Exercise Ball

CurlyEyes

You know those giant grey exercise balls? What are they supposed to do for you? I've been meaning to, you know, try to practice push-ups on it or something, but I end up bouncing on it with a carton of ice cream, watching TV. I'm sure bouncing burns calories, right? right?

Urg. What are some exercises to do on them? Hopefully my icecream eating will cease if I do some actual workouts on the exercise ball.

BB

I love my exercise ball! It challenges your muscles more b/c you have to stay balanced throughout the workout. I do sit ups, push ups, chest presses and flies - basically everything on it.

There is a really great book called On the Ball with some exercises you can try. You could also find some by doing a Google search. Have fun!

CurlyHairedFarmer

This has encouraged me to finally go out and buy one. I'm sick of lying on the floor doing situps.

hmkenny

I use exercise videos with my stability ball but it also came with an exercise chart. Try searching for stability ball exercises on Youtube. Lots of helpful videos there.

FullOfCurls

hmkenny wrote: »

I use exercise videos with my stability ball but it also came with an exercise chart. Try searching for stability ball exercises on Youtube. Lots of helpful videos there.

I use video's with mine too! I love my ball because then I have to think about holding my core tight.

I also use mine sitting in front of the TV and trying to sit on it cross legged and doing little things which help build up some core strength.

sarah42

I do a workout video called Turbo Jam Total Body Blast that uses an exercise ball. It has a lot of crunches and variations while you're sitting on the ball, plus a lot of moves where you're squeezing the ball with your legs, holding it and doing arm movements, doing push-ups with your legs or feet on it, etc. It's a good workout.

jillipoo

I love my ball! I use it in Pilates class.

But here's a fun video that will tell you how NOT to use it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TS3xP-tOWM