Do I Need Mats Under My Half Rack

Mine is in the garage.

Do i need mats under my half rack. You can secure it to the floor or you can secure it to a lifting platform. While the mats do provide extra grip keep in mind that if you lift barefoot and your feet get sweaty you might have some issues i had a couple dicey moments while deadlifting because of this. Time to bolt the rack to the platform. It is a powerline power rack the cheap one.

For a power rack setup 2 of those mats will nicely cover the floor under your rack and enough in front for your bench a 6 x 8 area. Lay these pieces of mat and screw them down to the particle board with construction screws. Don t really see the need but it seems like lots of people place mats under their rack. I have stall mats under my rack and haven t had any issues.

There are two ways to bolt your rack down so it doesn t move or tip. But the rack itself is not on a mat. When securing it to the floor the first step is to cut out the flooring under the rack s feet so it sits directly on the concrete or sub floor below. Instead of trying to find space for a lot of single use equipment reverse hyper glut ham preacher deck etc make room for one larger piece like a power rack that allows you to do a lot with your limited space.

How to do it. If you ll be doing more things in front of your rack get a third mat to make a 6 x 12 area. Put your rack near the back of the lifting platform on top of the plywood lifting surface. I have mats around my power rack where the plates hit for deadlifts.

As others have mentioned the primary thing to worry about is not having a seam under your feet. Next mark the locations of the. Just cut the edge that will go against the wall so that the sides against other mats are factory straight.