Another key point is to ensure that your shoulders are over top of your hands at all times so that your body does not rock back and forth, in which
the benefit of this stability ball exercise is mostly lost.
Not exact matches
For the person who's stuck behind a desk all week but really wants to move: The Gaiam BalanceBall Chair with pump ($ 99) provides the
benefits of sitting on a
stability ball — improved posture, activation
of core and abdominal muscles, and encouragement to wiggle around and burn calories — but with ergonomic back support, and without you needing to worry that it will roll away if left unattended.
Just like for the abs, the 2 main
benefits of the
ball are an increase in range
of motion for exercises and also an increase in
stability challenge.
There are many exercises with the
stability ball that can provide specific
benefits to the trainee compared to if they were not to use the
ball at all in their workouts, but there are also plenty
of instances where using a
stability ball is pointless, or even less than useless in some cases!
A client who is training for maximum improvements in strength and muscle size would probably not
benefit from using
stability ball for the majority
of their exercises.