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| Customer Reviews: | | Average Customer Review: ( 126 customer reviews )
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159 of 167 found the following review helpful:
 Nice but not for a hard workout Feb 15, 2008
By Mega
I bought this mat to use with my P90X Workout DVDs. I wanted to use it as:
- yoga mat,
- padding for jumping jacks/running/lounges,
- ab work
It is ideal for ab work - it has a great thickness and the foam gives very good padding. But for the rest, it's not so good. For yoga, whenever I'm in a position that requires to stretch and press against the floor (like downward dog, for instance), the mat stretches with me, which is very frustrating. And it may be dangerous.
When I jump on it, it tends to move just a tiny bit, and the foam rubbing against the floor makes an awful, loud noise.
Plus, I used it while wearing my cross-training shoes, and my foot touched the mat while bringing a leg forward in a plank. It ripped it.
I would give it 2 1/2 stars, but it's not an option. It's a nice enough mat, but you need to use it for static stuff only, and probably not wear shoes with a substantial sole.
74 of 77 found the following review helpful:
 decent for the price Sep 09, 2005
By Online Sucker
"cheapy weapy"
Good solid exercise mat. I use it mainly to stretch and do ab work. Only annoyance is that since it rolls up, it tends to stay rolled at the very end, instead of being laid out flat. But it's not really an issue for me, because I don't stretch my body the entire length of the mat.
26 of 28 found the following review helpful:
 Good workout mat May 07, 2007
By Kenneth Osherow
This is very soft mat and offers lots of padded support for you exercise. The mat curles a tad at the ends yet this can be worked out. Good product!
25 of 27 found the following review helpful:
great mat Feb 15, 2007
By Judith Percy
"percygirl"
Overall I'm very happy with this purchase.
It works well for my needs, for floor exercises and also my children use it to practice gymnastics.
The foam is pretty thick and cushions well, it is easy to store thanks to the attached fasteners.
Great buy for the 10bucks I paid.
33 of 37 found the following review helpful:
Why would someone use this mat for jumping rope??? Jul 05, 2008
By C. Pasquariello
"illhonky"
I read a review of this mat that said that it was bad for jumping rope, among other idiot uses, and gave it only 3 stars. Wtf?
It's an excersise mat. For lieing down and doing excercises. The description could not be more simple. But, I'll review it in case others are confused (either by the product or by the other ppl's reviews).
The material that it's made of could not be better for an excercise mat. The mat is about and inch thick. It's made out of like a kind of synthetic-rubbery material. The material is such that it's equally supportive of your contours and firm enough where you'll avoid the distraction of whatever surface is underneath the mat.
The mat is a little bit bouncy. Not bouncy enough to jump rope off of it! But just enough to give you an extra push to do 4 or 5 more sit ups.
The corners do roll up a little bit but the length is long enough (just over 6 ft.) to not need the whole amount anyway.
Highly recommend.
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