The Reebok Gym ball is a fantastic cheap piece of gym equipment that will support your training needs in a plethora of different ways. As gym equipment goes, its value in correlation to its effectiveness is second to none.
Gym balls (also known as fit balls, Swiss balls, body balls etc) ... Read review
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for Women range. Designed specifically for women, this range includes yoga, pilates and fitness equipment that covers all your needs whether you are a beginner or...
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Improve your muscle tone, flexibility, core stability and posture with the stylish Reebok ... more
for Women range. Designed specifically for women, this range includes yoga, pilates and fitness equipment that covers all your needs whether you are a beginner or...
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Advantages: cheap, easy to use (relatively), extremely effective, used for all sorts of training Disadvantages: maybe its overall size
The Reebok Gym ball is a fantastic cheap piece of gym equipment that will support your training needs in a plethora of different ways. As gym equipment goes, its value in correlation to its effectiveness is second to none.
Gym balls (also known as fit balls, Swiss balls, body balls etc) have been utilised in health and fitness long before their obvious potential were used in gyms. Physiotherapists had been using the balls for years ... ...In particular, they were used in the recovery of back injury's as the ergonomic shape and support allowed the physiotherapist to create focussed core stability exercises.
WHAT IS CORE STABILITY
Ok without getting too scientific, core stability really relates to the deep muscles within the trunk of the spine (in particular the muscles around the lumbar section of the spine at the middle to bottom of your back). The major ... more
The Reebok Gym ball is a fantastic cheap piece of gym equipment that will support your training needs in a plethora of different ways. As gym equipment goes, its value in correlation to its effectiveness is second to none.
Gym balls (also known as fit balls, Swiss balls, body balls etc) have been utilised in health and fitness long before their obvious potential were used in gyms. Physiotherapists had been using the balls for years to aid the recovery of a number of different injury's. In particular, they were used in the recovery of back injury's as the ergonomic shape and support allowed the physiotherapist to create focussed core stability exercises.
WHAT IS CORE STABILITY
Ok without getting too scientific, core stability really relates to the deep muscles within the trunk of the spine (in particular the muscles around the lumbar section of the spine at the middle to bottom of your back). The major role of these muscles is to keep us upright, thus it is extremely important that these muscles are strong because any weakness will create the number one health complaint in Britain, a bad back.
The other important issue regarding the core muscles is that ALL movement that occurs in the limbs (arms and legs) causes a contraction in the core muscles, this is the body's natural reaction to stabalise itself. Again if the core muscles are not strong, this can cause problems, not just to the back, but also potentially to the limbs through the unability to stabalise your movements. The core muscles therefore contract to control any dynamic movement of the body.
The Gym ball WILL help to strengthen the core muscles, thus eliminating any problems you have or are likely to have. On a personal level, I have suffered with sciatica for 10 years and this has helped it tremendously by strengthening the muscles around my lower back.
FUNCTIONALITY
So what are you getting for your money? Well they say the best inventions are simple, and this really is as simple as it gets. here are the details
Cool Silver available in 65 cm - suitable for persons 5'6" - 5'10" (166cm - 177cm)* Anti-burst Tested to a 300kg weight limit. Includes pump, DVD and workout booklet.
Now the most important thing regarding the gym ball is to make sure that it is the right size for you. This is achieved by following this simple guide
To calculate:
Take measurement from back of knee to the ground, add 3cm for depression of the ball. The next size ball after this measurement is the size you require.
Example:
Back of knee to ground (A) = 45cm
+ 3cm for depression = 48cm.
Therefore user requires 55cm fitball.
This is important and not many people realise that its important to get the right size, to ensure the balls effectiveness but also its safety. (You wouldn't buy size 6 shoes if your a size 9, this is exactly the same as picking your gym ball).
WHAT DOES THE GYM BALL DO
The use of the gym ball is really endless and I could go into way too much detail in this review. As a short synopsis, the gym ball can be used in strength training, core stability training, flexibility, postural training, cardio training, muscular endurance training, injury recovery/physiotherapy etc etc. Pretty much every aspect of training can been incorporated. Below I've included a few useful websites so if you would like more information on the types of exercises you can achieve with the gym ball, these are a useful point of reference
Now my one cost me £15 off of Amazon.com and was the basic package (a 65cm ball, dvd, pump). However the price does range from as low as £10 just for the ball, through to £30 which has a swivel seat and resistance tubes.
In conclusion, The gym ball is cheap, easy to use but most importantly extremely effective. It can be used to train a number of different areas of your fitness, or just be used as a chair to improve posture! My contender for best piece of home gym equipment.
...* Made from Anti-Burst foam PVC. * 65cm stability Gym Ball I recommend this Reebok Gym Ball, ecpecialy for people who having problem with health (back pin). It is really very useful. You can using this ball to seat near the computer or laptop. ...
AgatkaOchab 16.02.2009
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Advantages: Great workout Disadvantages: ????Not found any????
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This ball is great. I originally got it to work out and get fit, but I have also found that it helps to stop my back aching, as I often get back ache, and it is also very comfortable for just sitting around on.
Ease of use:
The ball is very easy to use, as you can use it in lots of different ways, for lots of different things.
You will need to get some sort of foot pump, as it doesn't come with one, and there is no way that you can blow it up by mouth.
The ball comes with an instruction sheet which gives you approximately 10 different excercises to do with the ball. These are all very simple to follow, and have diagrams to help explain them. The information sheet also says that the ball can be used as a seat when working at your computer etc. Personally I don't think that I could use the ball for that as I ...
The Reebok Gym Ball is designed to help you tone and strengthen specific muscle groups and at the same time improve your flexibility. Maintaining your balance throughout the range of motions is important and will ensure you achieve the best results.
