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How REGUPOL flooring empowers Texas Tech athletics

For over 65 years, REGUPOL has guaranteed quality products for athletic trainers and athletes — offering advanced technology in indoor sports surfacing, including running tracks, turf shock pads, vibration isolation products and acoustic underlayment.

As the first company to recycle tires into rubber flooring, REGUPOL helps push the elements to provide the best results. Using both sustainable and recycled materials, REGUPOL is GreenCircle Certified, a coveted distinction confirming REGUPOL’s product and raw material sources. This use of recycled materials creates a safe and comfortable surface for athletes and trainers.

Going well beyond “fitness for purpose,” REGUPOL prides itself on customer service. Listening to clients and developing flooring for any athlete or trainer, REGUPOL guarantees high-performance products to revolutionize training sessions. Customization, brand recognition, loyalty and targeted marketing are important in the athletic community. REGUPOL offers a broad range of colors and custom blends for in-laid logos and text, allowing athletes to perform their hardest and leave with a feeling of inspiration and pride.

Aaron Uzzell, assistant athletic director of strength and conditioning for Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, coordinates and supports all of Texas Tech’s varsity sports through the Olympic weight room. REGUPOL flooring plays a key role in advancing the program’s overarching goals.

Q. As Assistant Athletics Director for Strength & Conditioning, how do you approach coordinating training across all Texas Tech varsity sports?

A. The coaches we have at Texas Tech for all our sports make it easy to coordinate all training for the student-athletes. We have some of the best coaches who are knowledgeable and have a good grasp of their respective sports training needs.

Q. What role does the Olympic room play in unifying and supporting such a wide range of athletic programs?

A. The Olympic weight room plays a huge role in our department as we train a majority of our sports in this weight room. To be able to train multiple sports at once helps build great continuity with student-athletes from other sports. Plus, student-athletes are able to build friendships with athletes from different sports. The stronger the relationships are with each team, the stronger the department becomes.

Q. Flooring isn’t always the first element people notice in a weight room — why is it such a critical factor for performance and safety?

A. When our athletes have been on the field or court for practice over an extended period of time, it’s nice to have a very compliant floor. The floor is very forgiving on the lower back, along with major joint areas.

As a coach, we do not want to dig a deeper hole with our athletes — we want to ease the stress on the body during different training modalities, and this flooring helps us in these types of situations. If we have an injured athlete with a lower extremity injury, we can progress the athlete positively without worrying about the impact of the floor on the injury.

Q. Is there anything else you would like to add?

A. We are very appreciative of REGUPOL and the projects they have done for us over the years. They have stepped up and have taken it to another level with each project.

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