Posted by Christian Aguirre on Wed, Apr 28, 2010 @ 12:16 PM
If you are looking to lose weight quickly without spending a lot of money on in- home gym equipment, get yourself a medicine ball.
Medicine balls are not expensive and are great for total body and core workouts. Today Jenn will be demonstrating three of our East Bay medicine ball exercise routines.
Here are our top 3 medicine ball workouts you can do in the comfort of your home:
- Squat Press/Overhead Squat
- Lunge w/ rotation
- Soccer Slams/Overhead Ball Slams
All three exercises are great for targeting your core at various planes of motion. Because most of us do sit ups and crunches, you are only targeting your abs in one plane of motion. With a medicine ball you can do twisting motions from side to side or in a diagonal range of motion.
Medicine balls are also great for a full-body workouts. The three exercises that were demonstrated in the video above incorporate both upper body and lower body strength.
Most medicine ball exercises don't need to be done with a heavy ball. The only exercise demonstrated in the video that needs to be done with a heavy medicine ball is the soccer slams.
Most East Bay sporting good stores may sell medicine balls and they usually cost between $10-$40 dollars, depending how heavy the ball is.
If you're looking to lose weight quickly without using expensive equipment, a medicine ball is great to have in your home gym.
Posted by Christian Aguirre on Mon, Feb 22, 2010 @ 04:27 PM
Are you like most Americans and own a stability ball and don't use it? If so that's ok, most people use there exercise equipment to hang their clothes or becomes a permanent fixture in the living room.
But if you own a stability, you can use that piece of equipment to strengthen your core and back while doing nothing.
The stability is a very inexpensive piece of equipment that when used it can help you strengthen your lower back. If your like most people, you probably have a sedentary job that requires you to be in the seated position for most of the day. This is the reason why most Americans have lower back problems.
If your seated all day long, your hamstrings and glutes are deactivated, your hip flexors become tight and shortened, and in time you will have a deviated posture. All these things happen to most people while sitting at work and long commutes in the car. All these muscular problems will eventually lead you to lower back problem.
The best way that I know that can strengthen your core and lower back without exercising is to sit on the stability ball. Ask your boss for permission, but if you can take your stability ball to work with you can sit on it at work.
By sitting on the ball, you are forced to activate your core and lower back,
makes you sit up straight, and keeps your glutes and hamstrings activated. While sitting on the ball, all your muscles are activated and working at the same time. With all your core muscle constantly working, this will naturally strengthen your back and core muscles.
So instead of keeping your stability ball in the garage take it with you to work or to your computer room and sit on it. I promise you that you will no longer experience lower back pain. This is the best way to keep your core and back strong without exercise.
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Posted by Christian Aguirre on Tue, Jan 26, 2010 @ 12:24 PM
Here's an awesome video tutorial we put together for you on how to strengthen your core & abs while using a "stability ball." As you will see, we will go through alot of challenging exercises without spending thousands of dollars on expensive fitness equipment.
I know most of you probably have a stability ball at home, but are you using it? Chances are you probably only know 1-3 exercises. Today we are going to show you over 10 core and ab exercises that you can do in the comforts of your home.
Here are some of the core exercises that you will learn:
- Plank
- Push up
- Leg curl
- Lunge
- Pikes, Tucks, & Log roll
- Dumbell rows
- Rear dealth flys
- Y's,T's, W's
- Hyperextensions
In addition, I will be showing the various progressions and regressions of all these exercises.
Watch this video over and over again to get new ideas on how to use the stability ball correctly. This piece of fitness equipment is really inexpensive. Most sporting good stores charge $15-$30 dollars a ball depending on the size.
If you have a any questions or comments about any of these exercises please write them below.
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