Tips When Exercising With A Balance Ball By Jerry H. Hall At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

Always exercise with a shirt. Although several Balance Ball exercise videos show their models exercising without a shirt or in tank tops, exercising with these garments increase the chances for injury. Exercise will naturally cause sweating. A sweaty body can easily slide off the ball causing serious injury, especially if one falls while holding weight overhead.

A shirt will also keep the spreading of germs and bacteria to a minimum.

If you've never used a Balance Ball, stick with easier exercises such as back extension, ball balance, butt lift and hip extension. Prop the ball against the wall for added stability or keep hands and/or feet on the ground. Perform 1 set of chosen exercises 2-3 non-consecutive days a week.

Be sure to warm up with 5-10 minutes of light cardio before working out. You can also challenge yourself by simply sitting on the ball while working or watching TV.

Using an exercise ball is a great way to become more fit. Your posture and body awareness naturally improve. So does your balance. And you build overall strength and endurance.

Initially you may feel unstable sitting on the exercise ball. However, this feeling will fade the more sitting you do, as your muscles and joints get better at responding to the unstable environment. Your core stabilization muscles, abdominals and back muscles particularly, strengthen.

If the Balance Ball is being used in the gym setting, keeping it clean with soap and water will also maintain proper sanitary conditions in the training environment and prevent the spread of germs and bacteria amongst clients and gym members.

Symmetry of movement has also been identified in the literature as a every important aspect of spinal stabilization. Studies by Grabiner have indicated that strength alone does not necessarily correlate with normal function. Subjects with lower back pain (LBP) have consistently shown a lack of symmetry in paraspinal contraction during trunk extension. This lack of neuromuscular symmetry has been able to predict LBP in subjects who had tested normal on dynamometry.

Many SB exercises require symmetrical contraction of the paraspinals for successful exercise execution. Asymmetrical contractions will cause the body to lose balance and roll off the SB. Balancing on the Balance Ball may require asymmetrical contractions, but they have must be deliberate and controlled in order to maintain balance.

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