For carpet you re going to either need to pull up the carpet ideal or lay sheets of 3 4 or 23 32 plywood over the carpet and the mats on top of that.
Lifting platform over carpet.
Luckily i m short enough and my ceilings high enough that i don t have a problem with height and lifting.
Putting a power rack on plywood also decreases the squishiness of the carpet underneath it.
The old school way was to build up a tall frame 6 deep or so build the middle lifting area solid then the sides fill with carpet scraps or sand then a sheet of rubber over it.
So i do all my workouts in my apt.
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You can use a plywood slab on the area where you use the squat rack or do weightlifting.
A thick carpet will be too squishy and not give you the kind of stability you need when you re lifting a lot of weight.
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And bands are one area where unbolted racks have problems because you can pull an unbolted rack out of position.
One thing i have noticed is that i am starting to wear the carpet where i stand during squats.
I have indoor outdoor carpet in my back patio where i work out and it is very solid.
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Lifting on it will be a bit odd because the plates will find.
Had my stall mats on carpet for over a year till everything got moved to the new garage gym with no staining problems they will shift around a bit because of the carpet fibers solved this by screwing a 1 4 round wood molding.
The best gym floors to use over carpet you can really use any gym flooring over your carpet as long as you follow the above instructions.
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No issues with weights or bands.
I have a platform on top of carpet and the rack is bolted to the platform.
I ve read that if you build a lifting platform stability shouldn t be an issue but no one has really remarked on how well the carpet holds up.
I want to build a home gym in my basement but there is carpet in all the rooms.
Use modular tiles rubber or foam for installation purposes.
It is laid right on top of concrete with no pad.