Pilates Stability Ball Benefits

Series Summary

Pilates is an exercise system developed by a German man named Joseph Pilates. It was designed to strengthen the body core (which consists of the abdominal muscles, the lower back muscles, hip flexors, and gluteus muscles) in order to prevent back pain, and help with spine alignment and breathing control. Pilates exercises can be done almost anywhere and can be learned quite easily. In this free video series, learn how to combine your Pilates exercises with a stability ball. With exercise balls, you improve your core muscles, balance, and tone many hard to target muscles. Our expert, Jeri Ryan, shows you all kinds of exercise that will work your abs, glutes, arms, legs, and more! Learn how to warm up with a Pilates exercise ball. Also, Jeri shows you simple to hard exercises for the beginner or advanced exerciser. So, what are you waiting for? Learn more about how to exercise with a Pilates ball today!

Video Transcript

"The stability ball is added to a work out to challenge your balance and strength. The small stability balls are very different from the large ball, which you'll see in a different series. This stability ball has a burst factor that is very high. It can take a lot of weight on it without bursting. So, a grow man can lay down on this ball. OK. The stability ball as you can see, helps you to roll around, which requires a lot more abdominal strength, in order to work with it. Also, whenever you have a stability ball, depending on how far it's blown up, is how stable or unstable you'll be. The more blown up it is, the more stable. The less blown up it is, the less stable. So, working with a stability ball, is a great addition to any exercise program."