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Friday, September 16, 2022

6 Awesome Core Exercises with a Swiss (Stability) Ball

A Swiss (stability) ball is essential for core training and strengthening. The Swiss ball provides an unstable environment which forces your core to work harder because it has to execute the execise and keep stable at the same time. The burns more calories and trains the core better than stable exercises of abdominal machines.

People of all ages do not realize the importance of core training and strength. It keeps you from losing your balance, prepared for heavier lifting and reduces the chances of injury. Here are some examples of Swiss ball exercises you can use to change up your core training workouts.

Swiss Ball Crunch

Swiss Ball Tucks

Ball Double Side Leg Lifts

Swiss Ball Twists

Swiss Ball Back Extensions

Swiss Ball Alternating One Leg Crunch

Saturday, January 15, 2022

Great Unstable Exercises For Legs That Burn Fat & Build Muscle!

Training in unstable environments forces you to concentrate and uses more of the muscles in the body to execute. It corrects muscle imbalances, improves stablization or the core, it prepares tissue for upcoming demands of training, improves cardiorespiratory and neuromuscular systems and establishes proper movement.

Do unstable training for at least 4 - 6 weeks to see the increase in body fat reduction, strength in the stabilizing muscles, lean muscle mass and general performance. Here are some examples of unstable exercises:

Bosu Ball Squats

Bosu Dumbbell Reverse Lunge with Knee Lift

Bosu Goblet Squats

Bosu Ball One Leg Bridge

Bosu Split Lunges

Bosu Stiff-Leg Deadlift

Swiss Ball Leg Curls

Thursday, March 26, 2020

Some of the Best Home Gym Equipment to Buy!

I have spent almost 10 years building my gym from a mixture of new and used equipment. I'm really glad at this time during the quarantine, that I did this because I don't have monthly payments for equipment. Most people do not have a set up like this, but there are some reasonably priced equipment you can buy to keep up with your fitness goals!