11-07-17, 08:13 PM | |
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Big Floors Dance Flooring
So I really like dance workouts and dancing in general, and I have been using the DanceSocks over my shoes on my carpeted floor, which work well, but I've always wanted more of an actual dance floor. I've seen threads here before about workout room flooring, but since I rent, I'm limited to what I can do with my space. I eventually came across the Big Floors website and have had it in my favorites for a while until I could make a purchase. Last month, I noticed their dance flooring was on sale, so I purchased 49 square feet of the Basic Black Marble flooring and it just arrived today. I love it !!
It is very good quality, very easy to snap the pieces together (they arrive in assembled 2x2 squares but you can disassemble them if needed) and I was easily able to configure the squares I ordered into my non-square shaped space. The pricing is great right now. I was able to get the whole thing for under $200 (they have free shipping on all orders as well). I have attached a link to a picture of part of my workout area with the flooring (it isn't the entire space, just about 16 square feet of it). https://photos.app.goo.gl/WFfonryxriw5d0cm1 I tried attaching the image itself, but it kept failing, so let me know if you can't see the pic with that link! Anyway, I thought I would post this in case anyone else in search of a similar flooring solution. They also have basement and garage flooring as well. Here is their website: https://www.bigfloors.com/product-ca...vent-flooring/ ETA: Here's a link to another pic that shows a larger area of the flooring: https://photos.app.goo.gl/cEEzQ6yJ7agTPmbF2
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11-15-17, 08:40 PM | ||
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Raleigh, NC
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There is no padding under the flooring, mine is right on top of the carpet. It doesn't move around at all, though, and is very comfortable to work out on. I love that I can do (attempt) pirouettes on it without worrying about catching on the carpet and hurting my knees! I do all my workouts on it since getting the flooring. It's great for weight workouts, but if it's one where I have to get down on the floor for certain exercises, I put my yoga mat down on top of the flooring (I have the 6' round Mandala Yoga Mat). I'm really happy with this purchase! I wish I had found this product years ago. The great thing is, since I tend to move every few years or so, that the squares are only 1'x 1', so taking them apart and packing them up for the next time I move shouldn't be a problem. As far as the type of dance workouts that I like, well, how much time do you have I really like most all types, including zumba, belly dance, bollywood, line dance, hula, dancehall, and hip hop. I've been on a huge hip-hop choreography kick lately and have been trying to do more choreographed workouts versus zumba types for the brain boost! I love the feeling of picking up steps, but I am not anywhere close to being good at it anymore. I used to be really good at it but I've been out of practice for so long that it's really challenging right now. I've been working on the Cize workouts, and I actually have the old MTV The Grind Hip Hop workouts that I've gotten back into (anything with Eric Nies is motivation enough for me ). I also have been completely obsessed with this series of YouTube choreography videos that are put up by some studios and choreographers in L.A. The choreographers will come up with a routine, put it to a current song, and then there are these super talented dancers that will perform the choreo in groups for the video. A couple examples here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRnDw3clOS4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72o9y6Utf6o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TsvrWluthw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW2yUrXXRTI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7FgZcvx1XI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC0JGK18Ii8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTdjNbiNVmc I've definitely come to follow certain choreographers and dancers from watching these videos. Anyway, that's how I'm using my dance floor
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