Slippery hands on wooden floor

squatsandlipgloss
squatsandlipgloss Posts: 595 Member
edited October 27 in Fitness and Exercise
I do Insanity and I love it. The one thing that bothers me while I am working out though, is my hands get sweaty and it is difficult to do the exercises on the floor (ski abs, moving plank, push up jacks, etc) because my hands keep sliding. I work out on a hardwood floor.

I was thinking of wearing exercise gloves, but not sure if that would help? Or maybe buy those foam mats, but I am afraid these will slide on the hardwood floor. Any suggestions?

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  • Mrskmacca
    Mrskmacca Posts: 44 Member
    You can definitely get non-slip mats, my local supermarket does then they are very cheap! I need a mat for my carpet burns! A nice big cushiony one lol.
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    If you get a cheap yoga mat, that should do the trick.

    Or put a towel down.
  • squatsandlipgloss
    squatsandlipgloss Posts: 595 Member
    I have 2 yoga mats, but they seem to be quite slippery on the wooden floor :/ Maybe put some sort of a rug underneath to prevent it from slipping?
  • JenMc14
    JenMc14 Posts: 2,389 Member
    A yoga mat for sure. You can get them fairly inexpensively at Target/Walmart, I believe.
  • gerard54
    gerard54 Posts: 1,107 Member
    Chalk or a yoga mat...
  • katy_trail
    katy_trail Posts: 1,992 Member
    those shelf liners, they are nonslip and slightly cushioned

    http://www.target.com/p/grip-beaded-shelf-liner-black-18x5/-/A-11172308#prodSlot=medium_1_1&term=shelf+liner

    this doesn't show the texture, and I dont know what kind of stores you have over there, but this is what i mean.
    shelf liner, but it's not like contact paper.
  • camrunner
    camrunner Posts: 363
    Gloves would be good too, as long as you make sure that they're not going to slide around.

    I always feel like a badass when I have gloves on, so that helps too...
  • NaomiJFoster
    NaomiJFoster Posts: 1,450 Member
    They make fingerless 'yoga gloves' that have little rubber strips on the palms. There are socks too. Target has them with all the yoga stuff.
  • sylviawaren
    sylviawaren Posts: 1 Member
    squatsandlipgloss wrote: »
    I do Insanity and I love it. The one thing that bothers me while I am working out though, is my hands get sweaty and it is difficult to do the exercises on the floor (ski abs, moving plank, push up jacks, etc) because my hands keep sliding. I work out on a hardwood floor.

    I was thinking of wearing exercise gloves, but not sure if that would help? Or maybe buy those foam mats, but I am afraid these will slide on the hardwood floor. Any suggestions?

    Yes, this usually happens while working out on hardwood floors, but you can use wool carpet on it, so that you can comfortably continue your exercises without slipping of from it, and also will help in maintaining the polish of the hardwood floors for longer run.

  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    Yoga mat.
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