Do I Need Mats Under My Half Rack

You can secure it to the floor or you can secure it to a lifting platform.

Do i need mats under my half rack.

Bolt the rack to the platform. If you ll be doing more things in front of your rack get a third mat to make a 6 x 12 area. It is a powerline power rack the cheap one. I have mats around my power rack where the plates hit for deadlifts.

There are two ways to bolt your rack down so it doesn t move or tip. 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. 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.

But the rack itself is not on a mat. As others have mentioned the primary thing to worry about is not having a seam under your feet. Just cut the edge that will go against the wall so that the sides against other mats are factory straight. Don t really see the need but it seems like lots of people place mats under their rack.

Just need to bolt the squat rack to the platform. How to do it. Next mark the locations of the. Mine is in the garage.

Put your rack near the back of the lifting platform on top of the plywood lifting surface. Time to bolt the rack to the 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.