Friday, September 19, 2008

Weight Loss With Bosu Ball Workouts

Bosu Ball Exercises

One of the best weight loss workouts involves using the Bosu ball. The Bosu ball is the circular blue dome that is inflated which you see in the gym. It has an inflated blue dome on top while the bottom is flat. As far as weight loss workout equipment, it is one of the best.

Bosu ball exercises can workout the whole body. You can utilize the Bosu ball for lower, mid and upper body workouts. You can begin your leg workouts with squats. Place the Bosu ball with the dome up or down depending on how difficult you want to make the exercise. The simplest exercise is to simply stand on the blue bubble and perform squats. Balance and strength will be required to get through the workout. You can use hold weights to add to the difficulty. If you want more advanced exercises, flip the Bosu over so that the dome is on the floor and the flat part can be stoods on. This makes balance key as well as strength. You could also pick up the Bosu and hold it over your head while you perform the squat.

The lunge is another great exercise. With the dome side up take one step backwards from the Bosu. Start with either leg and perform a lunge onto the top of the Bosu. Alternate legs as you do the exercise. As you perform this exercise you can hold weights.

Mid-section exercises work the abdominal muscles. You can perform a simple sit up by sitting on top of the dome with your feet on the floor. You could also lift your feet and perform crunches by pulling your legs into your chest then pushing them back out. The bicycle crunch exercise is but one movement that can be done on the Bosu. The Bosu will require you to tighten your abs through each exercise while you keep your balance.

Upper body workouts with the Bosu include pushups. With your feet on the floor and your hands on the Bosu, perform the typical pushup. You can also put your feet on the Bosu, place your hands on the floor and do pushups. A more advanced exercise is to flip the Bosu over and grab the edges of the flat side and perform pushups. You can poerform shoulder exercises by pushing the Bosu ball overhead.

As you can see the Bosu is a very versatile piece of exercise equipment. The Bosu is one of the best things to use for weight loss workouts. Using it will give you strength and help you lose weight.

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