Description
Black & Orange Exercise Sliders for Home Workouts.
Exercise Sliders are one of those simple bits of fitness kit that can completely change an exercise without adding more weight. These Phoenix Fitness Black & Orange Exercise Sliders sit underneath your hands or feet and allow them to glide across the floor. Rather than lifting your hand or foot between each movement, you have to control it as it slides away from you and back again.
That opens up loads of different exercises. Use them for mountain climbers, sliding lunges, plank variations, hamstring curls, bridges and other core or bodyweight exercises. They can be particularly useful if you train at home and want more exercise options without filling the house with equipment.
Each slider measures approximately 17.5cm across, so when you have finished training they are easy to store away or pop into a gym bag.
What do exercise sliders actually do, and are they worth buying?
Exercise sliders simply make your hands or feet glide across the floor, which makes familiar exercises feel much harder.
They are great for things like mountain climbers, lunges, plank variations, hamstring curls and knee tucks, and can work your core, legs and upper body depending on the exercise.
Are they essential? No. But if you enjoy home workouts or bodyweight training and want a cheap, compact way to add more variety, they are a really useful bit of kit.
Do these exercise sliders work on carpet and hard floors?
Yes. These Phoenix Fitness sliders have been designed with two different sides so they can be used across both softer and harder flooring.
For carpet: use the smooth side against the floor.
For hard floors: use the fabric side against surfaces such as wood or tiles.
Whichever surface you are training on, try the slider gently before starting your workout. Different carpets and floor finishes can create different amounts of friction, so it is worth getting a feel for how quickly they move first. We would also make sure both the floor and sliders are clear of grit or dirt before use, particularly on hard flooring.
What Do We Really Think of Exercise Sliders?
We actually really like them. They are simple, inexpensive and can make familiar exercises feel completely different without adding more equipment or weight.
For beginners, our advice is to Slow Things Down. Sliding lunges are a great place to start before moving onto faster mountain climbers, knee tucks and tougher plank variations.
You definitely don’t need sliders to build a strong core, but if you enjoy home workouts or want more variety from your bodyweight training, they are a handy little bit of kit.
If you want something more focused specifically on ab training, we’d probably point you towards the Phoenix Fitness Ab Roller instead.
Who would we buy these for? Someone who enjoys home workouts, bodyweight training or circuits and wants an easy way to add more exercise options.
Who probably doesn’t need them? Someone who is already happy with their training and would simply be buying another bit of equipment for the sake of it.
Product Details
- Product: Dual Sided Gliding Discs / Exercise Sliders
- Colour: Black & Orange
- Quantity: Set of 2
- Diameter: Approx. 17.5cm
- Thickness: Approx. 7.5mm
- Material: PP + EVA
- Design: Dual sided
- Carpet use: Smooth side against the floor
- Hard floor use: Fabric side against the floor
