Sentences with phrase «standing on a stability ball»

As a more extreme example, you could make doing squats more difficult by doing them while standing on a stability ball.

Obviously, COD ability is performed on the ground and not when standing on a stability ball, so we are probably not going to expect superior improvements from balance training.

Not exact matches

This allegedly creates a phenomenon called «micro-instability,» something akin to what happens when one sits on a stability ball or stands on a wobble - board.

Stand with chest against a stability ball that is rested on a wall, with legs straight out behind you; heels off of the floor.

Another way to decrease the stability you experience during your session and boost the intensity is to stand on a bosu ball.

A squat atop the flat side of a BOSU ball (curved side down) is one example, where the surface you stand on can wobble if you don't maintain stability.

Whether it means starting off with walking lunges, supporting yourself in the middle of the walking lunge by standing on one leg and then dropping into that lunge pattern, doing single - leg squats starting by supporting yourself using a wall or a stability ball and then gradually getting to the level where you can do so without holding on to something.

Comparing compound and stability exercises, Comfort et al. (2011) explored lower erector spinae muscle activity during the back squat, front squat, the standing barbell press, plank and superman on a swiss ball.

Assessing the effect of surface stability during back squats, Bressel et al. (2009) explored erector spinae muscle activity during the barbell back squat with 50 % of 1RM both when standing on the floor and when standing on a BOSU ball.

Assessing the effect of surface stability, Bressel et al. (2009) explored erector spinae muscle activity when performing the conventional deadlift at 50 % of 1RM, either standing on the floor or standing on a BOSU ball.

Assessing the effect of surface stability, Willardson et al. (2009) explored the muscle activity of the abdominals when performing the conventional deadlift with a stable base (at 50 % and 75 % of 1RM) and when standing on a BOSU ball (50 % of 1RM).

Stability therefore exists on a continuum from very stable (e.g. leg press machine), to neutrally stable (e.g. barbell back squat), to very unstable (e.g. dumbbell squat standing on a Bosu stability ball).