Lifting Platform On Carpet

The raised dedicated lifting platform is the ideal lifting surface if allowable in your gym.

Lifting platform on carpet.

Its advantages are better force absorption for dropped weights meaning less wear and tear on both the equipment and floor underneath better noise reduction for your stupid neighbors and it creates a clearly defined lifting area for the athlete. In any case i consider it to have been well worth the time cost and effort it took to build. First it allows you to easily bolt your rack to a stable surface ensuring that it stays put during all your lifts. This won t go well.

A platform makes lifting safer in a few ways. The hardwood has just the right amount of traction if you re using olympic lifting shoes. Surprisingly it does save the carpet but it sucks to squat deadlift on and the weight has caused it to lift in places. Most commonly a lifting platform is on top of the rubber flooring that s everywhere else in the gym.

If you have anything but a concrete subfloor don t try a platform. As mentioned above before my platform the only thing i had. A lifting platform absorbs some of that force prolonging the use of your home gym equipment. Construction screws height will depend on thickness of platform 7 15 washers 3 10 oak spruce or other finer plywood for lifting portion 40 60 spray paint for logo 3 10 wood stain.

This platform is not going to replace a dedicated olympic lifting or deadlift platform but it works just fine for protecting my custom wood floors from the occasional drop from a missed rep.