Exercise Ball Workouts For You! by Leonard Davis

Be it physical therapy exercises, athletic training or even simple yoga forms, the exercise ball promises some great workouts for you. Made up of soft elastic PVC material with usually a diameter of 35 to 85 centimeters, it comes filled up with air. We can change the air pressure within the ball by removing the valve stem to deflate it and pumping in more air to inflate it.

Core Exercise workouts on the ball:

You can plan to start out on your ball exercises after consulting your doctor if you have any kind of injuries. The core workout is a way to exercise your abdomen and back muscles with the ball. The multipurpose workout method needs you to have an exercise ball, a mat and a light medium size medicine ball at times. Also remember that working out on this ball for the first time might be not as easy as it seems to be. For this purpose, you can prop it up against a wall or any other sturdy surface to get more stability.

The Basic Method:

Before starting your workout on the exercise ball, you need to warm up yourself with some regular cardio routine for five minutes. This will help you to relax your muscles and avoid any strain later on. Repeat each exercise 10-15 times and do the complete sets once, twice or thrice, as per your ability to work out. If you feel any kind of pain or discomfort while doing any movements, take care to avoid repeating the same moves again.

Different exercises on the ball:

There are a number of different exercises you could do with ease and burn out your calories as well as tone up your muscles. What the exercise ball actually does is to put your body in a certain challenging unstable environment. You can change the intensity of moves along with this unstable pushing force to add up to your workout regime. There are a number of things you can try out on the exercise ball like weight training, abdominal training, sitting around, doing yoga exercises, or even simply playing around.

There are a large number of exercises quite popular with the exercise balls. This includes the ball balance, butt lifts, hip extension, abs roll, ball rotation, ball twist, one-legged dead lift, hamstring rolls, one-legged lunge, oblique lift, pushups, squat with leg extension etc. Your best source of exercises would be the exercise videos aired on the TV or ones you can purchase online.