Gym Ball Exercise

Gym ball exercise is a fun and effective way to tone up your body and to burn the fat.  By adding a gym ball to your exercise routine you can fight off the boredom which can make exercise a chore.

You can always make up your own gym ball exercise routine but there are lots of fun exercise programs to choose from to add variety to your workouts.

10 Minute Solution Fitness Ball Workouts An ideal DVD if you don’t have much time to exercise.  The DVD features 5 very effective workouts devised by Kimberly Spreen.  All of the workouts will give you leaner and stronger abs, each one only lasting 10 minutes so that you can spread your workout sessions throughout the day if you can’t do them all in one go.  Each segment targets a different area of the body, but your abs will always get a workout without you realizing it because simply by sitting on the ball you have to work your stomach muscles in order to maintain your balance.  There’s a lot of variety on this DVD and the workouts are extremely effective for burning fat and calories, and toning up your whole body.

Get On The Ball  by Lisa Westlake You may not know that gym ball exercise has been used by physiotherapists  for over 30 years to help with patients’ rehabilitation, so it is not just a passing exercise fad.  Nor is it an exercise solely for women.  Lisa’s book details over 90 exercise techniques that you can use to achieve good muscle tone, added strength, and a healthy injury-free body.  All levels of users will benefit from this book from total beginners through to elite athletes and regular gym goers.

The book generally has two pages devoted to each exercise so that each move is clearly explained, and includes fifteen different training programs.  There’s a program to suit everyone in this book. ‘Get On The Ball’ has excellent reviews and is highly recommended for anyone who works out with a fitness ball.