Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!
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Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.
So, how’s it going?
Thinking of building a modest home gym with a squat rack.
Though it needs to go on carpet, but I’m not so keen on the idea of having plywood directly on carpet (especially in the rumpus), with possible issues with moisture and mold etc.
What about getting those rubber gym floor tiles? I’ve seen those sold at a few places.
Was originally planning on a couple of sheets of ply, and then the rubber floor tiles on top, but was worried about the large contact patch on top of the carpet.
So have been thinking about adding some of those outdoor/wet area flooring tiles that have holes in them, to add some air circulation to the carpet?
Are you meaning to put the squat rack on top of all that? I would just use mats under the weights for deadlifts etc. or is this just a half rack without spotter bars and you’re worried about dropping the weights?
Is the room particularly humid or has no windows/ventilation?
Was thinking of getting something like this https://solidstrengthequipment.co.nz/solid-strength-squat-rack/, and have that mounted on top of the Platform to keep it secure.
Platform for securing the rack, but also to prevent damaging the carpet too much, and provide a nice base for lifting.
Not particularly humid, has windows and all that, and a heat pump, but it is on the ground floor with a concrete sub, so it does feel a bit more humid compared to upstairs.
I highly recommend getting one with spotter bars or adding spotter bars if you can, especially if you lift alone. I used to have a similar one with spotters that I used on carpet, it didn’t seem to do much damage, but maybe you’re way stronger than me :)
That store has some nice looking stuff. I’m still mad about No. 1 Fitness being bought by Torpedo7 all those years ago. They always had a good varied range with good prices. Torpedo7/TWG bought them and then never carried as much range as No. 1 Fitness did.
Yeah - Went in to Torpedo7 over the weekend to just see what the quality of some of their stuff was like, and they don’t even have floor models of most of the stuff they have online.
IRT the spotter bars, I did get into the habit of benching without collars so that in the event I did fail, I would be able to slide the weights off (as I got into the habit of going to the gym at hours where there would be no-one else - though that never happened). Would eventually like to get a full Power Rack, but that’s obviously quite a significant investment, and I’d like to start off a little bit smaller than that :)
Interesting with the carpet. You didn’t notice any “Pot holes” forming in the carpet where your feet were always landing during lifts?
That makes sense with benching. I was always hesitant to try for 1-rep maxes alone at home without some kind of safety. It did feel like I sometimes didn’t push myself as hard as I could. I don’t really do any weightlifting any more, even though I probably should.
Honestly I don’t remember, it was quite a few years ago in a different house. I eventually upgraded to something more like this in the garage.