Hi i have my gym opening january and have nice new jigsaw mats could you skip on them? or would it just wreck the mats?

most matts you can skip on no probz ! that said ask someone with them? im sure its a yes
as long as you dont skip with metal wire ropes ???? :-(

ive had a matted floors for 25 years All have been skipped on same amount of years, no probz

We do 3 x 3 min rounds skipping warm up and mats are still like new after nearly two years.

We got jigsaw mats... I dont like people skipping on them, it makes them look old.. quick.

Thai's skip with the heavy Thai ropes on them at their gyms and they look ok. I guess it's all good provided the ropes you're using ain't sharp and metal.

whos been skipping on you Ryan...lol

LOL, probably the same guy who has been on you.

Hey Tom what Gym in Thailand you been to! ive never been to a Thai gym that had any mats never mind Jigsaw mats! only carpet if i was lucky! lol.

Alot of the bigger gyms in Bangkok now have matts ie Rob Coxs gym and Kaesamwrit... and they look ok after all the skipping on them. I would be careful as many matts would prob not be up to it in my opinion.

Mats? Mats?! Lucky Bastards! When we were young we used to skip on't M62 in rush hour traffic with 3"steel pipe sections threaded on a rope for 36 hours a day and get bread n drippin fer tea if we were lucky. Mats? Mats? you say! You tell kids today and they think dont believe you.

depends on the ropes you are using if they are normal light ropes then its fine but i dont let the guys use the heavy thai ropes on the gig mats as it takes the surface off of them.

To add a bit more info - the matts in Thailand at Kaesamwrit were skipped on for 30 min per day 6 days per week with Thai ropes and I saw the same matts about 4/5 years later and they were fine. I dont think many of the softer matts would hold up to that...

what about the older style judo mats ?

I have stopped skipping on these but allow it on jigsaws

Been skipping on the Jigsaw mats for 6 years now and still no issues. They'll hold out i'm sure. Not sure about the judo ones though.

Mine are fine after nearlly two years of skipping on them :)

We have jigsaw matts and have 4 classes per day skipping on them, for last 4yrs no problem

yeah mine are fine to after a year of skipping so seems to be majority OK to skip. You will get the marks of the heavy tube ropes but once you mop that dissapears.

nice gym snail.

we have over 15 classes a week skipping on our mats, now 6 years old and have another 6 in them before i turn em over! the grips wear out on the mats but it dusnt ruin them,

jigsaws should be fine but problem would be if people were wearing boxing or wrestling boots i rekon,