That’s right. Exercise balls. Why not? Almost anyone can use one, and almost anyone can benefit. The ever-reliable Moving Crew appears roundly impressed with the results of a recent study, which looked at six men and five women age 20 to 45, and found that doing trunk (core) exercises on a stability ball caused greater activation of the lower abdominals than doing the same exercises while stable. The same study, published in February’s Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, showed that chest presses done on a ball recruited far more trunk-stabilizing muscles than did presses done on a bench. Exercise ball is not quite right? The helpful Crew gives us a link to some spinoffs that they might be worth a look.
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Friday, May 9, 2025