Lareine Chabut

Exercise Balls for Dummies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Build strength and increase your flexibility Tone and shape your entire body at home with ease Want to get a great-looking body using affordable equipment? Packed with step-by-step photos and crystal-clear instructions, this friendly guide shows you how to use an exercise ball in your workout, as well as incorporate it into Pilates, weight training, stretching, and aerobics routines. You'll also see how to add other gear to get even more from your workout. Discover how to * Select and maintain equipment * Work every major muscle group * Improve your core stability * Enhance your balance and coordination * Alter your workout for pregnancy and other special circumstances

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 723g
• ISBN-13: 9780764556234
• ISBN-10: 0764556231
• Artikelnr.: 22248809

Autorenporträt

LaReine Chabut is a well-known fitness expert who has her International Sports Sciences Association certification and her American Fitness and Aerobics certification.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1
Part I: Rolling Exercise Balls into Your Fitness Program 7
Chapter 1: Having a Ball Getting Fit 9
Chapter 2: Choosing the Right Ball for You 25
Chapter 3: Feeding and Caring for Your Ball 39
Chapter 4: Gathering Your Gear and Getting Ready 47
Part II: Workouts to Have a Ball With 67
Chapter 5: Warming Up Your Body 69
Chapter 6: A Swimmer's Body: Shoulders and Upper Back 87
Chapter 7: Shapely, Sexy Arms 95
Chapter 8: Walking Tall: Chest, Abdominals, and Lower Back 109
Chapter 9: Booty Patrol: Working the Butt, Legs, and Hips 127
Chapter 10: Cool It! Wrapping Up Your Workout with Easy Moves and Stretches
143
Chapter 11: Total Body Workout-in-One 155
Part III: Variety Is the Spice of Life: Doing Different Activities on the
Ball 177
Chapter 12: Core Values: Pilates on the Ball 179
Chapter 13: Gaining Muscle Power: Weight Training 195
Chapter 14: Easy Stretch Workout on the Ball 211
Chapter 15: Cardio and Go: Aerobic Exercise with the Ball 231
Chapter 16: Adding Accessories to Your Workout on the Ball 251
Chapter 17: Bending Over Backward: Yoga on the Ball 265
Part IV: Using Exercise Balls in Special Circumstances 275
Chapter 18: Come On, Mama! Pregnancy Workout 277
Chapter 19: Senior Citizens Get on the Ball 293
Chapter 20: Every Kid Loves a Ball 305
Part V: The Part of Tens 317
Chapter 21: Ten Changes You Can Expect to See in Your Body 319
Chapter 22: Ten Groups That Can Use the Ball 325
Chapter 23: Ten Activities That Complement Your Ball Workout 333
Chapter 24: Ten Things You Can't (Or at Least Shouldn't) Do with Your Ball
339
Index 343