View Full Version : More difficult than I thought...
drewkawa
08-03-2009, 12:24 PM
Was workin out with the wife and we were cooling down and stretching out on those workout balls. She tired to do some push ups with her hands on them and was having difficulty. I thought... ok what the hell...
Man... harder than i thought.
Drew
http://experiencelifemag.com/blogs/survival-of-the-fittest/files/2008/05/stability-ball.jpg
FlexinMike
08-03-2009, 12:41 PM
I give you credit for at least trying them.
Bamma
08-03-2009, 12:44 PM
So, how many broken bones/stitches are we talking about then.
Chipman
08-03-2009, 01:01 PM
http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:gBySmna_iWLsWM:http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt240/stuffthatmakesmechuckle/squat_on_balance_ball.jpg
Keltron
08-03-2009, 01:26 PM
I hate how the other trainers at my gym center the entire workouts around those damn things. However, they do have a few good uses like the push ups.
If it was too hard to get a full set in with the ball under your hands, try having the ball under your feet and your hands on the ground. Here's the progression from easiest to hardest:
ball on your shins
ball on your shoe laces
ball on your tippy toes
OR you could put one of those foam rollers under your hands instead of this ball stuff. Or you can put two medicine balls under your hands.
ArchAngel'73
08-03-2009, 01:38 PM
You were working out with your wife and got blue balls?
:D
Keltron
08-03-2009, 02:00 PM
You were working out with your wife and got blue balls?
:D
LOL...
During an aptitude test in high school there was a word problem on probablity. It talked about 5 red balls and 2 blue balls in a sack. It asked something about the probability of getting one or both blue balls. lol.
StressMonkey
08-03-2009, 02:08 PM
I agree. My trainer was always doing pushups variations on chest day and those got thrown into the mix.
Lardog
08-04-2009, 10:24 AM
Or you can put two medicine balls under your hands.
I've done this when I workout w/ my son. It's from his summer lifting routine for football. Another variation is to just have 1 medicine ball under 1 hand and the other hand on the floor....do a push-up...while still in the up position, roll the ball sideways to the other hand, and do a push-up....roll it back, etc.
Doing these toward the end of the routine is an butt kicker......or maybe it's just the trying to keep up with him that's kicking my butt.....
Ctrainer
08-04-2009, 12:28 PM
http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:gBySmna_iWLsWM:http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt240/stuffthatmakesmechuckle/squat_on_balance_ball.jpg
I want to see him do that without the spotter! Then I will be impressed!
I want to see him do that without the spotter! Then I will be impressed!
While juggling 3 French poodles
namtrag
08-04-2009, 01:09 PM
where is BH when you need him?
I saw a guy on that same kind of ball trying to do kneeling db shoulder presses, near a plate glass window. He was trying to get on the ball in a kneeling position, without his feet touching the ground, and then do shoulder presses.
I just stay away from those things, I think they have some sort of stupidity causing chemical on them.
Ctrainer
08-04-2009, 01:16 PM
While juggling 3 French poodles
and playing a harmonica!!!
namtrag
08-04-2009, 01:17 PM
a one arm overhead bb press with 135lbs on a fitness ball while playing a trumpet would be even more impressive.
a one arm overhead bb press with 135lbs on a fitness ball while playing a trumpet would be even more impressive.
As would the ambulance ride after!
drewkawa
08-04-2009, 03:03 PM
a one arm overhead bb press with 135lbs on a fitness ball while playing a trumpet would be even more impressive.
If he had a whistle in his mouth... where would he put the trumpet?
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f98opUNuVXc/SQg93xnJC8I/AAAAAAAADKA/jGpDIuSLJWY/s400/Yoga+trumpet.jpg