From group training to HIIT sessions on the gym floor, Taraflex® flooring from Gerflor has been able to meet the exercise demands of Virgin Active clubs in the City of London with ease

Keeping fit and going to the gym remain hugely popular, with the number of people exercising every week now breaking the seven million mark for the first time. Exercise classes continue to attract large numbers of people, especially women. International flooring and interiors specialist Gerflor are well-placed to assist clubs with this growth.

At the Virgin Active Health Club, 97 Aldersgate Street in the City of London, they don’t do things by half measures. They believe in adding membership value all the way down the line. It’s a philosophy that’s made the brand what it is today. In 2015 they made the decision to install a sports flooring solution that would tick all the boxes on performance, durability, comfort and safety. They chose Taraflex® vinyl sports flooring from international interiors and flooring specialist Gerflor.

A spokesperson from Virgin Active said: “We specified Taraflex® from Gerflor as we needed a product that would stand up to the rigours of our functional concept area and would also deliver a high degree of safety”.

Flooring quality
With the very latest exercise equipment on the most extensive gym floor in the City of London, Virgin Active at The Barbican has some of the best cutting-edge equipment available. It’s a shrine to getting fit and staying healthy in a safe and comfortable environment that oozes quality. Ensuring that their highly-valued members could enjoy every aspect of the club’s facilities the type of flooring was going to be key in their overall offer to new and existing members and their guests. The 324 sq m of Taraflex® Sport M Evolution has now, after three years, delivered everything that the tight specification demanded at the time.

Taraflex® is versatile enough to be used in various multi-specialist applications and affordable for all new projects and refurbishments. It’s a sports ?ooring solution that is ideal for the education, community, leisure, health and ?tness sectors.

Taraflex® vinyl sports flooring from Gerflor has been used in many international and local sporting events and is available in a range of 17 colours and three wood-effect designs.

High specification
It is available in various solutions that meet the different levels of the EN 14904 Standard, delivering the full scope of indoor sports surfaces from P1 to P3 shock absorption solutions. Taraflex® is recognised for providing durability, safety and comfort without impairing performance.

A unique value proposition, the Comfort range offers greater than 45 per cent force reduction, making it unrivalled in the marketplace in terms of offering comfort for users lowing the risk of long term injuries. Taraflex® meets the EN Standard of 22196 for anti-bacterial activity (E. coli - S. aureus - MRSA) (3) returning >99 per cent levels of growth inhibition. The product is also treated with Protecsol®, which renders polish redundant and is triple-action, meaning that no polish is ever required, it’s easy to maintain and is anti-friction burn and slide/grip.

Taraflex® has a double-density foam backing and as another bonus, it’s environmentally-friendly. The spokesperson from Virgin Active concluded by saying: “Three years on from the initial installation of the Gerflor flooring, our members and staff still love the Taraflex® flooring. It’s really delivered both in terms of durability and performance.”

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