What is the difference between yoga mats and fittness mats

1. Different functions and features:

Yoga mat: mainly used for yoga, mainly with static stretching, relaxation, soft movements.

Fitness pad: can be used to do all fitness activities, such as rope skipping, jumping Insanity, zheng Duo Yan aerobics and other aerobic exercises, can also do push-ups, pushing, hard pull and other strength sports.

2. Different materials

They must be made of different materials to suit different sports needs.

Yoga mat: many materials, but after so many years of iteration and elimination, the mainstream material of yoga mat is mainly NBR, TPE, linen, PU, natural rubber and so on.

NBR material

Advantages: NBR is light in weight, small in density, thick in thickness, relatively wear-resistant, cheap in price, suitable for beginners;

Disadvantages: anti-skid performance is general, especially in the wooden floor will slip, resilience can not be particularly good, it is difficult to smooth the force.

TPE material

Advantages: TPE is recognized as pollution-free material, is also the most used material for yoga mat, it is characterized by very good resilience, good skid resistance, and more resistant to operation than NBR,

Disadvantages: not suitable for high temperature yoga or summer sweating, because it will be wet after the skid performance will be reduced, sweat will be corroded, not good maintenance, short service life.

Flax is not mentioned here, as flax is always used with TPE or natural rubber.