Description
The Swiss ball is large, heavy-duty inflatable balls, The ball is also known by a number of different names, including exercise ball, gym ball, Pilate’s ball, sports ball, fit or fitness ball, stability ball, therapy ball, yoga ball, balance ball, body ball, or birth ball.
Swiss balls offer you a fun, safe, and highly effective way to exercise. They will last for a very long time and are inexpensive compared to other exercise equipment.
The Swiss ball was used as early as the 1960s. It originally was used by physical therapists and chiropractors in Switzerland to assist with rehabilitation and became known as the Swiss Ball. Since then they are reported as being the most effective method for core conditioning.
Swiss balls are one of today’s top fitness tools – and for good reason! Using a Swiss ball will improve the strength of the abs and the lower back. Since the Swiss ball is unstable you have to constantly adjust your balance, which in turn will improve your balance, proprioception, and flexibility. As an extra challenge, you can use the exercise ball as a bench using free-weights to target those hard to reach stabilizer muscles.
Benefits of Using Swiss Balls
Flexibility
Using a swiss ball during your workout routine can help improve your flexibility. Whether it’s for a quick pre-workout warm-up or post-workout stretch-down, the swiss ball can go a long way to keeping your muscles and joint function, which can help prevent injury.
Not only that but incorporating a swiss ball into a yoga routine will not only give you obvious benefits of yoga but help you enhance that experience by introducing even more range of motion and movement possibilities!
Balance
Just sitting on a swiss ball alone engages the key stabilizers, the abdominal and back muscles.
Thanks to engaging these muscles constantly, a swiss ball can help with smoothing out any imbalances in your core or surrounding muscles it forces you to support your own weight and stabilize yourself.
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