A treadmill floor mat is simply a floor mat made of either rubber, PVC foam, or other durable material that can be used with any other exercise equipment but is sized just right to fit most standard treadmills. The usual sizes are for home treadmills and measure 6.5 feet long by 3 feet wide and anywhere from 3/8th of an inch to ½ inch thick. Usually the thicker the mat the better it will be for you treadmill assuming that the extra thickness puts itself to good use and offers more shock absorbency. That is where to quality of the material comes into questions.
Some treadmill mats will be advertised as having extra thickness but is made of such poor material that it compresses under the weight of your treadmill. This means that at the end of the day, the extra thickness is not very useful because it provides little to no support. A good quality mat will hold up against the treadmill’s weight as well as the wear caused by the moving treadmill when it is in use. Durable material such as rubber or PVC foam will not tear or be eaten away by the feet of your exercise machine.
The great thing about the treadmill mat is that it does not cost a lot of money compared to how much it will save you in the long run. By using a treadmill mat to cushion the blows from the treadmill to the floor you are protecting your floors as well as the body of the machine from the reverberation. It also greatly helps control the noise levels which the people around you will greatly appreciate. The protection a mat offers your machine means that the treadmill can live out its useful life to the fullest extent while keep repairs at bay. It can get very expensive once your treadmill starts to head down hill and a mat will help make sure that day is put off for as long into the future as possible.
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