Amazon Customers Love This Extra Thick Yoga Mat for Added Cushion
With an almost perfect five-star rating, this popular BalanceFrom yoga mat boasts four times (!!) the thickness of your standard mat.
If you're someone who loves a little extra cushioning in your life, be it with your running shoes or pillow-top mattress, your yoga mat doesn't have to be any different. While traditional yoga mats tend to provide barely-there padding, there are other options that are more generous when it comes to cushioning the space between your feet and the floor. If you want the cushiest of the comfy thick yoga mats, you'll want to go for the BalanceFrom All-Purpose 1/2-Inch Thick High-Density Anti-Tear Exercise Yoga Mat (Buy It, from $11, amazon.com), which is one of the best-selling options on Amazon.
As you might've guessed, the thick yoga mat is designed for yogis who want more support under their spine, sits bones, knees, and more when on hard floors compared to the average mat. (Let's be real, sometimes doubling over your mat beneath your knee doesn't feel like much more cushion.) The BalanceFrom yoga mat is 1/2-inch thick, while standard mats are about 1/8-inch thick. It's made of a non-slip, moisture-resistant, dense foam material, so it's built to stay put even during sweaty flows. As a bonus, each impressively thick mat comes with a carrying strap for easy transport to and from class (or, ya know, your living room).
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BalanceFrom All-Purpose 1/2-Inch Thick High-Density Anti-Tear Exercise Yoga Mat
Even if you don't feel like you need an extra-thick yoga mat for your morning flow, you might still want to grab this cushy creation for Pilates mat classes. "Many moves done on the Pilates mat require your spine to move through articulations that puts pressure on your back, which is why Pilates mats are traditionally thicker than yoga mats," Vanessa Huffman, director of teacher training at Club Pilates, previously told Shape. "In Pilates, thicker mats provide support for side-lying, prone (belly)-based moves, and standing-based moves. Also, standing on a cushion-like surface will force more foot muscles to stabilize the body, which activates more muscles overall," she added.
Not really into Pilates or yoga? Amazon shoppers say they use the BalanceFrom mat for everything from physical therapy to outdoor bootcamp classes. The extra-thick yoga mat has gotten a five-star rating from over 60,500 buyers, and customers have had a lot of positive things to say about the mat.
"I rolled it out, laid down, and wondered why the heck I didn't do this earlier," one person wrote of their experience with the dense yoga mat. "Feels like heaven on my back. I'm a 53-year old female whose joints need tender care," they noted.
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Another reviewer says that they've been doing yoga for "decades" and has found that this mat provides comfort but doesn't make them feel unstable. "I have VERY tender knees and tender bones from osteoporosis. I find this mat to be very comfortable when I do my yoga routines, especially in any kneeling position. I do not find it too thick as to be unsteady in upright poses. It is wonderfully soft," they wrote.
If you've been on the hunt for an extra-supportive yoga mat, consider this the end of your search and go with an option that seems to be more popular than every other regular mat on Amazon.
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