Archive for December, 2008

Exercise For Chest – Pregnancy Workouts with exercise balls

December 30th, 2008
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Exercise For Chest – Pregnancy Workouts with Exercise Balls
This is an exercise for chest. This will increase upper body strength for pregnant women. This is how it works.

1) First go down your knees i.e., kneel down in front of the ball.

2) Then place your hands on the ball.

3) Hands should be placed at arms length.

4) You should contract your muscles.

5) Your back should be straight.

6) Then you should bend your elbows.

7) Hold your position for few seconds and then return to the first position.

8) Do this steps for 10-15 times.

Upper Body Exercise – Pregnancy Workouts

December 29th, 2008
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Upper body exercise – Pregnancy Workouts Using An Exercise Ball

Upper body exercise means exercises like bicep curls. For this exercise you need a dyna-band for building up strength. Strength is necessary for lifting your child. It helps in improving your posture and core stabilization. This is how it works.

1) First you have to sit straight on the ball

2) You have to deal with all your muscles.

3) Lift the dyna-band upward and downward i.e., bend the dyna-band towards the shoulder.

4) Keep on doing this 10-15 times

This exercise helps to improve the stabilization. Stabilisation avoids back pain and pelvic joint instability. These are the two common problems faced during the pregnancy period.

Pelvic Tilt exercise With Exercise Ball

December 27th, 2008
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Pelvic Tilt – Pregnancy Workouts Using An Exercise Ball
This is an exercise to improve the spine and lower back for pregnant woman. This is how it works.

1) First you have to sit on the ball.

2) You have to deal with all your muscles.

3) You have to go down on your knees.

4) Then you have to bend forward on the ball.

5) Hold your position for 5-10 seconds

6) Then return to the first position.

7) Do this exercise for 10-15 times

In short, the position of the exercise is to go down on your knees and move or bend forward on the ball. This is a good exercise to reduce the strain and to straighten the knee.

Exercise Balls with Yoga

December 25th, 2008
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Yoga is an art of moral or good living. It is the achievement of physical, mental and spiritual health. Practising of yoga reduces your stress and leads you to relaxation. Now a day’s yoga is also performed with the help of an exercise ball. An exercise ball is a soft ball which is made of elastic and is used for exercise.Exercise ball in yoga provides you a unique training of mind and body. These are now considered as an essential tool for yoga as it helps the mind to engage in the activity. Application of an exercise ball in yoga keeps you always attentive. In difficult yoga postures there are chances for injury or any type of impact these can be reduced by the help of exercise balls as they are soft .And this soft surface leads them into a satisfying yoga i.e. they will be more able to achieve balancing yoga. It will increase the yogi’s interest in practising yoga.

Most of the trainers plan the fitness programs to improve the larger muscles. They totally ignore the smaller ones. To improve these smaller muscles the trainer or the fitness expert should train on an unstable surface like on an exercise ball. Training on an unstable surface also helps you to improve your balance and posture. Another benefit of yoga practising on a ball is that, it increases your concentration or meditation.

In short, you can make the practice of yoga safer with the help of an exercise ball. You can workout as a beginner. While performing difficult asanas an exercise ball acts as a cushioned support where ever you need it. It allows you to rest. It increases physical strength and improves blood circulation i.e. it overall improves a human being.

Exercise Ball – Crunch Workout

December 25th, 2008
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How to do crunch workouts on a exercise ball. Free exercise ball videos for you to learn and use exercise balls at home.

Benefits of an Exercise Ball

December 24th, 2008
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Everyone is busy in this modern world. People don’t have time for anything not even for maintaining their own health or fitness. People always say that fitness is important but they are busy with their livelihood. And because of this busy life most of them suffer from back pain but still don’t find time for workouts. Now a day’s most of the jobs require sitting and sitting for a long period will put some kind of pressure on your back. This pressure negatively affects your spinal cord and reduces blood flow. And if so, this is a right choice for you i.e. workouts with an exercise ball. An exercise ball is soft ball which is made of elastic and is used for exercise. It is a good option for physical fitness. Using exercise ball will benefit you in many ways.

The following are the benefits of an exercise ball.

1) It will help you to increase your body balance and stability.

2) It will make your muscles stronger.

3) It helps you with good lower back support.

4) They are affordable to common man.

5) An exercise require less storage space compared to other exercise equipments. Youcan even keep it under your bed.

6) They do not require high maintenance.

7) Exercise ball helps you to develop muscular balance.

8) Exercise balls are durable.

9) It improves your flexibility.

All the above points mean that an exercise ball is a great tool for fitness.

Exercise Ball Workouts – Flatten Belly and Strengthen Abs

December 24th, 2008
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How to flatten your belly with exercise balls and strengthen your abs. Burn fat with this free exercise ball workout video.

Exercise Ball Workouts

December 18th, 2008
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Ford fitness model Kim Strother shares demos four exercises/workouts that can be done with a Swiss or Exercise Ball.

Swiss Ball Exercises

December 17th, 2008
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Chris Comfort demonstrates several Swiss ball exercises that strengthen the core, abdomen, and the back.