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Insanely Difficult Things To Do With An Exercise Ball 1. Try kneeling upright on the ball. Only try this after you've mastered sitting on a ball without your feet touching the floor. Part of learning to do this properly is letting yourself "bounce" a bit. You won't be perfectly still while you're balancing, but part of balance is drawing yourself back into the middle each time you stray. 2. Try standing on the ball. Try this only after you've mastered kneeling on the ball for several minutes at a time. First, use a stabilizer like a chair to pull yourself into position. The first time you try this exercise, keep holding on to the chair so that you start to famliarize yourself with how it feels to be up this high on a ball. Also, if you start to destablize, you can use the chair to catch yourself. Next, you can try letting go of the chair for brief intervals, like ten seconds at a time. Whatever you feel comfortable with. If you start to wobble, hold on to the chair again. Last, try standing alone, without a chair. THIS IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT! This is what happened to me while my husband was shooting me trying to stand on the ball. I am still a little new to it, and I think it's cool, but there are times when I lose control and fall. Note: Make sure that you are in a space where you will fall softly and not hit any large, metal objects. 3. This is a side plank on the ball: This works out both your core muscles as you struggle to balance and your arms! 4. Hamstring crunches on the ball, out and up, like this: 5. Pushups on the ball, like this: Return to home page

Insanely Difficult Things To Do With An Exercise Ball

1. Try kneeling upright on the ball. Only try this after you've mastered sitting on a ball without your feet touching the floor.

Part of learning to do this properly is letting yourself "bounce" a bit. You won't be perfectly still while you're balancing, but part of balance is drawing yourself back into the middle each time you stray.

2. Try standing on the ball. Try this only after you've mastered kneeling on the ball for several minutes at a time.

First, use a stabilizer like a chair to pull yourself into position. The first time you try this exercise, keep holding on to the chair so that you start to famliarize yourself with how it feels to be up this high on a ball. Also, if you start to destablize, you can use the chair to catch yourself.

Next, you can try letting go of the chair for brief intervals, like ten seconds at a time. Whatever you feel comfortable with. If you start to wobble, hold on to the chair again.

Last, try standing alone, without a chair. THIS IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT!

This is what happened to me while my husband was shooting me trying to stand on the ball. I am still a little new to it, and I think it's cool, but there are times when I lose control and fall. Note: Make sure that you are in a space where you will fall softly and not hit any large, metal objects.

3. This is a side plank on the ball:

This works out both your core muscles as you struggle to balance and your arms!

4. Hamstring crunches on the ball, out and up, like this:

5. Pushups on the ball, like this:

Return to home page