So, I’m planning on building Alan Thrall’s platform from this vid (https://youtu.be/IxWXXJDjEIk) and I was wondering: would the platform be any quieter if I doubled up on the stall mats in building this? I’m planning on building a garage gym and trying to minimize noise as much as possible. Anybody try this out, and have any tips about building this?
Thanks all
I have enough loose mats to run this experiment for you (I doubled them up while deadlifting). Have to say that I didn’t notice any difference in noise between single and double layers.
Thanks for the reply!
The plates simply clanging together also account for much of the racket, so pushing them firmly together and holding them there with a decent collar when you load the bar can also help.
My garage is located down the far end of the house near the kids bedrooms.
So I also get around this issue by blasting music loud enough to drown out the sound of the plates hitting the floor.
I was using 2x tractor supply stall mats to make up for a smaller than standard outer diameter (OD) plates. I then got standard OD plates and switched to just 1x stall mat. No difference in sound. Less rebound with 1x though, which was welcome. I wouldn’t recommend doubling the mats.