mat work
Padded surface training
Mat work refers to exercises performed on a floor mat, especially in Pilates, yoga, and gymnastics.
The mat provides cushioning and defines the workout space.
In Pilates, mat work emphasizes core strength using body weight rather than equipment: She prefers mat work to reformer classes.
In wrestling and martial arts, mat work describes ground-based techniques and grappling.
- bodyweight exercisesFitness using your own mass
- calisthenicsEquipment-free resistance exercises
- tumblingAcrobatic rolling and flipping
- somatic practicesBody-awareness healing methods
- body awarenessSensing one's physical position
stretching · physical therapy · submission · grappling · core strengthening · guard · side control · ground game · foam rolling · floor · gymnastics · roll · armbar · escape · takedown · yoga · bridge pose · injury recovery
- Pilatesreformer, hundred, teaser, roll-up, roll up
- gymnasticsgymnastics, balance beam, floor exercise, handstand, parallel bars
- wrestlingbody slam, wrestlers, takedown, pinfall, suplex
- breakfalls
- martial artskarate, taekwondo, judo, kung fu, aikido
gymnastics apparatus type
mat workuneven bars
Staggered horizontal rails apparatus
parallel bars · high bar · balance beam · horizontal bar · pommel horse