Nov 16, 2010 9:31 PM GMT
I was stretching the other day and saw a guy in the open area where the PT's work with clients. He was STANDING on a medicine ball and doing various raises with kettle balls.
I was like Crazy!...... I wanna do that!
So I talked to him and he said it's not that hard (maybe for him!) but that I should start out by kneeling on the stability ball. It is (according to him) a great way to develop your core and at the same time improve your balance.
I already use the ball as a bench for dumbbell press for the same reason... makes it a lot more challenging and helped me break a plateau... after doing 70#'s on the ball, the bench felt steady as a battleship and now I can do it with 100#'s.
I also do decline push-ups with my feet on the ball, and incline pushups squeezing it between my hands.
Anybody else know any good exercises for balance?
I was like Crazy!...... I wanna do that!
So I talked to him and he said it's not that hard (maybe for him!) but that I should start out by kneeling on the stability ball. It is (according to him) a great way to develop your core and at the same time improve your balance.
I already use the ball as a bench for dumbbell press for the same reason... makes it a lot more challenging and helped me break a plateau... after doing 70#'s on the ball, the bench felt steady as a battleship and now I can do it with 100#'s.
I also do decline push-ups with my feet on the ball, and incline pushups squeezing it between my hands.
Anybody else know any good exercises for balance?