional? We also offer custom sled tracks, ideal for sprint lanes, prowler work and functional training zones. Explore sled track options here.
Why choose Recharge Fitness Gym flooring?
We know how important it is to invest in gym flooring that lasts. That’s why we use premium-grade rubber, precision cut into 1m x 1m tiles with just a 1% tolerance, far above the industry standard. Our tiles don’t crumble, curl, smell, or shift over time. They stay clean, level and professional, even under heavy use.
This is about finding the right flooring for you, not for us. We don’t upsell; in fact, we often recommend simpler setups to help customers avoid overspending. Whether you’re looking for home gym flooring, commercial gym flooring, or a full garage gym flooring solution, we’ll help you choose the best fit.
We’ve built this guide to give you full confidence when choosing your rubber gym flooring. Scroll down to explore your options, read more specific advice, and see which products best match your space and training needs.
Gym Flooring Guides
Our gym flooring guides cover everything you need to know when choosing and installing the right flooring for your space. From understanding what gym flooring you need, to fitting tips, sled track layouts, cleaning advice, and comparison breakdowns, each guide goes deeper into the key areas that matter. Whether you're building a home gym or kitting out a commercial facility, these pages are packed with expert insight to help you choose the best gym flooring solution.
