What's the absolute cheapest deadlift floor padding? Why

>>41745957
old towels.

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>>41745957

The grass outside.

Problem solved.

>>41745957
Tractor supply. No joke the livestock rubber padding is amazing for it.

>>41745957
A few layers of plywood should do it

>>41745957
Masonite might work

>>41745957
home depot has something similar to gym flooring, i forget what its called though. Cheap too

>>41746006

This. It's tough as hell too. Lots of plans for a lifting platform use it.

>>41745957
>doing deadlifts in an upper floor apartment
Holy kek anon, your downstairs neighbour is going to stab you before you do any damage

>>41745993
I actually tried this.

The weight begins to sink into the ground after awhile, and everything gets dirty as fuck. Not a good idea.


I gave up on the home gym stuff and just went back to the local gym. They don't mind if i destroy their equipment.

>>41747977
put an old shirt/towel where the weights touch the ground

>>41745957
>upper floor apartment
you are gonna have to get a piece of wood then put pads and shit on it and try not to slam it on the ground

You are a piece of shit for even considering doing deadlifts in an upstairs apartment. When you live under someone you can hear EVERYTHING. You dropping a dinner plate on the floor sounds like someone bowling upstairs. Unless you have concrete floors (you don't), don't try to deadlift in an apartment building.

>>41745957
>deadlifting in an apartment

I would fucking murder you

>>41748891
>>41748847
>>41747970
disregard this, anon. I used to big books for padding and that's it, my downstairs neighbors said they never heard shit.
My neighbors and I were on friendly terms when I bought my set, it's not like they had a problem complaining.

>>41748994
OP is going to get stabbed in his sleep by some crazy person living under him/evicted. At the very least he is going to lose money for the materials that he purchased and have an embarrassing conversation/note slipped under his door.

>>41748847
lol, I'm a piece of shit I guess. only baby weights though (under 200lbs), and I do the lowering in a slow and controlled way. I'm very conscious of noise; I'd guess that dropping a cup or plate is definitely louder.

>>41748994
>>41749024

Ya, when you deadlift less than 2pl8 it isn't exactly an issue. I don't think OP plans on staying DYEL forever. Lowering 3.5+ pl8 in a controlled and quiet manner shouldn't be a reasonable concern for someone focusing on not exploding spinal discs out of their back.