Bosu Ball Stability

Series Summary

Many people want to lose weight, and despite claims for quick fat burning pills and powders, the best way to lose weight is still through proper diet and exercise. Exercise does more than just maintain physical fitness. Working out can also help build healthy bone density, muscle strength, and joint mobility. It can also reduce general health risks, boost the immune system, and help with depression and insomnia. Whether exercising to lose weight, or improve muscle mass, working out is always a good idea to help promote mental and physical health. A Bosu Ball, or balance ball, has one flat side and one rounded side, and is often used to improve basic exercises. In this free exercise video series, an experienced fitness trainer demonstrates Bosu Ball balance exercises. These exercises are designed to not only increase strength and muscle in the core area and legs, but also improve balance and stability. Learn to do squats and lunges with a Bosu Ball. Get tips on running balance and running stability exercises with a Bosu Ball as well. Improve normal exercise routines and general balance with tips on Bosu Ball exercises in this free series of exercise video.

Video Transcript

"To begin with the stability on the bosu what you want to do is you want to turn it upside down and you are going to bring the black side to the top and the ball part is going to be on the bottom and what I want to do is I want to put my feet on here, it takes a little bit, o'kay and you might be a little nervous but what you want to do is you want to bring both of your feet on top of the ball and it looks just like that. You want your feet about hip width apart. Now sometimes it can help if you deflate the ball a little bit to get started but this one is pretty blown up and what we want to do is we want to bring ourselves up on top of that ball and work on getting that balance before we do anything else. This is just basic stability. You are standing on the bosu pulling your belly button to the spine and then the next thing what you want to do is you want to slowly come on down and bring your hands down toward your feet and you want to do that about 8 to 10 times depending on how good your stability is. It could be easy for you or it could be a challenge for you. Again you just want to come on down and touch your toes and come on up. Real simple exercise but can be a little bit challenging and that is basic stability on the bosu."