Weight trainers should use mats for floor exercise because:
you will stretch on the floor
you will do a lot of your ab work on the floor
you will low row on the floor
if you lay on the floor with a sweaty body you either be stinking up the carpet or mopping the floor boards with your skin
generally it will just make you more comfortable
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