As we were growing up, as a child, there was nothing more fun than going outside during the evening and tossing our favorite ball around to one another. It was even more great when the parents joined it. Eventually, we grew out of it, but the end of childhood does not mean that it is the end of your days with a ball. You see, adults enjoy doing exercise ball workouts. These workouts involve a big ball. These balls are inflatable and make exercising lots of fun.
Have you tried the exercise ball out? Well, you really should, because it is a great way for you to workout those core muscles, which are the muscles in your body that keep you balanced. There are certain exercises you can do with the ball that will target certain areas on your body. The goal would be to keep the ball from sliding out from under you as you are doing your core workout.
As we stated, there are a large number of exercises that you will be able to do with this ball, but we would like to share those exercises with you that we enjoy doing. Pay attention to the paragraphs below as we tell you some of our favorites:
Squats ?This will involve you taking the ball and holding it between your lower back and a wall. Bend your knees and hips slowly and bring your body to a sitting position. As you are doing this, make sure the ball stays between your body and the wall. When you are in the sitting position, stay there and count to ten.
After this, bring yourself back up to regular position and repeat the process. We recommend you doing this anywhere from eight to fifteen times. This exercise will help strengthen your hips and legs.
Birddogs ?With this exercise, you will need to get on all fours (just like a dog) with the exercise ball under you. Your stomach should be resting on the ball. Next, take an arm and leg that are opposite from one another and lift them off the floor at the same time as you keep the ball underneath you balanced. Repeat this process with the other leg and arm. You should do sets of eight of these. This will help to strengthen both your legs and your arms.
There are many other exercise ball workouts, including the subpine bridges, pushups, abdominal tucks, hamstring curls and crunches.