How to choose the right deadlift platform for your gym
- Space considerations
- Intended use
- Importance of branding
- Long term plan
In this article we’ll evaluate each of the four topics above and how they impact your decision to install a deadlift platform in your gym. Whether you are a home gym owner or own a public facility, these topics will help guide you to make the best choice for you. This article purposefully leaves out the benefits of a deadlift platform in terms of energy management, which will be addressed in it’s own article.
Space considerations
This is, of course, an all-encompassing issue that every gym owner faces. Home gym or giant warehouse gym, you’ll need to asses how much space you’d like to dedicate to deadlifting areas. A smaller space would elicit the need for a smaller platform. However, if your clientele is not necessarily the deadlifting type, maybe a larger gym would still only need to dedicate a single station for deadlifts. A home gym owner of a 2 car garage gym that exclusively focuses on powerlifting may have a need for a mid-sized platform (say, 6x8 in size) or a rack-integrated platform. Assess your situation, membership type and physical space.
We manufacture a wide range of deadlift platform products. From platforms that store away without any tools, to large area platforms and rack integrated platforms we have a product that fits your needs.
Intended use
Let’s say you enjoy Crossfit or odd-object lifting and only deadlift on a handful of times per month. Maybe a modular platform, one that stores away easily, would be a good solution for you. Or maybe you are a deadlift fiend and you deadlift multiple times per week. A rack integrated platform or standalone platform may be a good option for you. Look at your intended use, or how you intend your members to use the platform and decide from there. If you need physical floor space on the regular, modular platforms may be the way to go.
Importance of branding
If you own a public gym, this is obviously important. With the proclivity of social media and the rise of people recording their workouts a branded platform would mean free advertising for you. Lifters who rip PR’s on your platform inevitably share it far and wide and it’s a glimpse inside your facility. You’ll want it to send the right message.
If you own a home gym, maybe branding isn’t as important to you. We live in an age where more people are branding their home gyms, giving them their own unique gym names. Having a platform with your gym logo on it has a look of exclusivity to it.
Long term plan
Home gym owners: is this your forever home? Do you move regularly? These are important questions to consider when building a gym. Obviously moving an entire gym is a feat unto itself, so consider this when looking at installing equipment like platforms.
Public gym owners: How long is your lease? Or, did you purchase this location? Again, moving an entire gym is a massive feat and not really something you want to think about. But losing a security deposit or having to pay to replace damaged concrete from years of deadlifting on underperforming rubber might be worse than the investment of a deadlift platform.
We manufacture deadlifting solutions for a wide range of space considerations. Below is a list (with links) to a few of our popular products we think you’ll like.
Super modular system, easy to store, multiple uses: The Deadlift Box
The original Modular Deadlift Platform: Modular Deadlift Platform
Standalone deadlift stations: The Genesis Platform
Rack Integrated Platform: The Exodus Platform