exercise ball
I’m excited about my Christmas present from Anne, my workout partner. Tonight she gave me a 65 cm exercise ball–something I’ve been wanting but hadn’t gotten around to purchasing. I’ve been using a ball for crunches at the gym, but this will spur greater creativity at home.
If you’ve looked at a fitness magazine in the last couple of years, you know that balls are all the rage–primarily, I suppose, because they are inherently unstable and therefore force one to use formerly unrecruited muscles to stabilize oneself.
I have an entire e-book devoted to "core" training, and probably one-third of the movements rely on a ball. Gotta try ‘em.
Thanks, Anne!
