Exercise of the Week: New Squat Technique

[notfreemoney]

ok so I actually have one of these balls in my room and tried to stand on it. Its almost impossible.

[zer0]

so money

[cocked&locked]

Using a spotter is pretty pathetic

A real man

[Thremp]

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Using a spotter is pretty pathetic

A real man

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So ghey... I was waiting for him to slip and fall and the weight to crack his skull.


F-

[cocked&locked]

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So ghey... I was waiting for him to slip and fall and the weight to crack his skull.


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I tried. Apparently these swiss ball 'experts' fall directly on the camera before being hauled off to traction. With a broken camera and years worth of hospital bills, they don't have the resources or motor skills to post the video.

[Jimmy Vulmer]

this looks tougher then it really is. Once you get the hang of, and are comfortable with getting on the ball, balancing, and free squating, adding weight is nothing.

this is def. one of the best core exercises.

[mattnxtc]

LOL...i hope the gym has paid all its insurance b/c if they are recommending that workout they will be paying money soon.

[Rootabager]

If you realy wanted to do this you could use one of those half balls hat sit on the wood. That would make it pretty easy and doable without much pracice

[funkymunky]

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this looks tougher then it really is. Once you get the hang of, and are comfortable with getting on the ball, balancing, and free squatting, adding weight is nothing.

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QFT. Once you can get onto the ball routinely, it's really not THAT hard to stay balanced. Having said that, I really don't see the point/need to perform weighted squats on them.

I'm not sure I'd call it an amazing core exercise.

[shemp]

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this looks tougher then it really is. Once you get the hang of, and are comfortable with getting on the ball, balancing, and free squatting, adding weight is nothing.

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QFT. Once you can get onto the ball routinely, it's really not THAT hard to stay balanced. Having said that, I really don't see the point/need to perform weighted squats on them.

I'm not sure I'd call it an amazing core exercise.

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I've never done it. To me it is a matter of thinking ahead. It's hard to dump a back squat safely outside of a cage, and that's flat on the ground with only one (as opposed to 360 degrees) direction to go. There's a lot of ways to work the core and a much safer variation on the same theme (not saying I've done it or would do it) would be with an overhead dumbbell.