Has anyone used FunSlides carpet skates?

[ImFiddY]

I was looking for something to replace the shinny magazine that I taped shut that I was using for the leg sliders and saw FunSlides carpet skates and wondered if they really work.

Anyone use them for STS?

 

[shanihib]

nope! (sorry)

 

[kathryn]

Yes, I've tried them, and I wouldn't recommend them. They are stiff, rectangles that are strapped to your foot, so you can't just put the ball of your foot or heel on them. They also have a texture, kind of like "scales", under the forefoot, which is used for brakes. It makes it difficult to do anythying but a forward skating move.

(I'd highly recommend Gliding Discs over these any day).

HTH!

 

[cb1924]

I found that furniture slides worked the best for me. I have purchased all different things and finally the furniture slides were the best. I even bought yoga slides (not sure of the name- but specifically for this purpose and they did not work on my carpet) I got a 4 pack at the christmas store I think they were between 5-10 dollars.

My kids have the fun slides and like kathryn said they will not work for this purpose.

chrissy

 

[ImFiddY]

I'll look for the gliding disc's. I only found small ones at wally world. The shiny magazine does not do a bad job but I was wondering if something else would work better. I was looking online for the lateral trainer slide board used for skating like exercises and saw the strange carpet skates. The slide board would work good but it's expensive.

I used my knee brace on my bad knee while doing my leg workout yesterday and was able to do more of the workout. Boy does my butt hurt today !!!

 

[NAB]

I have been using a carpet fun slides since I started STS. It works much better than paper plates for me and this is what I do to avoid the problems mentioned in previous posts: I turn the slides backwards so the little ribbing on the bottom does stop the sliding action and I just put the balls of my feet on the slide instead of strapping my feet in as you see on the TV commercials. When I use them this way, they are more slick and thus a better workout than the paper plates. I believe that they propably feel like the furnature slides that wome people use and I would have gotten those if my son had not already had a pair of the slides.

Natalie