Enhance Training With an Artificial Grass Sled Track
Incorporating an artificial grass speed track into your gym can significantly elevate the training experience for your members. This versatile piece of equipment is ideal for a range of exercises, from sprinting and agility drills to resistance training with sleds. That is why it is also called sprint track or sled track. Why do you need a speed track in your gym?
A speed track can serve multiple purposes for gym users. This artificial grass track, or stepped mat, can be used for cross-training, strength training, and general fitness. Whether you’re catering to professional athletes or fitness enthusiasts, an artificial turf track can be a valuable addition to your facility. Not only does it provide a safe and durable surface for high-intensity workouts, but it also enhances overall performance and minimizes injury risk.
What is a Speed Track?
A speed track is a mat or strip of artificial turf used in gyms for cross-training, strength training, and general fitness. It can be used as a focal point of a gym or as an addition to a weight room.
The dimensions of a speed track vary by supplier and customer specifications. They often measure 12 metres to 15 metres in length. A popular width is 2 metres. Thickness can vary between 12 mm and 15 mm. Sprint tracks are somewhat customisable: they can have metre markings and even a start/finish line. This artificial turf is supplied in rolls and comes in various colours to suit your aesthetic.
The artificial grass surface of a sprint track consists of polyethene fibres or single-strand synthetic fibre. While the surface allows the user to develop strength and endurance, it promotes balance, agility, coordination, flexibility, and speed development!
What Type of Exercise Can We Perform on a Speed Track?
A speed track can accommodate a wealth of exercises and benefit a wealth of sporting disciplines converting it into a sprint track or sled track according to its use.
Firstly, it’s great to use as a warm-up apparatus before performing other exercises. Secondly, as its name suggests, it’s perfect for speed training and performance enhancement in track athletes making it a sprint track.
Additionally, the speed track can facilitate strength exercises with a weighted sled, loaded carries with kettlebells and dumbbells, and lunge exercises. Train with a weighted device like a sandbag, and improve your running with sprint exercises. It can be used for jump training due to its softer, more forgiving surface and is ideal when used as a pulling and gliding surface. Now it´s a sled track.
What are the Benefits of a Sled Track in a Gym?
A sled track is a smart investment as it adds value to the variety of your offerings. As they are transportable, they can be installed anywhere in the gym, and above all, they are a practical piece of equipment providing a long list of benefits to the user.
- Added value for the gym
A sled track will bring added value by facilitating different exercises for athletes. It has become a flagship piece of equipment that can add a striking aesthetic to a gym.
- Practical equipment for athletes
Sled tracks are easy to set up and can be placed anywhere in the gym: in the weight room, the cardio area, or the cross-training zone. They should, however, lie on solid surfaces: concrete, tiles, wood, asphalt, screed, laminate, carpet or synthetic flooring.
Sprint tracks are reliable and durable. They can withstand the friction caused by heavy use, fast becoming a piece of equipment people expect to see in a gym. It is multifunctional and non-slip, which promotes stability and safe use with minimal risk of injury.
As a final practical benefit to the gym owner and their members, it will also help to reduce noise by absorbing shocks and vibrations.
Can a Sled Track be Used at Home?
A sled track necessitates use in a supervised, professional gym environment. Poor technique and misuse of apparatus can lead to injury, so it’s sensible to seek professional guidance. It’s safer to use the track within the confines of a gym. Besides, the social aspect of a gym means you may meet like-minded people in addition to having a wide range of health-promoting equipment.
While many prefer to work out at home, going to a gym can lead to meeting new people who share your passion. It goes without saying that you exercise because you value your health. Going to a gym, you’ll be sure to meet new friends who want to achieve the same goals as you: lose weight, build muscle or get rid of daily stress.
Summary
A speed track will add more than a degree of variety to your gym: it is a multi-benefit, multi-function piece of equipment that will vastly broaden the range of exercise modalities in any facility. Users will no longer need to go outside to do their speed training, with everything they need in the gym.
Go to a gym to train and have fun. Exercise is great for your health and your physical condition, while also a fun endeavour.
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