Balls to Exercise
Excuse the expression, but it’s true, we’ve gone mad for balls
and with good reason too…
Gym Balls* were first used by physiotherapists to
assist their patients with recovery, yet in recent years they have
become a must have not only in popular gym chains and
home gyms, but now in offices and
bedrooms as well.
Why are they appearing at work and in our living
rooms?
Gym Balls are the new beanbag, with the added
benefit that they are great for improving posture.
You see, when you are sitting on a
Gym Ball, to
keep your balance your body will automatically use your core muscles
to keep you steady (even when you think you are perfectly balanced,
those muscles will be hard at work without you even noticing) and it
is strength in these core muscles round your back and abdomen that
are essential for posture.
Plus keeping your balance is also much easier when you are sitting up
straight, rather than doing the teenage slouch!
Hence Gym Balls are ideal for using instead
of a chair at the office, helping to prevent back pain and even
burning a few extra calories through the unconscious exercise of
those core muscles we were talking about.
Another reason for the rise in popularity of
Gym
Balls is the available resources such as
DVDs and
books that
show you how to correctly use them.
Furriballs!
As for their use other than for exercise, we love the ingenious
new accessories known as
Furriballs. Which
are specially designed covers that turn the cool rubber of balls into
soft fury fun that look right at home in bedrooms, home offices and
in front of TVs everywhere.
*Gym Ball is just one name for these balls, they are also
commonly known by other names such as exercise ball, fitball, swiss
ball, stability ball, core ball and balance ball. |
