Ina Garten's Beloved Anti-Fatigue Kitchen Mat

My husband the endurance cook* noted after we visited our friends' place that he didn't feel like dying after standing around in their kitchen; could we look into a mat like theirs? Enter this long boi (we got the 20"x48" version, though if I had a do-over I would abandon modesty and go for the 30"x72" version), a substantial investment that paid off immediately and dramatically. Does interacting with it while shoeless feel like walking across a giant's bare ass? It does. Is that somehow a good thing? It is. Christ on a bike, my middle-aged feet love this thing.

*who regularly spends 5+ hours making dinner on Saturday nights, it's more of a lifestyle than a task for him