Balance Pad Standard, 16" x 20" x 2.5

What I like about this exercise pad is that it is just like the pad used by my physical therapist. Therefore there is no difference in the experience between the two. The pad has excellent adhesion to a carpet or wood floor, so there is no chasing the pad around while using it. Good Job. Received before the original delivery date, which, in my opinion is another PLUS! Thanks!

Nice and durable. Good for balancing exercises.

Most of the reviews here are from people with balance problems, or rehabbing serious injuries. I'm not in that category; I do have some joint problems, and have had some PT, but I'm working out again and I see this as a piece of equipment that serious athletes, or anyone, can benefit from, not just patients. I'm using it to work my foot, leg and core muscles, not so much for balance per se, although it certainly benefits that as well. There are a lot of different things you can do with this thing, including using it as a zafu (like a meditation cushion); it's seriously excellent for that. However, the only thing I've used it for much, so far, is standing on it on one foot. When I got it, about a week and a half ago I guess, if my life depended on standing on one foot on this thing for 30 seconds, I'd be dead. Now, I think I'd have an even chance of surviving. I've done a lot of tai chi, and I've been working with Eric Orton's Born to Run system (which I highly recommend), so I was already pretty good at standing on one foot, but now, in this short time, I'm actually much better at standing on one foot, on any surface. When standing on the Airex, I'm making a lot of movements, working all sorts of muscles; everything in the standing leg and foot, and often the core and torso as well, until I finally fall off. Before, if I stood on one foot on the floor, there would be a very tiny version of this going on, continual slight adjustments; I had to concentrate on it. Now, I guess I could say the same; there still must be small adjustments, but they're even much smaller than before, so it feels rock solid. Put it this way: standing on one foot now feels almost like standing on two feet; I could stand that way a while and not be aware I was doing it. That's a pretty amazing improvement for less than two weeks, and I just do it probably a total of ten minutes a day; I just step on the thing every once in a while when I'm home, fall off a couple of times with each foot, and go do something else. I haven't kept track, but my mean-time-to-falling-off has probably gone from 10 seconds to 20 seconds, something like that (and of course, "falling off" just means having to put the other foot down on the floor; there's no danger). Sometimes I do leg swings, lateral leg raises, hydrants, with the free leg, or go down into (very slight) one-legged squats, or "airborne lunges" (kind of the opposite of a pistol squat, free leg out behind, trunk and arms in front); it doesn't seem to make the mere standing much harder. It's like, while I'm standing there, I can do some exercises, until I start to fall off, which is going to happen anyway. In the future, I can imagine being able to stand there until I'm ready to get off of my own volition. It is a bit pricey, of course, but I've found it to be extremely valuable, well worth it. It gives me a type of workout I can't get any other way. I also use Eric Orton's stuff, which I highly recommend, and I do things like ipsilateral bird dogs, so the Airex isn't absolutely unique, but it's unique enough, and complements those other things very well.

I just received this mat and have been using it for the past two days. At first I thought it would be an overpriced cushion. Well, it's not! The quality and functionality of the mat are amazing. I have used several balance boards in the past and thought my balance was pretty good from doing yoga. This is extremely challenging and it really works all the small muscles in your feet, ankles, and legs. I highly recommend this mat. I ordered the original blue not the elite but I would imagine the elite might be slightly better. For those reviews that state to use an old cushion, no sorry, that won't work. This is an engineered foam unlike the foam in a sofa or chair and it is used by PT's in clinical settings. Well worth the money.

I need to get on my knees, but mine are replaced and I am not so comfortable when I need to get on my knees for my exercises. This pad is very helpful to my situation. It also seems quite durable and easy to keep clean. I am very pleased with this purchase

I've wanted one of these things for ever after seeing it used in lots of good exercises on the interwebs. I got the Elite because I wanted something large enough to squat on but it's not quite that big and I'm not that big (5'9"). They make an even larger one that I would get in retrospect. As far as instability devices go it is not as unstable as I imagined. Wobble disks are far more unstable. I find it is useful for unilateral stuff, especially with your shoes off. If you have to sit at a desk a lot, like I do, it works well as a pad to kneel on to get you out of a sitting position sometimes. Although you could probably get a gardening pad for much cheaper to do the same thing.

Well made, definitely worth the money versus a cheap knockoff.

This thing is the jam. I broke my ankle and was in a cast for 6 weeks... slowly getting it functional again. My physical therapist has me do lots of balancing activities on this thing during my visits, and I decided I wanted to them at home as well. BEST IDEA. This thing is speeding up my recovery tons. I use it every morning when I first wake up while watching TV or listening to some music. Calf raises on this thing feel SO good, also balancing on each foot is a lot harder than you would think. I let my parents both try it out and neither of them could make it past 20 seconds. I'm also a certified yoga instructor and am thinking about incorporating this thing in classes. You can do SO much with it, and I'll keep using it even when my ankle is fully healed. Anyone can benefit from this thing. It activates SO many little stabilizing muscles we rarely use. Also the quality of this thing is out of the park, don't get a knock off brand.

Das Produkt entspricht genau der Beschreibung. Klasse Schaumstoff schön weich. Man kann darauf viele nützliche Gleichgewichtstrainings machen besser als die Matten von Kyun. Top kann man nur weiterempfehlen

Great for rehab. Have really enjoyed using it, for personal therapy sessions each day. The product was exactly what I was expecting. Thankyou

The product surpassed my expectations. Worth everything every cent!

Kann ich nur empfehlen Gerade für Ältere um Gleichgewichtsinn zu stärken

Super high quality, doesn’t budge when I put my full weight. I mostly use this pad to cushion between clients and a barbell for hip thrusts. They love it, it has been extremely effective and made the exercise more comfortable. It would be great to see a product made with the same foam into a smaller pad for the neck and shoulders you can strap onto a barbell.