How To Use an Exercise Ball

If you’ve been to the gym in the last five years, you’ve seen them, and most probably, stepped around them to get to some other piece of equipment that looks like it might be useful. Exercise balls are everywhere, but are they really good for anything, other than rolling towards small dogs and cats? This piece in the L.A. Times says they are, and it describes seven promising exercises that will bring you closer to your ball. The important thing to remember, the Times tells us, is that exercise balls are supposed to make exercising hard by forcing you to use your core muscles to maintain balance will many small adjustments.  Sure, it’s annoying, but it’s the reason they work.