Saturday 18 August 2012

Exercise ball

Personal trainer monitoring a client's movemen...
Personal trainer monitoring a client's movement during fitball / core exercise. This ball is known by various names: balance ball, birth ball, body ball, exercise ball, fit ball, fitness ball, gym ball, gymnastic ball, physioball, pilates ball, Pezzi ball, sports ball, stability ball, Swedish ball, Swiss ball, therapy ball, yoga ball Category:Fitness Category:Fitness_training Category:Personal_training Category:Stretching Category:Challenges to physical balance (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Exercise ball

Many people are reluctant to sign up to a GYM, one of the reasons can be it can be time consuming with the travel, by purchasing fitness equipment you can do the exercise what you do in the GYM straight from home, this can benefit you because there will be no membership fees and you can do it whenever you like, no traveling involved its entirely flexible.

One of the best workout equipment to buy is the exercise ball. This equipment is getting popular all over the world, its time for you to experience something unique and efficient.

The exercise ball has a diameter of 35-85 centimeters, it is made of soft elastic, it is round in shape, and it can be used for various exercises. The exercise ball has different names these are Swiss ball, fitness ball, Yoga ball, birth ball, Pilates ball, sports ball, gymnastic ball etc.

The exercise ball has a range of benefits these are:

1.     Reduce back pain - It can treat back pain, this is because the ball supports your back as you stretch on the ball this relives the pain. That is why many physical therapists recommend using the exercise ball to their patients.


2.     Muscle balance - It can give good muscle balance the ball supports the lower back and posterior muscles.


3.     Posture - The ball makes your spine a curved shape, having a curved spine is healthy, many people get surgery done because there spine is out of shape this can lead to harmful effects, with the exercise ball you can maintain the curve of your spine.


4.     Core stability - This is the most important, this exercises all the muscles in your abs and back.


5.     Flexibly - The ball improves overall flexibility, by doing various stretching the flexibility of your muscles increases.


6.     Weight loss - By using the fitness ball you will lose body fat, this is an easy way for people to lose some of those unwanted pounds.


     



The main aim of the exercise ball is improving the core muscles, back muscles and abdominal muscles. Exercises on the ball are very effective and by doing the work out you can achieve your goals.

The ball is a great fun workout, not only you will get results from doing the workout the ball can keep you entertained.


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