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Home Gym Flooring Ideas - Mats, Tiles & Rolls

By Paige Cerulli

Created: Jun, 2017 - Modified: Dec, 2024

As you plan your home gym, there are many home gym flooring ideas to help you get started. You can buy home gym flooring in tiles, mats, and flooring rolls. Rubber, foam, and PVC are popular materials for home gyms; the material you choose for your residential gym floor will go a long way toward making your home gym the best location for workouts.

You’ll find floor tiles in interlocking, straight edge, and modular designs, while mats are available in 4x6 ft and 4x10 ft sizes or similar for single equipment areas. You can also pair mats together to make larger areas. Flooring rolls are available in 4 ft widths in precut lengths of 10 and 25 linear feet, as well as in custom-cut lengths to match your home gym floor size.

Top Home Gym Flooring Ideas from Greatmats

Whether you’re looking for tiles, mats, or flooring rolls, we have plenty of quality home gym flooring ideas for sale at Greatmats. This guide will help you explore some of the most popular gym flooring options that may be the right fit for your gym.

Exercise Floor Mats

Exercise floor mats can create an ideal surface for your home gym without requiring a complicated installation process. These home gym floor mats can generally be dry laid, and some mats are designed to be easy to remove and store when not in use. Mats not only create a comfortable surface with appropriate traction for your workout but can also help protect your subfloor from your exercise equipment or weights.

We carry several exercise floor mats that are a great choice for your home gym.

Rubber Flooring Roll Greatmats 1/4 Inch Black


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The Rubber Flooring Roll Greatmats is a ¼-inch rubber roll that’s ideal for home gyms and small areas. Measuring 4x10 feet in size, this matting can be loose-laid or installed with double-sided tape. It’s a budget-friendly option that’s plenty durable. The mat can be placed under exercise equipment, in dumbbell areas, and over concrete and other hard flooring.



Gym Mats 2 Inch x 4x10 Ft


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These folding gym mats are lightweight and easy to fold and transport, but they also offer excellent shock absorption. The mats feature a PE foam core for cushion and shock absorption, while double-stitched streams and a tear-resistant vinyl cover make the mats a durable choice. The mats feature connector strips, so you can connect multiple mats to create a larger surface. They’re a great way to add padding to a hard floor.



G-Floor Exercise Equipment Mat


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The G-Floor Exercise Equipment Mat is an excellent way to protect your subfloor from your exercise equipment. The mat is slip-resistant and waterproof, and it’s crafted from a durable polyvinyl. While the mat is lightweight, it can be easily installed by simply unrolling it and placing it beneath your equipment.

Exercise Floor Tiles

Flooring tiles for home gym workout rooms are available in plastic, rubber, and foam material. Interlocking workout tiles are excellent home gym flooring ideas, and they’re great for easy installation flooring since the tiles are easy to handle and install and require no adhesive. Straight-edge tiles will typically require some glue or tape-down installation in areas larger than 500 square feet and with tiles that are less than 1/2 inch thick. Some one-inch-thick rubber gym flooring tiles that are 2x2 ft in size and that weigh over 13 lbs. per tile can be used in residential and smaller gym flooring installations with no glue; they can be dry laid and cut to fit for a wall-to-wall installation.


Modular tiles are 1x1 ft or similarly sized and feature active locking or click-together connector systems. Made of plastic material, modular tiles can be installed over carpeting and feature a hardness that is in between foam and rubber material.

Rubber Tiles


Rubber tiles are typically 8 mm or 3/8 inch thick and are durable and hard like a car tire. Rubber tiles are designed to stand up to exercise equipment and weights depending on your rubber thickness. For free weights more than 50 pounds, we recommend rubber floors that are ½-inch-thick and thicker. For home heavy weight lifting we feature ¾-inch and 1-inch rubber tiles.

Rubber flooring is available in all black, black with color flecks, and all-color tiles. The black portion of most of our rubber flooring options consists of recycled rubber material from various sources, some of which include reground truck tires. Color fleck options of 10, 20, or higher color percentages consist of EPDM rubber colorant. The 100 percent color tiles are either EPDM or synthetic rubber-colored material in most cases. Our most durable and high-end rubber tiles are 100% colored tiles. The most economical rubber is generally all black or even a reground rubber material that is re-manufactured by the rubber flooring factories from rubber scrap material.

Interlocking Rubber Floor Tiles


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Our interlocking rubber floor tiles are a ⅜-inch tile available in black or a light gray fleck option. These tiles measure 2x2 feet, so they’ll quickly cover a larger space. The puzzle-style edges make for a simple yet secure installation, and the rubber offers impact absorption to maximize your comfort while protecting your subfloor.



UltraTile Rubber Weight Floor


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If you’re looking for maximum shock absorption, the UltraTile Rubber Weight Floor tiles are a great choice. These 1-inch tiles are designed to withstand repeated heavy impacts from free weights, so they can help protect your subfloor. Made of rugged vulcanized composition rubber, the tiles deliver slip resistance whether they’re wet or dry. They’re also durable enough to withstand repeated installations, making them a long-lasting investment in your home gym.

Foam Tiles

Foam flooring tiles are generally interlocking tiles that are dye-cut at the factory during the manufacturing process. Foam tiles are made from a combination of PE or polyethylene and EVA plastic pellet material. Foam flooring tiles are available in soft, standard, and high-hardness options. Soft foam floors are commonly found in big box stores, and sometimes also feature muted or faded colors, both of which are associated with cost savings during manufacturing.


However, some of our personal exercise foam mats are specifically designed with a softer foam hardness for floor exercises. Standard hardness foam tiles offer a safe and soft flooring option for multi-use areas for kids' playrooms, basement floors, and residential exercise rooms. High-hardness foam tiles are designed for karate and aerobic floors, specifically for standing and kicking drills and light ground work. Aerobic floors feature our most hard foam flooring option.

Sometimes with foam tiles hardness is associated with density. Hardness is a measure of just that, how hard the foam feels to the human. Density is a measure of the weight of material per cubic foot. The two are related and not the same. Higher density foam tiles have more material and less air per cubic foot and are typically high quality and will last longer and perform better over time. The way to produce a less expensive foam floor tile is to reduce the material per cubic foot and produce a lighter weight tile, using less material.

Gym Floor Workout Fitness Tile Pebble


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The Gym Floor Workout Fitness Tiles are designed for use in weight rooms. The lightweight EVA foam is easy to install and waterproof, but it’s also strong enough to withstand the weight of gym equipment. The tiles feature a slip-resistant textured surface for safety. The puzzle-style edges fit together easily for a quick installation, and the included border strips give you beautiful finished edges.



Home Sport and Play Mat


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The Home Sport and Play Mat is a durable EVA foam mat that creates a more comfortable home gym floor. They’re waterproof and stain-resistant for durability, and the scuff-resistant texture can withstand athletic shoe traffic. The tiles are available in a variety of double-sided colors and their interlocking edges make them quick to install. Each tile includes two border strips for clean, finished edges.

PVC Modular Tiles

Many modular aerobic flooring tiles that lock together feature an active locking system called StayLock. These tiles are great for installing directly over carpeting in any room of the residence and will provide an upscale look to your gym floor. These anti-fatigue athletic flooring tiles are available in designer colors and offered in either orange peel or bump top textures. These durable and long-lasting PVC plastic flooring tiles will provide a great amount of cushion and fatigue relief for aerobic X-type flooring exercise activities in home gyms.

StayLock Tile Orange Peel


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The StayLock Tile Orange Peel is a durable PVC tile that can be installed over low-pile carpet, concrete, wood, or tile. This waterproof tile features an orange peel-like texture to help maximize traction during your workouts for safety. The tiles provide the durability of rubber but the cushion of foam, and they even feature a 20-inch ASTM fall height rating. They fit together securely and won’t separate during use, but can be uninstalled if needed.



StayLock Tile Bump Top


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If you’re looking for an even more comfortable option, then choose the StayLock Tile Bump Top. These waterproof PVC tiles feature a bubble pattern on the top that forces you to shift your weight regularly for valuable anti-fatigue relief. The flexible tile bump areas add a little extra cushion to help keep you comfortable during your workouts. These tiles can be placed directly over a hard subfloor, and the interlock system makes for an easy DIY installation while preventing the tiles from separating while in use.

Exercise Floor Rolls

Exercise flooring rolls are made from a variety of materials, including foam and rubber. This rolled flooring can often be installed with a tape-down installation, or it can be dry laid and removed after your workout to retain the versatility of a multi-use space.

Flooring rolls can be an economical way to cover a larger space, and you can avoid the seams that are created when you use flooring tiles. Flooring rolls can be a great choice for creating a whole fitness room when you need to floor a larger space while on a budget.

Rubber Flooring Roll Greatmats 1/4 Inch Colors


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The ¼-inch-thick rubber flooring roll is conveniently sized for your home gym or other small area. It measures 4x10 feet and is available in color fleck options for an eye-catching look. This rubber roll delivers valuable slip resistance for your workouts, and it’s a budget-friendly choice. The roll can be easily installed by loosely laying it or by using double-sided tape.



Plyometric Rubber Sport Roll


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The Plyometric Rubber Sport Roll can help maximize your comfort during workouts. It’s crafted with 90% recycled rubber and offers a bit of cushion to help protect your joints. While the floor is comfortable and forgiving, it’s still durable enough to withstand athletic shoe traffic. The flooring is available in custom sizes and can be taped or glued down.



Roll Out Wrestling MMA Mats


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If you want to maximize your comfort but easily remove your flooring after your workout, the Roll Out Wrestling MMA Mats are a great choice. These mats feature a smooth vinyl surface that’s durable, as well as a 1.25-inch-thick foam layer that adds cushion and shock absorption. While comfortable, the mats can withstand shoes and boots. You can unroll the mat onto a hard surface, do your workout, and then roll up and store the mat away again.

Explore These Home Gym Flooring Ideas

These athletic and home gym flooring pages are designed to provide the information needed to help you make an educated decision for your home gym flooring. Hopefully, these home gym flooring ideas helped you identify some options that can work for your gym.


If you have additional questions or would like clarification for your particular workout flooring area, please don't hesitate to call. Our customer service staff is ready to help find the best flooring product for your home gym application.