2 tricks to choose the best yoga mat

Yoga has become the preferred fitness item for more and more people. For female white-collar workers in cities, the choice of yoga mats is the same as the choice of sports. High quality is the best choice. Nowadays, there are a wide variety of yoga mats sold on the market, which makes it easy to confuse people. What kind of yoga mat is harmless to health and at the same time is of excellent quality and can be used for a long time?

A good yoga mat must meet the following two requirements:

1. Since the yoga mat is in direct contact with the body and skin of the practitioner and is itself a chemical, it must not be toxic and odorous.

Because the poisonous and smelly mat has not been treated with non-toxic and odorless, it has a very strong smell when first opened and smokes the eyes. After being scrubbed with water for a long time or placed in a dry place for about 20 days, the smell will become smaller, but the uncomfortable smell will always be There will be, practitioners will experience adverse reactions such as intermittent dizziness, nervous headaches, nausea and fatigue after long-term use.

2. A good yoga mat requires moderate material and weight, and the mat is not easy to deform after being laid down for a long time.

The yoga mats currently sold on the market are roughly divided into five materials: PVC, PVC foam, EVA, EPTM, and non-slip mats. Among them, PVC foaming is the most professional (PVC content is 96%, and the weight of the yoga mat is about 1500 grams), while EVA and EPTM are mainly used to make moisture-proof mats (weighing about 500 grams). However, the mat made of this material is too light to be laid flat on the ground, and the ends of the mat are always rolled up. PVC and anti-slip mats are not made of foaming technology, but are simply cut from raw materials (weighing about 3000 grams). Only one side has anti-slip patterns, which is extremely poor. Moreover, after using this mat for a period of time, because there is no foaming cavity in the middle, the mat will be flattened and will not rebound back to normal specifications.

How to tell if a yoga mat is toxic:

Roll the new yoga mat into a column, use your nose to be 1 cm closer to one end of the yoga mat to smell if there is a pungent and unpleasant smell. The poisonous yoga mat has a very strong smell. After opening the yoga mat flat for a few days, try it again using the above method. If it still smells, it proves that there is something wrong with the mat. (Internship Editor: Wu Jinyu)