Strength training is an important part of an overall exercise program.
For those of you just tuning in, we've just started our at-home exercise series and today's post will explain how to exercise your triceps using nothing more than a chair...
Today marks the first day of the home exercises that can be done without equipment that we'll be covering this month. Today's post if about the lunge. The lunge is a compound leg exercise that works both the front and back of the thighs (quadriceps and hamstrings) as well as the butt (glutes).
This will mark the last post of our stability ball series, and starting in February will be starting an in-home exercise series without equipment, just body weight and things you can use around the house.
Today's exercise is a bit more advanced, but can easily be modified for beginners. To begin, place your stability ball on the floor and while standing over the ball, place your hands on top of the ball so that your thumbs and index fingers touch forming a triangle shape.
Another great abdominal exercise to do with a stability ball is the ab leg raise. This is performed by lying on your back on the floor, and placing the ball between your legs...
A good compound leg exercise is the scissor squat using a stability ball. To perform this exercise, place the ball against the wall, and with your legs in a scissor position with the right leg in the forward position, lean against the ball with your right arm hung over the ball...
Continuing on with the stability ball series, this post focuses on push-ups. But not your average push-up, this push-up involves a little more because you are not only performing the exercise, but you are working your balance just to maintain your position on the ball.
While many people feel strongly against sit-ups, I think they still have their place especially among athletes. One challenging version of a sit-up using a stability ball starts by lying on the floor with the ball in the overhead position...
The single leg squat is a great compound leg exercise that requires some balance. With a stability ball on the floor, place the ball behind you and put one leg on the ball so that your shin and top of your foot is making contact.
If you've been following this month's posts, you know stability ball exercises are what we're focusing on and today's exercise is the rotational plank on the ball. This is considered more of an advanced exercises for starters, and you start by placing the ball on the floor...
