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Fitness Ball
Exercising equipment and memberships at gyms can be expensive. If you wish to exercise at home inexpensively, why not choose a fitness ball? Along with a DVD showing you how to use the ball, you can add this exercise to your routine. Priced between $13.00 and up, you can purchase a quality fitness ball online. Here are some features and workouts which you may find on the accompanying DVDs.
The Valeo BodyBall seems to be the fitness ball of choice. It is part of the successful Fitness Gear line of products. Each exercise involves several muscle groups for total body workout. It is recommended by top fitness trainers and physical therapists. It improves balance, coordination and flexibility; promotes a healthier posture; and includes a wall chart of step-by-step instructions for a complete body workout program. It even comes with a high volume air pump.
There are three 10-minute workouts which can be done individually or combined since they focus on different areas. The first concentrates on the lower body with squats while holding the ball, balancing on it for and squeezing it with the upper thighs. The second tones the arms and back by lifting dumbbells while sitting or leaning on the ball and using it for pushups. The final routine is specifically for the abs: sit-ups, curls, yoga's plank and downward dog. Weights are recommended for the second routine.
It is also recommended by physical therapists to alleviate lower back pain. Considered durable and well priced, consumers boast they can perform core strengthening exercises without pain. Others claim they feel the burn in their abs and arms using the fitness ball.
Still others claim that these workouts are fast and effective. There are many creative uses for the ball in all of these workouts. Those who have purchased the DVD state that the upper body segments requires heavy and light weights, however, using five pound weights are effective especially when used the first few times. Some of the exercises are difficult the first time, but there are alternatives for beginners. A lot of the exercises in all the workouts require good balance and core stability.
All in all, this is an inexpensive way in which to exercise. Check this and the variety of fitness balls online and chooses one that incorporates a DVD, so that your exercise routine will be an enjoyable one.
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