Who Thought Hex-Head Weights Were a Good Idea?

I was observing a group exercise class at a club that is part of a major health club chain a while back. As one class wrapped up, participants for the next class were filing in, and as they came in, they all grabbed a mat and put it down to establish their territory. Then, many .. read more

Utilizing Our Installers

We’ve discussed installing our floors yourself, but I also really can’t say enough about our installers who go out and install our flooring systems.  All of them are great guys and true craftsmen.  I can tell you that they will provide you with a quality installation of whatever you purchase, every time. But I realize .. read more

Installing our floors yourself

So, now that you’ve got your brand new sports floor, how do you get it from the box and into the space where you need it?  Installation makes all the difference in how a floor appears.  It may work perfectly well, but you’ll have a hard time impressing that on a prospective member if the .. read more

Happy Holidays from Fitness Flooring!

Suddenly, it seems, the holidays are right upon us.  Like most, this gives us time to reflect and think about all that’s transpired over the last year.  We have to consider that, in difficult times, we have much to be thankful for.  Our friends, our families, our customers and all the people who have helped .. read more

The ever-dropping temperature reminds me that it’s fall and soon we’ll be turning on the heat, if you haven’t already.  It also means that more people will be heading indoors to exercise which is great news for your facility! Of course, the thing about turning on the heater is that it more quickly dries water .. read more

“Free-Floating” floors?

As you’re aware, wood flooring comes in a number of different species, but what you may not be so familiar with is the various constructions that hardwood floors come in. I want to quickly touch on those constructions that are most often seen in fitness applications because the construction has a lot to do with .. read more

The Return of Carpeting to Fitness

A lot of things change over time, but it’s not often that you see things actually begin to change back to the way that they once were. Well, that’s what’s happening to weight room flooring these days, and I think it’s actually a pretty positive thing. Let me explain – for years we’ve been trying .. read more

Formaldehyde Article

As there often is, there’s a good article in the latest edition of Hardwood Floors magazine, which came across my desk this week. This one is entitled “Formaldehyde Fears”. Sounds like pretty exciting, right? Well, it’s a growing concern about composite wood floors that are glued together using glue that contains formaldehyde. Problem with formaldehyde .. read more

Club Industry Trade Show

Here we are, just two weeks from the Club Industry Trade show in Chicago. It seems to have just snuck up on us. We’re hoping for a great turnout and I would encourage anyone who is able, to attend for a day. This is likely the last year that it is going to be in .. read more

Testing…1…2…3, Testing

Performance testing of sports floors may not be the most interesting part of what we do, but we do recognize that it is an essential part of our business.  After all, no one wants to know more than us that we are providing a floor that is going to perform well over time and that .. read more