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thoughts on a weightroom on the mainfloor of the house

lizafava2
lizafava2 Posts: 185
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So, our basement is where the weights currently reside. Its not a very tall ceiling-ed basement, and is cold and damp. A power cage will definitely not work down there and OHP is impossible. We have a sprawling 110yo house with a huge, high ceiling-ed room on the first floor that we don't use. Is it universally a bad idea to have weights on the main floor? What if we keep deadlifts in the basement? How much would bumper weights and mats mitigate dropped-weight damage? I mean, I weigh over 200 pounds and fall on the floor all the time :)

I'm not feeling like I want to maintain our Y membership through the summer and want to get a full set-up at home.

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  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    My weight room is on the main floor of an older home as well...(love my orginal hardwood floors)

    I can't put mine in the basement for the same reasons...besides our basement is icky...:sick:

    I did buy pads for the floor (not the black ones just yellow etc) and I deadlift in that room I am just careful with my DLs (I don't let them go down too fast)

    I have found that the pads definately help and have yet to see any damage to the floor.
  • ErinRibbens
    ErinRibbens Posts: 370 Member
    Is there anyone you could have check your floor joists to make sure they are still solid? We've had a couple older homes, the last one we lived in I would never put weights on the first floor, but the one we have now, I would if the ceilings were higher. I know all about nasty basements! :sick:
  • lizafava2
    lizafava2 Posts: 185
    Thats a really good idea to have someone check the joists. I guess I can see if there's anything about them in the inspection report from when we bought it. I tend to think that old floors are way stronger than new ones because the wood is so much better and thicker, but checking for damage is a great idea. Sometimes the spans are a little long too. But y'all give me hope! I would love to lift in the light of day too :D
  • Fittreelol
    Fittreelol Posts: 2,535 Member
    I thought I posted this earlier, but build a deadlift platform.
  • Karmynzahringer
    Karmynzahringer Posts: 192 Member
    It probabaly depends how much your set up weighs in total. I would be careful with the deadlifts though. My husband DL's in the 400s for his working weight and when we moved his rubber pads to clean the other day realized that the concrete underneath was broken and crumbling apart.

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