(I have never been able to spell excercise.)
So does any one out there own an excercise ball? Not the toner or the medicinal ball. It’s bigger. So if you do, do you know any good excercises with it that can tone specifically the waist, buttocks and the thighs? Any other excercises would be awesome too.
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its exercise.
Well, u can do situps, thats the most common one. You can do pushups with ur feet/shins on the ball. You can do back stretching by laying on it on ur back and move back and forth slowly. You can even lift it with ur arms pointing out straight in front and u can move it up and down, it,ll work ur shoulders and u can work other muscles in ur back by sqeezing them while doing the motions as well. you can do dumbell curls or military presses (holding dumbells on the sides at the shoulder level while ur elbows point downwards and taking em straight up while sitting on it etc. be creative.
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I have been staring at that ball when I go to the gym, and to be quite honest, I have no clue what to do with it.
Are you like supposed to bounce on it?
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Well, u can do situps, thats the most common one. You can do pushups with ur feet/shins on the ball. You can do back stretching by laying on it on ur back and move back and forth slowly. You can even lift it with ur arms pointing out straight in front and u can move it up and down, it,ll work ur shoulders and u can work other muscles in ur back by sqeezing them while doing the motions as well. you can do dumbell curls or military presses (holding dumbells on the sides at the shoulder level while ur elbows point downwards and taking em straight up while sitting on it etc. be creative.
thanks for the correction of the spelling :D
how would you do situps with the ball?
currently i am using the ball as a second chair. it's actually pretty fun as a chair :D
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check out the link above Khumar. Search for articles on msn via the above link to find more exercises w/ the ball. I personally cannot balance myself on the ball to do crunches but one of the things I can do is hold the ball between my legs (at my feet) while lying down and then push it up which works my inner thighs and my abdomen.
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oo thanks rukhsarbibi!
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well u gotta balance urself on the ball,,, have ur lower back on the ball, and try and lift ur upper body up... just like normal situps/crunches, you might find it hard to balance at first but u,ll get there and because u have to balance and then do situps, it targets other muscles in ur abdomen as well, not just the abs. Doing weights and other exercises using the ball works those tiny muscles in the body used for balance etc.
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I like to roll on it
It's fun
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yeh sit on the exercise ball and let out a big fart. Works your abs :k:
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you can tone all those areas without the exercise ball. if it's too much of a pester.
thighs/booty area can be worked on by running, walking etc.
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that ball really works... do baby sit ups and regular long ones (where you try to touch the ground with your head and hands).
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BEB...im not clear when you said situps...i mean i know what a situp is...but the only way i can use touch the ground with my head and hands is if i do that weird yoga thingy, but with the ball under my back
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