BU Athletes and Stability Balls!

A Variety Trainer subscriber (Sherry) asked a simple question; it was “what else can you do with a stability ball other than crunches, sit-ups, and rollouts?”.   First, Sherry thank you very much for subscribing to the newsletter.  It really means a lot to me that you find the information that I am sharing useful.  Now to answer your question, there are literally hundreds maybe even thousands of exercises that you can do with a stability ball.  In the video, I had the athletes play around with the balls and I just randomly recorded a few of them.  As you can see, a stability ball can be used in more ways than actually just getting on top of it to perform exercises, although that was what it was originally designed for.

A stability ball can also be combined with weights such as dumbbells, kettlebells, and even with cable machines.  Try experimenting with a ball and see what you can come up with and be creative.  Many exercises were developed on those exact principles, but be careful.  Remember you are using a unstable object.  Always know your limitations and abilities.  Basically be smart.  I have never and will never tell someone to stand on a ball.  That is just asking for it!  I hope this helps Sherry and we have given you some new exercises or ideas to try out.

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Thank you,

Jerry