Does anyone use those big training balls at the gym

[SoreArms]

It seems like this is the first thing that personal trainers at gym show people, but I never see anyone use them after.

Does anyone use those things?

 

[Gambino]

for silly girls i reckon...that's who i see using them

 

[Kakdiesel]

I use them everytime..great for core training..flame me if you want but trust me, try doing a flat bench with dumbbells on one of those things, your abs and lower back will be sore in the morning

 

[stilleto]

They are good for core strength, although I don't use them.

 

[Kakdiesel]

They are good for core strength, although I don't use them.

how much do you bench these days?

 

[SoreArms]

They are good for core strength, although I don't use them.

tell me more tell me more like does he have a car

 

[KillahBee]

I do a ton of work on it. Since I hurt my back I have had to do a lot of BW and core movements. lots of hip activation too.

 

[milo hobgoblin]

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I use them everytime..great for core training..flame me if you want but trust me, try doing a flat bench with dumbbells on one of those things, your abs and lower back will be sore in the morning

ya most of us do bench so our abs and lower back get sore..

LOL training balls are for clowns.

 

[Lestat]

ya most of us do bench so our abs and lower back get sore..

LOL training balls are for clowns.

what's up bro! how have you been?

 

[Kakdiesel]

ya most of us do bench so our abs and lower back get sore..

LOL training balls are for clowns.

thanks. i was actually getting ready to PM you for your opinion

 

[slat1]

I believe they are called Swedish balls... LOL.

I use one twice a week for abs.

 

[stilleto]

how much do you bench these days?

225
but i only weigh 90

 

[PBR]

fucking balls!!!!! theyre all over my gym. it looks like McDonalds playland....

 

[eat big]

Do obliques on them.

 

[sixxtoes]

love those things. i had one sent to iraq to me (deflated of course; had to clarify that for some of you)

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

I have one of those swiss balls, I think it's called. They're good for pushups and situps, etc.

 

[PBR]

I have one of those swiss balls, I think it's called. They're good for pushups and situps, etc.

great target practice at a 1000 meters.

 

[UA_Iron]

swiss balls/balance balance/stability balls

I've seen this shot-put chick train on them - she fucken jacked too, rows the 90lb dumbbells, shrugs the 100's, squats 315 atg. Not to mention her long flowing blonde hair and tight ass....

anyway - I think they have a purpose, they are good for abs - research shows they will activate the most abdominal muscle fibers when compared to other lifts.

I dont think they have much of a place in body building though.

 

[fortunatesun]

Besides core work, I also use them for hammer curls: they get the angle my arms travel just right.

 

[SoreArms]

do you put that big ass ball under your arm pit?

 

[fortunatesun]

do you put that big ass ball under your arm pit?

No. When I sit on the ball I get lower than using a bench and the dumbells travel up on a different plane. Keeps everything tight, no rocking back and forth and I feel it smack in the center of my biceps with almost no elbow strain.

 

[Quadsweeps Sister]

tell me more tell me more like does he have a car

'Summer lovin happened so fast....'

I used them before with kettlebells for core training and as Perv said (sorry, couldnt help myself ) as your 'bench' when doing a flat DB press. Well, and then there are the ol' ab crunchers...

As long as you don't fly off those suckers, your good to go!