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December 28th, 2009 | pits, safety
Pit floors done…walls coming soon
(via #texasdreams – yFrog)
My home gym is renovating one of our pits. I’m doing some research into foam cubes and suspension systems.
Leave a comment if you have advice for us.
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I’ve seen male gymnasts hit the pit floor bottom at Excalibur… so make sure your new pit is deep enough.
That seems really shallow to me…and a concrete bottom?
“Walls coming soon” hints to me that perhaps these “walls” are not the intended height.
If you use a good suspension system, trampoline or the Jim Walker system, you can go as shallow as 4′ deep.
http://gymnasticscoaching.com/new/2009/12/the-jim-walker-gymnastics-foam-pit/
For the record, the pits in the photo above are for 32″ in ground resis… exactly like the 2000 sq/ft of resi’s in our current location.
The loose foam pits are 8′+… Yes, 32″ ain’t gonna get it for loose foam. (c;
Thanks for the details.
At DGS, We have been successfully designing and building foam pit systems throughout the country for over 12 years. We have always recommended a 6′ deep hole and the bed suspended at 4′ from the top with 2′ of open space below. If the pit is exceptionally wide we will recommend a deeper pit or more space below the bed or we will support the middle of the bed by running bungi cord in a web pattern under the bed to hold the bed up but not rigid. Foam pit suspension systems are designed to move with the athlete and slow the fall to a safe stop. We believe 3′ is not deep enough and allows the athlete to hit the bottom of the suspension system too easily.
For more information on foam safety pits feel free to contact us at 1-800-932-3339 and ask for John Deary.
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