Phyiso Ball Exercises for the Upper Body

Series Summary

Bodyweight exercises differ from free-weight lifting in that they utilize body weight and sometimes very little equipment such as dumbbells. There are a number of bodyweight exercises and stretches that can be done with the physioball (swiss ball, stability ball, pilates ball, strength ball) They are all easy to learn and can be done almost anywhere you may be. The freedom to practice these exercises quickly and at home increases the probability that you will continue to do them and better maintain muscle strength and tone, flexibility, and good health. Learning these exercises is as easy as watching and practicing these instructional videos.

In this free online video series learn from personal trainer Monica Paradise as she demonstrates upper body exercises with the physioball including shoulder exercises, elbow push ups, upper back excercises, the hand-walk, modified push up with the physioball, side stepping arms, wide grip push up, and push up variation.

Video Transcript

" Hi! I am Monica and on behalf of Expert Village, I am going to show some range of motion exercises you can do for your shoulder. The first one it helps to be in some kind of chair you can sit in and you want the ball right out in front of you. You can do both arms at the same time so what we will do is just have your hands nice and relaxed on the ball and you are just going to go forward and back up. So it is a gentle range of motion, right like this and probably I am going to get a stretch when you are coming out like it and that is not what you are looking for. You are just trying to do this more for the motion. So again it will get your muscles, your joints warmed up and ready to go so you can do some strengthening exercises, right like this. Again making sure that you are going nice and slow, do not want to go too fast. You can do just one arm at a time if that is easier for you or you want to focus on one shoulder more than the other or both at the same time as well."